📍 925 Nw 23rd Ln, Okeechobee, Okeechobee County, 34972
Yearling Middle School is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Okeechobee, Okeechobee County. The school has 668 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Okeechobee school district. It serves grades 6–8 in a small-town setting. The school employs 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 15.9:1. 32% of students are proficient in reading. 45% are proficient in maths.
Yearling Middle School enrolls 668 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 42 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 15.9:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 52% Hispanic or Latino, 40% White and 3.6% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 347 | 52% |
| White | 265 | 40% |
| Black or African American | 24 | 3.6% |
| Two or more races | 22 | 3.3% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 6 | <1% |
| Asian | 3 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
470 of the school's 668 students (70%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 440 qualify for free lunch and 30 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Yearling Middle School is located in a small-town setting (NCES locale: Town, Distant). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district FL At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 26, state house district 55.
Yearling Middle School is one of 13 schools in OKEECHOBEE, based in OKEECHOBEE, Florida. The district serves 6,143 students district-wide and employs 348 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 668 students, Yearling Middle School is larger than the district average of about 473 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Town - Distant
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