Best Public Schools in Zip Code 74085

Three schools in ZIP code 74085 serve students from prekindergarten through grade 12: Yale Elementary School (167 students), Yale Middle School (71), and Yale High School (127), for 365 students total. Across the three schools, average ELA and math proficiency improved from about 12% in 2024–25 to 18% in 2025–26, while the average gap from state results narrowed from 12 to 8 percentage points. The clearest area-wide takeaway is that results improved overall but remained below state averages, particularly in math.

There is no single academic leader: Elementary led 2025–26 ELA with 29%, 3 points above the state’s 26%, while Middle led math at 16%; that was 4 points above the other schools’ average, but still 9 points below the state. Middle had the lowest ELA result at 13%, 14 points below the other schools’ average, and High had the lowest math result at 9%, 7 points below the other schools’ average. High also scored below the state in science (19% versus 30%) and U.S. History (34% versus 41%), but its 2024–25 graduation rate was 86%, compared with 78% statewide.

Changes varied by school and subject: Elementary ELA rose 14 points from 2024–25 to 2025–26, Middle math rose 7 points, and High math rose 4; Middle ELA and Elementary math each fell 1 point. Chronic absenteeism was lower than the state’s 16% at all three schools: 3% at Elementary, 9% at High, and 9% at Middle. In 2024–25, free/reduced lunch eligible shares ranged from 65% at High to 70% at Middle; student-teacher ratios ranged from 15.7 at High to 18.0 at Middle. These are context, not explanations for achievement. SchoolDigger ranked Middle at the 46th percentile in 2020–21 and the 7th in 2024–25, while High moved from the 24th percentile in 2024–25 to the 35th in 2025–26.