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What's something YAZOO CITY HIGH SCHOOL does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
531
High
DISTRICT 608 · STATE 651
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MS ACHIEVEMENT SD OF YAZOO CITY·NCES 280477000888
Yazoo City High School
1825 DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING DRIVE, YAZOO CITY, MS 39194 · (662) 746-2378 · Yazoo County
GRADES 09–12HIGH41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL531 STUDENTS
F
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Scored higher than 2% of Mississippi public high schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Mississippi public high schools
Student : Teacher
19.0:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 30.2:1 · STATE 12.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
528 students
DISTRICT 99% · STATE 80%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 98 | 18% |
| Grade 10 | 147 | 28% |
| Grade 11 | 150 | 28% |
| Grade 12 | 136 | 26% |
Student demographics
5%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 15% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within MS Achievement SD Of Yazoo City. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MAAP 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
14.6%
MS avg 45.9% . -1.3pp since 2023
Math
32.6%
MS avg 52.8% . +0.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the MAAP, Mississippi's statewide test, about 15 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 33 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Mississippi schools, those numbers are about 46 and 53. Reading and writing scores are down about 1 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
MAAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 14.6% | 32.6% |
| 2023-24 | 15.9% | 31.7% |
% Proficient + Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: MAAP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
30.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.4%
based on MS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-14.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 30% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 44% typical for Mississippi schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Mississippi's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Yazoo City High School
Yazoo City High School's state test result (30.0% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yazoo City High School this school | 531 | 99.4% | 30.0% |
| Gentry High School Indianola | 465 | 100.0% | 44.8% |
| Humphreys County High School Belzoni | 427 | 100.0% | 39.9% |
| Rosa Fort High TUNICA | 438 | 100.0% | 59.6% |
| Holmes County Central High School Lexington | 714 | 100.0% | 45.4% |
| South Pike High School Magnolia | 425 | 99.3% | 36.8% |
Matched among Mississippi high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Yazoo City High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Mississippi |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 30.0% | #186 of 192 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 32.6% | #177 of 199 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 14.6% | #196 of 199 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 531 | #93 of 203 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.0:1 | #190 of 192 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 5.1% | #187 of 192 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.4% | #52 of 194 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.7% | #86 of 121 |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
531
-28 (-5%) vs 2020
-39% since 1990-91, when it was 872
Student : Teacher
19.0:1
was 17.5:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 531 | 28 | 19.0:1 | 99% (528) |
| 2023-24 | 537 | 29.9 | 18.0:1 | 100% (537) |
| 2022-23 | 632 | 35.2 | 17.9:1 | 100% (632) |
| 2020-21 | 559 | 32 | 17.5:1 | 100% (559) |
| 2017-18 | 563 | 28.2 | 20.0:1 | 100% (563) |
| 2015-16 | 604 | 36 | 16.8:1 | 100% (604) |
| 2010-11 | 776 | 42 | 18.5:1 | 92% (712) |
| 2000-01 | 644 | 36 | 17.9:1 | 94% (607) |
| 1990-91 | 872 | 46 | 19.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Yazoo City High School.
About Yazoo City High School
Yazoo City High School is a small high school located in YAZOO CITY, Mississippi. Its grade span covers grades 9 through 12, with 531 students on the rolls.
Yazoo City High School is part of a district of 3 schools: MS Achievement SD Of Yazoo City, with 1,824 students.
A large majority of enrollment at Yazoo City High School is Black, at 97%. Other reported shares: 2% multiracial. Yazoo County's residents are about 58% Black, 40 points below the school's share. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 5%.
Yazoo City High School lists 28 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 19.0 students per teacher. By comparison, the average for high schools in Mississippi is 12.6:1. About 99% of students at Yazoo City High School are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Yazoo County is similar, at 99%.
On the allk12 Grade, Yazoo City High School lands at F, ahead of 2% of Mississippi public high schools.
Yazoo City High School scores 30.0% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 44.4%.
In Yazoo County, where the school is located, median household income comes to about $39,295, about 15% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 22%. The county has 10 public schools and about 3,040 students.
Measured in a straight line, McCoy Elementary School is about 0.2 miles from Yazoo City High School. Within five miles are 2 other public schools. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Yazoo City High School is 6th of 9 on proficiency.
Its NCES locale code is Rural: Fringe: the school is in rural territory close to an urban area.
The school's enrollment fell 5% from 2020-21 to 2024-25. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 17.5:1; by 2024-25 it was 19.0:1.
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Yazoo County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
24,835
Census ACS
Median income
$39,295
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
15%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
22%
Below federal line
Schools in county
10
3,040 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in MS Achievement SD Of Yazoo City
- McCoy Elementary SchoolElementary · 844 students
- Woolfolk Middle SchoolMiddle · 449 students
- ALTERNATIVE LEARNING CENTERCombined
- YAZOO CITY VOC COMPLEXHigh
- WEBSTER STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOLCombined
Other schools in YAZOO CITY
- McCoy Elementary SchoolElementary · 844 students
- Woolfolk Middle SchoolMiddle · 449 students
- Yazoo County High SchoolHigh · 400 students
- Yazoo County Middle SchoolMiddle · 258 students
- ALTERNATIVE LEARNING CENTERCombined
- YAZOO CITY VOC COMPLEXHigh
Nearby schools
- McCoy Elementary School0.2 mi · 844
- Woolfolk Middle School1.4 mi · 449
- Yazoo County High School6.8 mi · 400
- Yazoo County Middle School6.9 mi · 258
- Linwood School16.1 mi · 178
- Bentonia Gibbs School16.3 mi · 380
Frequently asked questions
About Yazoo City High SchoolHow many students attend Yazoo City High School?
Yazoo City High School enrolls approximately 531 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Yazoo City High School serve?
Yazoo City High School serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at Yazoo City High School?
Approximately 19.0:1 students per teacher at Yazoo City High School.
What is the student diversity at Yazoo City High School?
Student demographics at Yazoo City High School are roughly 0% Hispanic, 97% Black, 2% Two or more.
What district is Yazoo City High School in?
Yazoo City High School is part of MS Achievement SD Of Yazoo City.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.