Yazoo City High School

As an intimate four-year high school in YAZOO CITY, Mississippi, Yazoo City High School educates 531 students from grades 9 through 12, overseen by MS Achievement SD Of Yazoo City.

Yazoo City High School is one of 3 schools operated by MS Achievement SD Of Yazoo City, a district that teaches 1,824 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Yazoo City High School records that 97% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority. Other groups include 2% multiracial. By comparison, Yazoo County as a whole is about 58% Black, so the school skews noticeably more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Yazoo City High School reports 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 19.0:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.6:1 average. Roughly 99% of students at Yazoo City High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Yazoo City High School falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 47.4%; this one comes in at 31.4%, -16.0 points off the demographic line.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Yazoo County) records that the typical household earns roughly $39,295 per year, about 15% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 22%. In all, Yazoo County runs 10 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,040 students), of which Yazoo City High School is one.

The closest other public school is McCoy Elementary School, roughly 0.2 miles away. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools.

The school occupies a low-density site.

Five-year trend. Yazoo City High School's enrollment has declined 6% since 2018, when it stood at 563 (now 531). The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 20.0:1 in 2018 to 19.0:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the Yazoo City High School community share and discuss classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. The community welcomes input from current and former families.