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Enrollment
400
High
DISTRICT 304 · STATE 651
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·YAZOO COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 280480000890
Yazoo County High School
191 PANTHER DRIVE, YAZOO CITY, MS 39194 · (662) 746-1593 · Yazoo County
GRADES 09–12HIGH42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL400 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 23% of Mississippi public high schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats 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
11.2:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.8:1 · STATE 12.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
397 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 | 85 | 21% |
| Grade 10 | 108 | 27% |
| Grade 11 | 103 | 26% |
| Grade 12 | 104 | 26% |
Student demographics
54%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 57% · 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 Yazoo County School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MAAP 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
34.0%
MS avg 45.9% . +13.8pp since 2023
Math
58.4%
MS avg 52.8% . +37.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the MAAP, Mississippi's statewide test, about 34 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 58 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Mississippi schools, those numbers are about 46 and 53. Reading and writing scores are up about 14 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 38 points.
MAAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 34.0% | 58.4% |
| 2023-24 | 20.2% | 20.6% |
% 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
42.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.5%
based on MS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 43% 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 County High School
Yazoo County High School's state test result (42.6% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yazoo County High School this school | 400 | 99.3% | 42.6% |
| J.Z. George High School NORTH CARROLLTON | 343 | 96.8% | 47.4% |
| Winona Secondary School Winona | 502 | 99.4% | 46.2% |
| Magee High School Magee | 380 | 85.5% | 34.9% |
| O'Bannon High School Greenville | 474 | 99.4% | 37.6% |
| Amite County High School LIBERTY | 284 | 100.0% | 49.7% |
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 County High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Mississippi |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 42.6% | #150 of 192 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 58.4% | #111 of 199 ▲ 85 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 34.0% | #134 of 199 ▲ 51 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 400 | #132 of 203 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.2:1 | #47 of 192 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 54.2% | #66 of 192 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.3% | #62 of 194 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.3% | #33 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
400
-63 (-14%) vs 2020
+199% since 1990-91, when it was 134
Student : Teacher
11.2:1
was 14.9:1
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 | 400 | 35.7 | 11.2:1 | 99% (397) |
| 2023-24 | 417 | 37 | 11.3:1 | 100% (417) |
| 2022-23 | 448 | 31.3 | 14.3:1 | 100% (448) |
| 2020-21 | 463 | 31 | 14.9:1 | 100% (463) |
| 2017-18 | 467 | 29.8 | 15.7:1 | 100% (467) |
| 2015-16 | 488 | 32 | 15.3:1 | 81% (396) |
| 2010-11 | 520 | 33 | 15.8:1 | 81% (420) |
| 2000-01 | 478 | 28 | 17.1:1 | 84% (402) |
| 1990-91 | 134 | 12 | 11.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Yazoo County High School.
About Yazoo County High School
Yazoo County High School is a small high school in YAZOO CITY, Mississippi. It covers grades 9 through 12, with a total enrollment of 400 students. Statewide, high schools in Mississippi average about 651 students each.
Yazoo County High School is in Yazoo County School District, a district with 1,216 students across 4 schools.
Black students make up a majority at Yazoo County High School, at 59%. Next come 32% White, 5% multiracial, and 2% Hispanic. The Black share in Yazoo County as a whole is similar, at about 58%. Yazoo County High School's diversity index is 54%, against a US figure of 70%.
Teachers at Yazoo County High School total 35.7 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 11.2:1. That is 1.4 students per teacher below the 12.6:1 average for high schools in Mississippi. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 99%. That tracks the 99% average for public schools in Yazoo County.
Measured against Mississippi public high schools, Yazoo County High School receives a C-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Yazoo County High School falls in the middle 80% of Mississippi schools: 42.6% actual against 44.5% predicted.
In the county around the school, Yazoo County, the median household income is $39,295, 15% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 22% of people live in poverty. There are 10 public schools in Yazoo County, enrolling about 3,040 students in all.
Nearest public school: Yazoo County Middle School, less than a tenth of a mile away. Within ten miles are 5 other public schools. On average proficiency, Yazoo County High School is 4th of 9 nearby schools with test data.
Locale: Rural: Distant. In NCES terms, the school is in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
2024-25 enrollment was 400, a 14% decrease from 463 in 2020-21. Its ratio of students to teachers was 14.9:1 in 2020-21, and 11.2:1 in 2024-25.
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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 Yazoo County School District
- Bentonia Gibbs SchoolElementary · 380 students
- Yazoo County Middle SchoolMiddle · 258 students
- Linwood SchoolElementary · 178 students
Other schools in YAZOO CITY
- McCoy Elementary SchoolElementary · 844 students
- Yazoo City High SchoolHigh · 531 students
- Woolfolk Middle SchoolMiddle · 449 students
- Yazoo County Middle SchoolMiddle · 258 students
- ALTERNATIVE LEARNING CENTERCombined
- YAZOO CITY VOC COMPLEXHigh
Nearby schools
- Yazoo County Middle School0.1 mi · 258
- Woolfolk Middle School5.5 mi · 449
- Yazoo City High School6.8 mi · 531
- McCoy Elementary School6.9 mi · 844
- Bentonia Gibbs School9.9 mi · 380
- Linwood School13.1 mi · 178
Frequently asked questions
About Yazoo County High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Yazoo County High School?
Yazoo County High School enrolls approximately 400 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Yazoo County High School serve?
Yazoo County High School serves grades 09-12.
How many students per teacher at Yazoo County High School?
Approximately 11.2:1 students per teacher at Yazoo County High School.
How diverse is Yazoo County High School?
Yazoo County High School reports a student body of 32% White, 2% Hispanic, 59% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Yazoo County High School?
Yazoo County High School is overseen by Yazoo County School District in Yazoo County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.