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C+

Yazoo County School District

Public school districtGrades PK–12Regional · 3 towns

Serves Bentonia, Eden and Satartia.

Bentonia’s Schools page →

Students
1,216
Schools
4
Spent per student
$17,469
MS $12,392
Students per teacher
12:1
Free or reduced lunch
99%
Debt
$3.5M
fiscal 2024
The gist

What stands out about Yazoo County School District

  • Its letter, C+: results better than 38% of Mississippi districts
  • Math proficiency 23 pts below the state
  • Reading proficiency 18 pts below the state
  • Spends 41% more per student than the MS average
  • 12 students per teacher
  • Enrollment down 12.3% since 2020–21
  • Debt of $3.5M, about $2,897 per student
The School Grade

What this district adds to its towns’ grade

C+: better than 38% of the 150 Mississippi school districts we grade. Each town’s School Grade weighs its districts by the students they test; spending and class size are shown but don’t count.

Test scoresReading and math well below the state, 2021–22
C−
GraduationFour-year graduation above the state, class of 2023
B
The towns it serves, and their School Grades
Bentonia 296Eden 134Satartia 38

How TownRatings grades schools →

Where would my kid go?

The school path for Bentonia. Grade by grade →

PK–52 elementary schoolsThis district
6–8Yazoo County Middle SchoolThis district
9–12Yazoo County High SchoolThis district

Test scores vs. MS

2021–22 · class of 2023
Math proficiency24%
State average 47% · 794 students tested
Reading / language arts24%
State average 41.7% · 704 students tested
Graduation rate (4-year)90–94%
State average 89.4% · 126 in the class

100% of students in the tested grades sat the 2022 tests.

Reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express and the Urban Institute); the newest year for each measure.

Where the money goes

fiscal 2024
$17,469 per student · 41% above MS
Spending
Classroom instruction 49%Support & administration 46%Other 6%
Paid for by
Local (mostly property tax) 36%State 34%Federal 30%

Fiscal 2022–24 includes federal pandemic relief (ESSER).

U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances.

Enrollment over time
1,387’20
1,370’21
1,320’22
1,229’23
1,216’24

Down 12.3% since 2020–21.

Students
Black 54%White 37%Two or more races 6%Hispanic 2%Asian 1%Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander <1%

Schools in the district

4 public schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with Mississippi’s other public schools.

Bentonia Gibbs School
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Bentonia
C
380 students12:1
Linwood School
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Vaughan
C−
178 students13:1
Yazoo County Middle School
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Yazoo City
C−
258 students10:1
Yazoo County High School
High · Grades 9–12 · Yazoo City
C+
400 students11:1

District facts: U.S. Department of Education (NCES school directory 2024–25 and district boundaries) and the U.S. Census Bureau’s school finance survey. Test scores and graduation: state results reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express and the Urban Institute). The letters are our own summary, graded within Mississippi.