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Schools in Bentonia

Bentonia’s public schools

Yazoo County School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Bentonia. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?0/4schools above Mississippi’s middle

Tests spring 2022, when 100% of students in Mississippi’s tested grades sat them, and the class of 2023’s graduation rate (U.S. Department of Education). How TownRatings grades schools

Reading proficiency
24%
2021–22
Math proficiency
24%
2021–22
Graduate on time
92%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$17.5K
▲ 41% vs MS $12.4K
FY2024
Students per teacher
11.6
MS 13.9 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
1,216 students on the public path
In brief

Bentonia’s schools, in brief

School by school

0 of Bentonia’s 4 district schools with test results score above the middle of Mississippi’s 762 public schools. Yazoo County High School places highest (better than 39%); Linwood School lowest (16%). See the path ↓

Which school depends on your street

Two elementary schools serve Bentonia, graded from C− to C, so it’s worth checking the specific school. Then one middle school and one high school: Yazoo County High School. See the path ↓

Written from the figures on this page. Tests are from 2021–22, graduation from the class of 2023; each school’s own letter uses 2020–21 results.

Where will my kid go?

Pick a grade. These are the public schools in Bentonia, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–52 elementary schoolsDepends on your addressC− to C
6–8Yazoo County Middle Schoolin Yazoo CityC−
9–12Yazoo County High Schoolin Yazoo CityC+

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Yazoo County School District.

The district

Spending and class size are shown but don’t count toward the grade. Each district’s own page has every school.

Yazoo County School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 4 schools · 1,216 students, down 12% since 2020–21 · 11.6 per teacher (MS 13.9)
$17,469MS $12,392 · FY2024
C+
Test scores · 2021–22

Well below the state in reading

Reading24%
State average 41.7% · 704 students tested
Math24%
State average 47% · 794 students tested

Bentonia vs. its neighbors

Schools grades for the Mississippi towns that share Bentonia’s borders.

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Bentonia—Yazoo County

Every school in Bentonia

4 schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with Mississippi’s other public schools (the newest school-level results we have).

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

Questions about Bentonia’s schools

Are Bentonia’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Bentonia. Yazoo County School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Bentonia. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 0 of its 4 district schools with test results score above the middle of Mississippi’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is Bentonia in?

Yazoo County School District.

Where do Bentonia kids go to high school?

Yazoo County High School.

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What Bentonia families are saying about school.

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School data: state test results (2021–22, with participation) and four-year graduation rates (class of 2023) reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express); each school’s own letter uses its 2020–21 results (EDFacts via the Urban Institute); schools and enrollment from NCES (2024–25; private schools 2023–24); spending from the Census Bureau’s school finance survey (FY2024). Stars are from neighbors.