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Yazoo City High School

PublicHighGrades 9–12

1825 Dr. Martin Luther King Drive, Yazoo City, MS 39194 · (662) 746-2378 · Part of Yazoo City Municipal School District

Yazoo City’s School Grade D better than 7% of Mississippi school districts

Students
531
Students per teacher
19:1
Free or reduced lunch
99%
Setting
Rural
Grades
9–12
The gist

What stands out about Yazoo City High School

  • Its own letter, D−: reading and math results near the bottom of Mississippi’s public schools
  • Math proficiency 35 pts below the state
  • Reading / language arts 27 pts below the state

On the path

Where Yazoo City kids come from and go next. The whole path →

6–8Woolfolk Middle School449 students
9–12Yazoo City High SchoolYou are here

Test scores

2020–21
Math proficiencyunder 1%
State average 35.2%
Reading / language arts8%
State average 34.8%

Its own letter, D−, places these results among Mississippi’s 762 public schools with results. Source: EDFacts via Urban Institute Education Data Portal (SY2020-21).

1825 Dr. Martin Luther King Drive, Yazoo City

Students

Enrollment by grade
Grade 998
Grade 10147
Grade 11150
Grade 12136
Enrollment over time
559’20
612’21
632’22
537’23
531’24

Down 5% since 2020–21.

Who goes here
Black 97%Two or more races 2%Hispanic <1%

As reported to NCES, share of students with a reported race or ethnicity.

Parents talk

Questions and answers about Yazoo City High School from Yazoo City families.

Other schools in Yazoo City Municipal School District

The district →

School facts: U.S. Department of Education (NCES), 2024–2025 school year. Test scores: EDFacts via Urban Institute Education Data Portal (SY2020-21). A school’s letter is our own summary of its reading and math results against Mississippi’s other public schools; Yazoo City’s School Grade is built from its districts’ results. Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors.