📍 191 Panther Drive, Yazoo City, Yazoo County, 39194
Yazoo County High School is a State/Public serving high age pupils, located in Yazoo City, Yazoo County. The school has 448 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Yazoo Co School Dist school district. It serves grades 9–12 in a rural setting. The school employs 31.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 14.3:1. 27% of students are proficient in reading. 22% are proficient in maths. The four-year graduation rate is 82%. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Yazoo County High School enrolls 448 students across grades 9–12. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 31.3 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 14.3:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 60% Black or African American, 32% White and 4% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 271 | 60% |
| White | 144 | 32% |
| Two or more races | 18 | 4% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 12 | 2.7% |
| Asian | 3 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
448 of the school's 448 students (100%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 448 qualify for free lunch and 0 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Yazoo County High School is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Distant). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district MS-20, state senate district 23, state house district 54.
Yazoo County High School is one of 4 schools in Yazoo County School District, based in YAZOO CITY, Mississippi. The district serves 1,216 students district-wide and employs 110 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 448 students, Yazoo County High School is larger than the district average of about 304 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Distant
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