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Of the 6,147 students enrolled in Yazoo County schools in 2020-2021, 87% were Black or African American, according to the Mississippi Department of Education. This was the most represented ethnicity among Yazoo County students.

This is a 1.3% increase over the previous school year.

McCoy Elementary School had the highest enrollment of Black or African American students in the 2020-2021 school year.

A snapshot of Yazoo County schools showed 87% students were Black or African American, 8.5% were White, 1.2% were Two or More Races and 0.3% were Hispanic or Latino.

There are nine schools in Yazoo County.

Mississippi has continually struggled with public education. The most recent Report Card on American Education, from a right-leaning think tank, gave the state a C-. This is consistent with ratings stretching back nearly one decade.

The nonpartisan Education Week also ranked Mississippi schools as C- in their most recent analysis.

School	Asian Enrollment %	Black or African American %	Hispanic of Latino %	Two or More Races %	White %
Bentonia Gibbs School	-	35.2	-	8.1	53.9
Bettie E. Woolfolk Middle School	-	98.8	-	-	-
Claudine F. Brown Elementary School	-	90.1	7.5	-	-
Linwood Elementary School	-	89.7	-	-	-
McCoy Elementary School	-	96.9	-	1.6	-
Webster Street Elementary School	-	96.8	-	-	-
Yazoo City High School	-	98.7	-	-	-
Yazoo County High School	-	56.6	-	4.1	37.6
Yazoo County Middle School	-	57.8	-	3.1	35.4

Some information provided by the Mississippi Department of Education may be incomplete.