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Of the 3,349 students enrolled in Yazoo County schools in 2022-23 school year, 80.7% 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 4.1% decrease from the previous school year.

Countywide, Yazoo City High School had the largest enrollment of Black or African American students in the 2022-23 school year.

A snapshot of Yazoo County schools showed that 80.7% of the students were Black or African American, 14.6% were white and 2.1% were multiracial.

There are eight schools within Yazoo County.

Mississippi's schools, with an enrollment of 436,523 in the 2023-24 academic year, are mostly divided between two ethnicities, with Black or African American students being the largest racial group at 46.86%, followed by white students at 42.14%.

Students in the state showed a significant improvement in the 2022-23 academic year, demonstrating sustained progress in their post-pandemic recovery. Overall, 87% of schools and 91% of districts achieved a grade of C or better, compared to 81% of schools and 87% of districts in the prior year.

Results from the 2022-23 Mississippi Academic Assessment Program (MAAP) showed students reaching an all-time high in all core subjects. Students better performed on the Math and English portion of the test, achieving grades around 5% better than in the previous year.

School	Asian %	Black or African American %	Hispanic of Latino %	Multiracial %	White %
Yazoo City High School	0%	99.1%	0%	0%	0%
McCoy Elementary School	0%	97.1%	0%	0%	0%
Bettie E. Woolfolk Middle School	0%	98.2%	0%	0%	0%
Yazoo County High School	0%	60.5%	0%	4%	32.1%
Bentonia Gibbs School	0%	31.8%	0%	8.9%	56.8%
Yazoo County Middle School	0%	52.2%	0%	5.7%	39.1%
Webster Street Elementary School	0%	98.6%	0%	0%	0%
Linwood Elementary School	0%	92.4%	0%	0%	0%