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2022-23 School Year: What were the backgrounds of Yazoo City Municipal School District students?

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Black students made up 98.2% of the 2,029 students enrolled in Yazoo City Municipal School District during the 2022-23 school year, making them the most represented ethnicity, according to the Mississippi Department of Education.

This is a 4.1% decrease from the previous school year.

Yazoo City High School had the highest enrollment in the district with 632 students.

A snapshot of Yazoo City Municipal School District showed 98.2% of students were Black and 1.8% were multiracial.

Yazoo City Municipal School District roughly covers four schools within Yazoo County and has a main office in Yazoo City.

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.

Enrollment in Yazoo City Municipal School District by Ethnicity in the 2022-23 School Year

SchoolAsian Enrollment %Black or African American %Hispanic of Latino %Multiracial %White %
Bettie E. Woolfolk Middle School0%98.2%0%1.8%0%
McCoy Elementary School0%97.1%0%2.9%0%
Webster Street Elementary School0%98.6%0%1.4%0%
Yazoo City High School0%99.1%0%0.9%0%

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