NCES CCD 2024-25 6 schools MS

Best-Resourced Schools in Yazoo City, MS

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6 public K-12 schools in Yazoo City from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

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6
Schools
2,774
Students
30.8/100
Avg Resource Index
15.5:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Lean reported-resource profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Yazoo City has more public-school enrollment than 25% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Yazoo City's average Resource Investment Index falls in the lower portion of the 4,487-city comparison set. The index is a resource snapshot, not an academic grade: it reflects the federal staffing, counselor, gifted-program, and attendance fields available for local campuses. The most useful next step is to open the individual schools below and identify which component is pulling each score down, because the same city average can hide very different campus-level constraints.

A full K–12 ladder sits inside the city boundary

Yazoo City's list includes 1 elementary, 2 middle, and 2 high-school campuses, plus 1 combined-grade record. The city average spans every major grade stage, so the ranked table is more informative when read within level than as one interchangeable queue.

Economic need crosses separate district systems

100.0% of enrollment in reporting Yazoo City schools is eligible for free lunch, while the city list spans 2 districts. That pairing makes a citywide average especially easy to misread: the need measure follows students, but staffing decisions, calendars, program rules, and federal allocations are administered through separate district structures. The 24-point gap between Yazoo County Middle School and Bettie E Woolfolk Middle School shows how much reported resource capacity can vary inside the same municipal label. Compare schools within the same district first, then use the city view to see how those local systems differ.

City enrollment
Top 75%
School count
Top 79%
Resource Index average
14th percentile
Teacher staffing
48th percentile

Mccoy Elementary School accounts for 30.4% of all Yazoo City public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means Yazoo City-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: Elementary. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how districts allocate programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Yazoo City school enrollment varies 3.3× across entities

Yazoo City school enrollment ranges from 258 students (lowest) to 844 students (highest), a spread of 586 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous school portfolio for a city this size. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Yazoo City reports 100.0% free-lunch eligibility

The reported share is above 87.5%, so economic need is widespread across the measured student population. Title I operates under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015), but its statutory allocation uses additional LEA-level counts and rules not represented by this average. This percentage is an economic-need context measure; it does not establish a Title I award, show dollars received, or describe how funds are distributed among campuses.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Yazoo City student-teacher ratio is 15.5:1 — near the typical range (US average ~15.7) — citywide staffing is neither unusually lean nor unusually crowded by this measure

student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Variation between sub-units within Yazoo City is typically wider than the Yazoo City-aggregate figure suggests.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. Yazoo County Middle School 45
2. Yazoo County High School 35
3. Yazoo City High School 31
4. Webster Street Elementary School 30
5. Mccoy Elementary School 23
6. Bettie E Woolfolk Middle School 21

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Yazoo City

Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.

  1. 1 Yazoo County Middle School 56.8/100
  2. 2 Yazoo County High School 54.1/100
  3. 3 Mccoy Elementary School 24.5/100
  4. 4 Bettie E Woolfolk Middle School 5.7/100
  5. 5 Yazoo City High School 5.1/100

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Which Yazoo City school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Yazoo County Middle School has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Yazoo City schools in this federal-data comparison at 45/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Yazoo City, MS? ▼

Yazoo City has 6 public schools with a total enrollment of 2,774 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 15.5:1.

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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.