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Yazoo County Middle School

Public Grades 6-8
214th
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 266 Mississippi Middle Schools
Better than 20% of Mississippi middle schools
Summary

Yazoo County Middle School is a public middle school in Yazoo City, Mississippi, serving 275 students in grades 6-8. The school is part of the Yazoo County School District, which is ranked 96 out of 130 districts in the state and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Yazoo County Middle School faces significant challenges, with consistently high chronic absenteeism rates ranging from 23.9% to 31.7% over the past few years, well above the state average. The school's performance on standardized tests is also consistently below state averages across all grade levels and subject areas. For example, in the 2024-2025 school year, the percentage of students proficient or better in English Language Arts ranged from 20.5% to 28.7%, compared to the state average of 37.3% to 46.7%. Similarly, in Mathematics, the school's proficiency rates were 26.9% to 40.3%, compared to the state average of 47.5% to 55.5%. Additionally, the school has a 100% free and reduced lunch rate, indicating that the student population comes from economically disadvantaged backgrounds.

Interestingly, the nearby Bettie E Woolfolk Middle School, which is part of the Yazoo City Municipal School District, performs even worse than Yazoo County Middle School on most metrics. Bettie E Woolfolk's proficiency rates in English Language Arts and Mathematics were significantly lower than Yazoo County Middle School's, and the school is ranked 255 out of 266 middle schools in the state, compared to Yazoo County Middle School's ranking of 214 out of 266. These findings suggest that the challenges faced by Yazoo County Middle School may be systemic issues that need to be addressed at a broader level.

258
Students ?
10.1
Student/teacher ratio ?
$17,033
Per pupil spending ?
98.8%
Free/discounted lunch ?
 116 Panther Drive
       Yazoo City, MS  39194

(662) 746-1616

District: Yazoo County School District

Racial breakdown:

African American:
53.1%
White:
38.4%
Two or more races:
4.3%
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At a glance
▬ Ranking trend: Holding steady — 17th percentile in 2015 → 20th in 2025
Strengths
✓Small classes — about 10 students per teacher
Worth a look
!Test scores below the Mississippi average (30% vs 50% meeting standards)
!In the lower quartile statewide (20th percentile)
!Algebra I scores 67 pts below the Mississippi average
Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?
This school30%
District avg33%
Mississippi avg50%
214th of 266
Mississippi public middle schools ?
Bottom 20%▲ up 3 pts since 2015
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★★★★★
SchoolDigger rating ?
96th of 130Yazoo County School District among Mississippi districts
Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMississippi percentileRating
202521.1214 of 26619.5%★☆☆☆☆
202432.1180 of 26431.8%★★☆☆☆
202323.8184 of 24324.3%★☆☆☆☆
202221.2201 of 25721.8%★☆☆☆☆
202117.9205 of 25720.2%★☆☆☆☆
201930.6182 of 26431.1%★★☆☆☆
201825.8187 of 25225.8%★☆☆☆☆
201728.6189 of 27230.5%★★☆☆☆
201620.9207 of 26020.4%★☆☆☆☆
201518.8221 of 26616.9%★☆☆☆☆
201420.9219 of 26417.0%★☆☆☆☆
201323.8214 of 26920.4%★☆☆☆☆
201247.8154 of 27043.0%★★☆☆☆
201150.2152 of 26442.4%★★☆☆☆
201049.4136 of 25546.7%★★☆☆☆
200949.1133 of 24746.2%★★☆☆☆
200854.3129 of 24447.1%★★☆☆☆
By subject vs Mississippi (2024-2025) ?
Science36%-18 vs state
Mathematics33%-19 vs state
English Language Arts24%-18 vs state
Algebra I0%-67 vs state

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Yazoo County Middle School ranks in the bottom 19.5% of Mississippi middle schools.

Students at Yazoo County Middle School are 53% African American, 38% White, 4% Two or more races, 2% Hispanic, 2% Asian.

In the 2024-25 school year, 258 students attended Yazoo County Middle School.


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