The Yazoo City Municipal School District is a public

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based in

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). The district boundaries parallel that of Yazoo City.

History

In 2019, the school district was taken over by the

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and was placed into the Mississippi Achievement School District. The district is still considered a separate entity.

Schools

*Yazoo City High School *Woolfolk Middle School *McCoy Elementary School *Webster Elementary School

Demographics

2007-08 school year

There were a total of 2,822 students enrolled in the Yazoo City Municipal School District during the 2007–2008 school year. The gender makeup of the district was 49% female and 51% male. The racial makeup of the district was 99.17% African American, 0.54% White, 0.07% Native American, 0.14% Hispanic, and 0.07% Asian.

Previous school years

Accountability statistics

References

External links

Yazoo City Municipal School District
{{Authority control Education in Yazoo County, Mississippi School districts in Mississippi