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Yazoo County School District

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Yazoo County School District is located close to the center of Mississippi. Yazoo County School District has 913.11 square miles of land area and 11.20 square miles of water area. As of 2010-2014, the total Yazoo County School District population is 16,614. Yazoo County School District median household income is $35,182 in 2010-2014. Yazoo County School District median house value is $63,800 in 2010-2014. On average, Yazoo County School District is close to the state average in quality.

Ranking:	(75 out of 148, bottom 49%)*
Type:	Regular Local School District
Grade:	Prekindergarten to Grade 12
Number of Schools:	4
Population	16,614 (2010-2014), rank #61
Population Growth	-1.79% since 2005-2009, see rank
Population Density:	17.97/sq mi, rank #132
Median Household Income:	$35,182 at 2010-2014—-3.21% increase since 2005-2009, rank #64
Median House Price:	$63,800 at 2010-2014—-14.48% increase since 2005-2009, rank #124
Time Zone:	Central GMT -6:00 with Daylight Saving in the Summer
Land Area:	913.11 sq mi, rank #1
Water Area:	11.20 sq mi (1.21%), rank #25
State:	Mississippi
County:	Yazoo County
City:	Yazoo City, Holly Bluff, Benton, Lexington, Vaughan, Pickens, Eden, Bentonia, Satartia
Zip:	39194, 39088, 39039, 39095, 39179, 39146, 39040, 39162
Area:	Yazoo City, MS

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Yazoo County School District Map, Border, and Nearby Locations

94 Panther Dr

Yazoo City MS, 39194, Yazoo County

Phone: 662-746-4672

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014	2012-2013	2011-2012	2010-2011	2009-2010	2008-2009	2007-2008
Total Students:	1,696	1,724	1,735	1,769	1,762	1,759	1,763
English Language Learner Students:	0	3	0	0	0	5	0
Total Teachers:	105.34	110.91	113.61	112.82	117.02	117.30	118.30
Prekindergarten:	0.15	0.21	0.00	0.26	0.14	0.10	0.40
Kindergarten:	7.35	6.71	7.34	6.78	7.19	7.00	8.20
Elementary:	39.32	40.44	41.81	40.09	41.36	42.30	44.90
Secondary:	45.43	48.72	49.60	49.63	51.78	50.70	51.50
Ungraded:	13.09	14.83	14.86	16.06	16.55	17.20	13.30
Total Other Staff:	119.47	125.71	125.89	125.17	134.63	131.80	127.40
Instructional Aides:	17.49	22.06	25.50	21.34	22.93	22.50	25.00
Instructional Coordinators & Supervisors:	3.00	0.21	0.10	0.10	1.15	1.70	1.40
Total Guidance Counselors:	5.00	5.73	5.45	5.45	5.45	9.80	4.20
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	2.90	2.70
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	2.00	2.73	2.45	2.45	2.45	2.00	1.50
Other Guidance Counselors:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	4.90	NA
Librarians/Media Specialists:	3.00	3.00	3.00	4.00	3.49	3.00	4.00
Library/Media Support:	1.02	0.00	0.00	0.00	1.00	1.00	0.00
District Administrators:	8.65	8.43	6.89	7.81	8.04	7.10	7.10
District Administrative Support:	9.77	8.93	8.91	9.03	10.07	9.10	9.10
School Administrators:	7.66	9.59	9.00	9.00	8.87	6.80	7.00
School Administrative Support:	10.25	10.25	10.25	10.25	11.27	10.90	9.80
Student Support Services:	9.57	10.24	11.73	13.01	13.45	13.20	13.50
Other Support Services:	44.06	47.27	45.06	45.18	48.91	46.70	46.30
Student-Teacher Ratio:	16.10	15.54	15.27	15.68	15.06	15.00	14.90

Schools

Bentonia Gibbs School	Prekindergarten to Grade 5	10340 Hwy 433 West, Bentonia MS 39040
Linwood Elementary	Prekindergarten to Grade 5	3439 Vaughan Rd, Vaughan MS 39179
Yazoo Co High School	Grade 9 to Grade 12	191 Panther Dr, Yazoo City MS 39194
Yazoo Co Jr High School	Grade 6 to Grade 8	116 Panther Dr, Yazoo City MS 39194

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	State Average
MCT2 Test
2008	Language Arts	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151.3	149.3
2009	Language Arts	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150	148.7
2010	Language Arts	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.9	149
2011	Language Arts	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148.2	149.8
2012	Language Arts	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148.9	150.2
2013	Language Arts	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	146.9	151
2008	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	156.3	150.6
2009	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	155.1	151
2010	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	153.5	152.1
2011	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	153	153.3
2012	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	152.4	154.1
2013	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.7	154.2
2008	Language Arts	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	147	148.8
2009	Language Arts	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.6	149.2
2010	Language Arts	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	146.9	149.5
2011	Language Arts	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.5	149.6
2012	Language Arts	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148.1	151
2013	Language Arts	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.5	151.8
2008	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.4	150.5
2009	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151.3	151.1
2010	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.9	151.5
2011	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.9	151.7
2012	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150	152.8
2013	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.8	154.1
2008	Language Arts	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148.9	148.5
2009	Language Arts	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	145.8	148.7
2010	Language Arts	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	147.6	148.8
2011	Language Arts	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	145.5	148.9
2012	Language Arts	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	147.5	149.9
2013	Language Arts	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	146.2	150.8
2008	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151.1	149.8
2009	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148.1	150.2
2010	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148.1	151.3
2011	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	146.7	151.4
2012	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.7	152.3
2013	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	152.2	153.2
2008	Language Arts	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	147.4	147.6
2009	Language Arts	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	145.7	148.8
2010	Language Arts	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	145.3	149.4
2011	Language Arts	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	146	149.8
2012	Language Arts	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	142.8	150.3
2013	Language Arts	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	147	150.7
2008	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151.8	149.3
2009	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.5	149.9
2010	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148	150.5
2011	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	147.3	150.6
2012	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	146.8	151.3
2013	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.8	152.4
2008	Language Arts	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	146.2	147
2009	Language Arts	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148.6	147.8
2010	Language Arts	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.5	149.7
2011	Language Arts	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.3	149.9
2012	Language Arts	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.2	150.7
2013	Language Arts	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	147.3	151.4
2008	Mathematics	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.6	148.7
2009	Mathematics	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.8	150.1
2010	Mathematics	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.6	151.1
2011	Mathematics	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.7	152.1
2012	Mathematics	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.9	152.3
2013	Mathematics	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	147.6	153.1
2008	Language Arts	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	145.9	146.6
2009	Language Arts	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	147.5	147.8
2010	Language Arts	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	146.4	147.8
2011	Language Arts	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	146.5	149.1
2012	Language Arts	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148.7	149.9
2013	Language Arts	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149	150
2008	Mathematics	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148.1	148.3
2009	Mathematics	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.4	149.6
2010	Mathematics	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148.5	151.5
2011	Mathematics	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.6	153.2
2012	Mathematics	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151	153.7
2013	Mathematics	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	152	154.6
MST Test
2008	Science	5th Grade	% met std	49.5%	40.8%
2009	Science	5th Grade	% met std	30.7%	42.8%
2010	Science	5th Grade	% met std	39.9%	44.9%
2012	Science	5th Grade	% met std	37.3%	53.6%
2013	Science	5th Grade	% met std	47.2%	63.1%
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	35.3%	39.3%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	29.8%	40%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	38.6%	42.9%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	51.6%	56.4%
2013	Science	8th Grade	% met std	52.5%	64.0%
SATP2 Test
2004	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	74.4%	90.7%
2005	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	87%	91.6%
2006	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	97.4%	91%
2007	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	93.5%	90.8%
2008	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	72.2%	71%
2009	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	57.9%	72%
2010	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	80.7%	79.6%
2011	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	75.3%	85.4%
2012	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	80.9%	81.9%
2013	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	87.6%	85.2%
2004	Biology I	End of course	% met std	77.6%	89.2%
2005	Biology I	End of course	% met std	86.5%	91.8%
2006	Biology I	End of course	% met std	89.4%	93.3%
2007	Biology I	End of course	% met std	84.4%	92.2%
2008	Biology I	End of course	% met std	84.1%	87.9%
2009	Biology I	End of course	% met std	84.2%	87.6%
2010	Biology I	End of course	% met std	81.7%	86.2%
2012	Biology I	End of course	% met std	72.8%	74.7%
2013	Biology I	End of course	% met std	81.9%	78.5%
2004	English II	End of course	% met std	75.4%	83.1%
2005	English II	End of course	% met std	76.6%	82.8%
2006	English II	End of course	% met std	65.2%	78.1%
2007	English II	End of course	% met std	77.4%	77.2%
2008	English II	End of course	% met std	60%	69.7%
2009	English II	End of course	% met std	64.6%	69%
2010	English II	End of course	% met std	54.8%	68%
2011	English II	End of course	% met std	58.1%	71.8%
2012	English II	End of course	% met std	62.4%	73.1%
2013	English II	End of course	% met std	77.9%	73%
2004	US History	End of course	% met std	88.1%	95.7%
2005	US History	End of course	% met std	94.7%	96.4%
2006	US History	End of course	% met std	90.3%	95.9%
2007	US History	End of course	% met std	87.1%	93.9%
2008	US History	End of course	% met std	90.5%	94.3%
2009	US History	End of course	% met std	98.2%	96.9%
2010	US History	End of course	% met std	87%	93%
2011	US History	End of course	% met std	87.6%	93%
2012	US History	End of course	% met std	68.8%	72.9%
2013	US History	End of course	% met std	73.1%	81.3%

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School District Fiscal Information

	2012			2011			2010
	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%
Total Revenue:	$17,274,000	$9,956		$17,119,000	$9,677		$18,230,000	$10,346
Federal:	$2,957,000	$1,704	17.1%	$3,720,000	$2,103	21.7%	$4,746,000	$2,694	26.0%
State:	$7,408,000	$4,270	42.9%	$6,963,000	$3,936	40.7%	$7,008,000	$3,977	38.4%
Local:	$6,909,000	$3,982	40.0%	$6,436,000	$3,638	37.6%	$6,476,000	$3,675	35.5%
Total Expenditures:	$18,375,000	$10,591		$15,781,000	$8,921		$17,641,000	$10,012
Total Current Expenditures:	$15,207,000	$8,765		$14,965,000	$8,460		$15,740,000	$8,933
Instructional Expenditures:	$7,795,000	$4,493	51.3%	$7,556,000	$4,271	50.5%	$8,129,000	$4,614	51.6%
Student and Staff Support:	$1,329,000	$766	8.7%	$1,450,000	$820	9.7%	$1,615,000	$917	10.3%
Administration:	$2,049,000	$1,181	13.5%	$1,919,000	$1,085	12.8%	$2,043,000	$1,159	13.0%
Operations, Food, Other:	$4,034,000	$2,325	26.5%	$4,040,000	$2,284	27.0%	$3,953,000	$2,243	25.1%
Total Capital Outlay:	$2,829,000	$1,631		$515,000	$291		$1,364,000	$774
Construction:	$118,000	$68		$35,000	$20		$102,000	$58
Total Other:	$105,000	$61		$60,000	$34		$272,000	$154
Interest on Debt:	$234,000	$135		$241,000	$136		$265,000	$150

Total Salary:	$9,020,000	$5,199		$8,477,000	$4,792		$8,976,000	$5,094
Instruction/Teacher Salary:	$6,038,000	$3,480	66.9%	$5,309,000	$3,001	62.6%	$5,620,000	$3,190	62.6%
Other Salary:	$2,982,000	$1,719	33.1%	$3,168,000	$1,791	37.4%	$3,356,000	$1,905	37.4%
Total Benefit:	$2,707,000	$1,560		$2,586,000	$1,462		$2,795,000	$1,586
Instruction/Teacher Benefit:	$1,684,000	$971	62.2%	$1,606,000	$908	62.1%	$1,714,000	$973	61.3%
Other Benefit:	$1,023,000	$590	37.8%	$980,000	$554	37.9%	$1,081,000	$614	38.7%

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	56.8%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	36.8%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	14.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	28.4%
Teachers with 6-10 Years of Experience:	18.9%
Teachers with 11-20 Years of Experience:	26.3%
Teachers with 21-30 Years of Experience:	18.9%
Teachers with 31 Years of Experience or More:	7.4%

Mean Base Salary:	$39,997.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$34,918.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6-10 Years of Experience:	$35,682.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 11-20 Years of Experience:	$41,490.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 21-30 Years of Experience:	$46,297.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 31 Years of Experience or More:	$49,149.0

* Yazoo County School District was rated 3 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.