Oxford Reporter

Of the 1,504 students enrolled in Yalobusha County schools in 2019-2020, 56.4% were Black or African American, according to the Mississippi Department of Education. This was the most represented ethnicity among Yalobusha County students.

This is a 0.5% increase over the previous school year.

Davidson Elementary School had the highest enrollment of Black or African American students in the 2019-2020 school year.

A snapshot of Yalobusha County schools showed 56.4% students were Black or African American, 36% were White and 2.5% were Two or More Races.

There are four schools in Yalobusha County.

Mississippi has continually struggled with public education. The most recent Report Card on American Education, from a right-leaning think tank, gave the state a C-. This is consistent with ratings stretching back nearly one decade.

The nonpartisan Education Week also ranked Mississippi schools as C- in their most recent analysis.

School	Asian Enrollment %	Black or African American %	Hispanic of Latino %	Two or More Races %	White %
Coffeeville Elementary School	-	76.8	-	-	-
Coffeeville High School	-	90.6	-	-	8.3
Davidson Elementary School	-	47.6	-	4.1	47.1
Water Valley High School	-	41	-	2.9	55

Some information provided by the Mississippi Department of Education may be incomplete.