There were 1,368 students enrolled in Yalobusha County schools in the 2024-25 school year, 2.1% fewer than the previous year, according to the Mississippi Department of Education.
Of all the students enrolled in the 2024-25 school year, 52.6% were boys, 47.4% were girls.
Data also showed that multiracial students made up 40.4% of the student body, the largest percentage in Yalobusha County schools, followed by Black students at 36.7% and white students at 19.2%.
Davidson Elementary School had the highest enrollment among Yalobusha County’s four schools in the 2024-25 school year, welcoming 601 students.
For the 2025-26 academic year, Mississippi’s public schools enrolled 424,534 students statewide. Black or African American students represented the largest racial group at 45.09%, followed by white students at 40.56%.
Mississippi had 3,815 unfilled K-12 teaching positions in public schools, an increase of 851 from the 2024-25 school year, according to a recent report from the Mississippi Department of Education. That is also 779 higher than in the 2021-22 school year, indicating that teacher vacancies continue to rise statewide.
| School name | Total enrollment in 2023-24 | Total enrollment in 2024-25 | % change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coffeeville Elementary School | 235 | 260 | 10.6% |
| Coffeeville High School | 139 | 110 | -20.9% |
| Davidson Elementary School | 624 | 601 | -3.7% |
| Water Valley High School | 400 | 397 | -0.8% |
Information in this article was obtained from the Mississippi Department of Education. The source data can be found here.
