The elementary schools within the Yazoo County School District saw an increase in their proficiency levels among its students. But the Yazoo County High School, like many high schools within the state, did see a drop in its scores.
Superintendent Dr. Ken Barron said an actual letter grade has not been assigned to the county district yet, but the state board of education will release that score after it meets in September.
Barron said the district did stay “relatively level,” and he was proud of the improvements made at both Linwood and Bentonia Gibbs elementary schools.
“For example, Linwood went up dramatically by 23 points in science,” Barron said. “We did see a move up at Linwood and at Bentonia Gibbs.”
Barron said levels at the Yazoo County Middle School did drop slightly. He also said the high school took a large drop in its scores.
“High schools across the state took a pretty serious dip because of the way the student growth was calculated,” he said. “I surveyed about ten high schools, and all their scores had dropped pretty significantly. You are going to see this across the state. Our high school did take a pretty good drop, pretty much in line with what you see across the state.”
In other school news, the Yazoo County School Board approved adding three new sports to its district. At the cost of $12,500, the district welcomes cross country, golf and tennis.
