Yazoo County School District

-$ 0
Underfunded for 2022-2023
-$ 0
total underfunded since 2008

Yazoo County School District’s state funding for the 2023-2024 school year is $557,594 below the amount required by state law. Statewide, Mississippi’s public schools are underfunded by $175,829,477.

This is the 16th consecutive year that Mississippi has underfunded its public schools. Since 2008, the last time the MAEP was fully funded, students in Yazoo County School District have been shorted a total of $11,289,927. During this same period, Mississippi raised its academic standards significantly, yet public schools have been denied the resources needed to meet those standards.

Legislators Representing Yazoo County School District

Representatives

Rep. Kenneth Walker

HOUSE DISTRICT 27

HOME:
P.O. Box 265
Carthage, MS 39051
601.267.5368 (H)
601.214.6320 (C)

CAPITOL:
Room 400-F
Jackson, MS
601.359.2439

Rep. Bryant Clark

HOUSE DISTRICT 47

HOME:
271 Clark Rd.
Pickens, MS 39170
662.834.4074 (H)
662.834.6133 (W)

CAPITOL:
BSMNT-B
Jackson, MS
601.359.2845

Rep. Rufus Straughter

HOUSE DISTRICT 51

HOME:
107 Van Buren Street
Belzoni, MS 39038
662.247.2728 (H)

CAPITOL:
Room 400-E
Jackson, MS
601.359.3456

Rep. Kevin Ford

HOUSE DISTRICT 54

HOME:
206 Willow Way
Vicksburg, MS  39183
601.218.8185 (C)

CAPITOL:

Jackson, MS
601.359.3770  

Rep. Stephanie Foster

HOUSE DISTRICT 63

HOME:
120 Western Hills Dr
Jackson, MS  39212
601.842.7742 (C)

CAPITOL:

Jackson, MS
601.359.3770

Senators

Sen. Barbara Blackmon

SENATE DISTRICT 21

HOME:
907 W. Peace St.
Canton, MS 39046

CAPITOL:
Room 409
Jackson, MS
601.359.3237

Sen. Joseph Thomas

SENATE DISTRICT 22

HOME:
P.O. Box 524 
Yazoo City, MS 39194
662.746.7552 (W)
662.571.2987 (C)

CAPITOL:
Room 215
Jackson, MS
601.359.2220

Sen. W. Briggs Hopson III

SENATE DISTRICT 23

HOME:
1201 Cherry Street
Vicksburg, MS 39183

CAPITOL:
Room 214-B
Jackson, MS
601.359.3250

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Nationally, Mississippi ranks near the bottom, 48th among the states, in per pupil school spending (U.S. Census, Public Education Finances: FY2021, published May 2023) but much higher, 25th among the states, in the rigor of our academic standards (Education Next, published May 2018).

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