Yazoo City High School

Yazoo City High School is a public high school in Yazoo City, Mississippi. It is within the Mississippi Achievement School District.

its enrollment is about 600 pupils.

History
Like most public schools in Mississippi, Yazoo City High School was segregated until the 1960s. Yazoo City High School was historically an all-white school, while Blacks attended Yazoo High School #2.

Notable alumni

 * Willie Morris (1952), author
 * J. F. Barbour III (1958), former mayor of Yazoo City; pioneer in re-establishing Republican Party in Mississippi
 * Haley Barbour (1965), former governor of Mississippi
 * Mike Espy (1971), former U.S. Secretary of Agriculture; Congressman