Amanda Elzy High School
Location
Greenwood, Mississippi postal address

United States
Coordinates33°30′02″N 90°10′06″W / 33.50056°N 90.16833°W / 33.50056; -90.16833
Information
Opened1959
School districtGreenwood-Leflore Consolidated School District (2019-)
Leflore County School District (-2019)
Faculty29.45 (FTE)[1]
Grades9–12
Enrollment403 (2017–18)[1]
Student to teacher ratio13.68[1]
Color(s)   
Team namePanthers
Websiteaehs.glcsd.org

Amanda Elzy High School (AEHS) is a high school in unincorporated Leflore County, Mississippi, south of Greenwood,[2] and part of the Greenwood-Leflore Consolidated School District.[3]

As of the 2013–2014 school year, it had 488 students in grades 9–12 and 36.37 teachers (full-time equivalent).[4]

Its service area includes Minter City, Money, Sidon, and Schlater.[5]

History

The school was named in 1959 in honor of Amanda Elzy, a pioneering black educator.[6]: 191–192 

It was a part of the Leflore County School District until that district's merger into Greenwood-Leflore Consolidated School District on July 1, 2019.[7]

Demographics

In the 2012–2013 school year, the demographic profile of the student body was 492 black students, 5 Hispanic students and 2 white students.[4]

In 2014, its students were reported as 100% "economically disadvantaged."[8]

Discipline

By 2010 the school began to only issue detentions for physical altercations, with a choice of either Saturdays or after school, instead of all day in-school suspensions.[9]

Notable alumni

  • Lusia Harris (1955–2022), basketball player[10] and member of the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame[11]
  • Gerald Glass (born 1967), All-SEC (Ole Miss 1989-1990) and professional basketball player. Glass attended Amanda Elzy High School as a student, and then returned as an adult to coach the basketball team to a state championship in the 2011–2012 season.[12][13]
  • Alphonso Ford (1971–2004), basketball player[14]
  • Leroy Jones (1950–2021), American football player[15]

The school is mentioned frequently in Richard Rubin's book Confederacy of Silence.[16]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Amanda Elzy High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved January 10, 2020.
  2. ↑ Home page. Amanda Elzy High School. Retrieved on July 3, 2017. "604 Elzy Avenue, Greenwood, MS 38930"
  3. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Elzy School
  4. 1 2 "Amanda Elzy High School". School Directory Information. U.S. Department of Education.
  5. ↑ "School Profile". Greenwood-Leflore Consolidated School District. Archived from the original on 2020-08-08. Retrieved 2021-05-18. from the rural areas of Greenwood including the towns of [...] Slaughter[...] - The page states "Schlater" as being "Slaughter".
  6. ↑ Weaver, David E (2004). Black Diva of the Thirties: the life of Ruby Elzy. University Press of Mississippi. ISBN 9781604737653. Retrieved 9 February 2015. weaver black diva.
  7. ↑ "School District Consolidation in Mississippi Archived 2017-07-02 at the Wayback Machine." Mississippi Professional Educators. December 2016. Retrieved on July 2, 2017. Page 2 (PDF p. 3/6).
  8. ↑ "Amanda Elzy High School: Student Body". U.S. News & World Report. Retrieved 9 February 2015.
  9. ↑ Darden, Bob (2010-01-16). "Fights disrupt Elzy". Greenwood Commonwealth. Retrieved 2022-03-28.
  10. ↑ "Oral history with Ms. Lusia Harris-Stewart". University of Southern Mississippi. December 18, 1999. Archived from the original on 2010-08-29. Retrieved 9 February 2015.
  11. ↑ "Lusia Harris Stewart". Women's Basketball Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 2015-09-19. Retrieved 9 February 2015.
  12. ↑ "Gerald Glass". basketball-reference.com. Retrieved 9 February 2015.
  13. ↑ Flynn, Bryan (August 1, 2013). "2013 Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame Class". Jackson Free Press.
  14. ↑ "Alphonso Ford". databaseBasketball.com. Archived from the original on 2015-02-09. Retrieved 9 February 2015.
  15. ↑ "Leroy Jones". hraashof.org. Archived from the original on January 27, 2014. Retrieved January 27, 2014.
  16. ↑ Rubin, Richard (2010). Confederacy of Silence: A True Tale of the New Old South. Simon and Schuster. pp. 53, 113, 201. ISBN 9781451602654.
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