Amanda Elzy High School (AEHS) is a high school in unincorporated Leflore County, Mississippi, south of Greenwood,Home page. Amanda Elzy High School. Retrieved on July 3, 2017. "604 Elzy Avenue, Greenwood, MS 38930" and part of the Greenwood-Leflore Consolidated School District.
, it had 488 students in grades 9–12 and 36.37 teachers (full-time equivalent).
Its service area includes Minter City, Money, Sidon, and Schlater. - The page states "Schlater" as being "Slaughter".
History The school was named in 1959 in honor of Amanda Elzy, a pioneering black educator.
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."School District Consolidation in Mississippi ." Mississippi Professional Educators. December 2016. Retrieved on July 2, 2017. Page 2 (PDF p. 3/6).
Demographics In the 20122013 school year, the demographic profile of the student body was 492 black students, 5 Hispanic students and 2 white students.
In 2014, its students were reported as 100% "economically disadvantaged."
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.
Notable alumni
Lusia Harris (1955–2022), basketball player and member of the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame 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. Alphonso Ford (1971–2004), basketball player Leroy Jones (1950–2021), American football player
In popular culture The school is mentioned frequently in Richard Rubin's book Confederacy of Silence.
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