Amanda Elzy High School

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]

Amanda Elzy High School
Location
Greenwood, Mississippi postal address

United States
Coordinates33°30′02″N 90°10′06″W
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

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), 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. "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. "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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