Amanda Elzy High School
Amanda Elzy High School is a high school in unincorporated Leflore County, Mississippi, south of Greenwood, and part of the Greenwood-Leflore Consolidated School District.
, it had 488 students in grades 9-12 and 36.37 teachers.
Its service area includes Minter City, Money, Sidon, and Schlater.
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.
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, basketball player and member of the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame
- Gerald Glass, All-SEC 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, basketball player
- Leroy Jones, American football player
In popular culture