Amanda Elzy High School

Amanda Elzy High School (AEHS) 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 (full-time equivalent).

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 (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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