Amanda Elzy High School (AEHS) is a high school in unincorporated Leflore County, Mississippi, south of Greenwood,[3] and part of the Greenwood-Leflore Consolidated School District.[4]
Amanda Elzy High School | |
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Location | |
Greenwood, Mississippi postal address United States | |
Coordinates | 33°30′02″N 90°10′06″W / 33.50056°N 90.16833°W |
Information | |
Opened | 1959 |
School district | Greenwood-Leflore Consolidated School District (2019-) Leflore County School District (-2019) |
Faculty | 29.45 (FTE)[1] |
Grades | 9–12 |
Enrollment | 403 (2017–18)[1] |
Student to teacher ratio | 13.68[1] |
Color(s) | Royal blue and gold [2] |
Team name | Panthers |
Website | aehs |
As of the 2013–2014 school year[update], it had 488 students in grades 9–12 and 36.37 teachers (full-time equivalent).[5]
Its service area includes Minter City, Money, Sidon, and Schlater.[6]
History
editThe school was named in 1959 in honor of Amanda Elzy, a pioneering black educator.[7]: 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.[8]
Demographics
editIn the 2012–2013 school year, the demographic profile of the student body was 492 black students, 5 Hispanic students and 2 white students.[5]
In 2014, its students were reported as 100% "economically disadvantaged."[9]
Discipline
editBy 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.[10]
Notable alumni
edit- Lusia Harris (1955–2022), basketball player[11] and member of the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame[12]
- 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.[13][14]
- Alphonso Ford (1971–2004), basketball player[15]
- Leroy Jones (1950–2021), American football player[16]
In popular culture
editThe school is mentioned frequently in Richard Rubin's book Confederacy of Silence.[17]
References
edit- ^ a b c "Amanda Elzy High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved January 10, 2020.
- ^ "MHSAA School Directory". Mississippi High School Activities Association. Retrieved 2024-03-09.
- ^ Home page. Amanda Elzy High School. Retrieved on July 3, 2017. "604 Elzy Avenue, Greenwood, MS 38930"
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Elzy School
- ^ a b "Amanda Elzy High School". School Directory Information. U.S. Department of Education.
- ^ "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". - ^ 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.
- ^ "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).
- ^ "Amanda Elzy High School: Student Body". U.S. News & World Report. Retrieved 9 February 2015.
- ^ Darden, Bob (2010-01-16). "Fights disrupt Elzy". Greenwood Commonwealth. Retrieved 2022-03-28.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Lusia Harris Stewart". Women's Basketball Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 2015-09-19. Retrieved 9 February 2015.
- ^ "Gerald Glass". basketball-reference.com. Retrieved 9 February 2015.
- ^ Flynn, Bryan (August 1, 2013). "2013 Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame Class". Jackson Free Press.
- ^ "Alphonso Ford". databaseBasketball.com. Archived from the original on 2015-02-09. Retrieved 9 February 2015.
- ^ "Leroy Jones". hraashof.org. Archived from the original on January 27, 2014. Retrieved January 27, 2014.
- ^ Rubin, Richard (2010). Confederacy of Silence: A True Tale of the New Old South. Simon and Schuster. pp. 53, 113, 201. ISBN 9781451602654.