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.

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."

Notable alumni

The school is mentioned frequently in Richard Rubin's novel Confederacy of Silence.