Amanda Elzy High School

Amanda Elzy High School is a high school in unincorporated Leflore County, Mississippi, south of Greenwood, and part of Leflore County School District., it had 488 students in grades 9 - 12 and 36.37 teachers (full-time equivalent).DemographicsIn the 2012-2013 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."Amanda ElzyThe school was named in 1959 in honour of Amanda Elzy, a pioneering black educationist. She graduated from Rust High School in 1929 and from Rust College in 1934. She worked as Supervisor of Negro Schools in LeFlore County, then became the first black assistant superintendent in the county, and was one of the founders of Mississippi Valley State University in the 1940s. Her sister was the singer Ruby Elzy, and their mother Emma Elzy was a teacher and prominent member of the Methodist church, in whose memory the Mississippi Conference of the United Methodist Church presents an annual Emma K. Elzy award. Emma died in 1985, aged 98. Amanda Elzy died in 2004.Notable alumniLusia Harris (born 1955), basketball player and member of the Women's Basketball Hall of FameGerald 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.Alphonso Ford (1971 - 2004), basketball player