Amanda Elzy High School

Set in Greenwood, Mississippi, Amanda Elzy High School is an intimate secondary school, overseen by Greenwood-Leflore Consolidated School District. It instructs 367 students across grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 44% leaner than the state mean of about 651.

Across the 12 schools in Greenwood-Leflore Consolidated School District (3,718 students total), Amanda Elzy High School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Amanda Elzy High School lists that the student body is overwhelmingly Black (81%). The remainder reads as 9% multiracial, 9% Hispanic.

On the resource side, The school reports having 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.6:1, putting Amanda Elzy High School higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 100% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

With demographic context factored in, On a poverty-adjusted basis, Amanda Elzy High School sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 47.2%; actual is 31.3%, a gap of -15.9 points.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Leflore County indicate median household income runs about $35,277, 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 28%. Across Leflore County's 16 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,921 students), Amanda Elzy High School is one campus in the mix.

Amanda Elzy Junior High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Amanda Elzy High School operates from a small-town location.

In the discussion threads here, members of the Amanda Elzy High School community share and discuss pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.