Amanda Elzy Junior High School

Amanda Elzy Junior High School is a middle school of low-enrollment scale in GREENWOOD, Mississippi, part of Greenwood-Leflore Consolidated School District, serveing 199 students in grades 6 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 452 students per school, that is 56% smaller than typical.

Greenwood-Leflore Consolidated School District comprises 12 schools with combined enrollment of 3,718 students; Amanda Elzy Junior High School is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Amanda Elzy Junior High School logs that nearly all students (83%) are Black. Beyond that, the school reports 11% multiracial, 6% Hispanic. That is considerably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 74%.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.8:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.7:1 average. Roughly 100% of students at Amanda Elzy Junior High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Leflore County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $35,277 per year, 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 28%. Amanda Elzy Junior High School is one of 16 public schools in Leflore County (combined enrollment of about 3,921 students).

The closest other public school is Amanda Elzy High School, roughly 0.0 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The campus sits in a rural setting.

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