[3] Also some portions of Greenwood were in the district, as well as Mississippi Valley State,[2] which contains faculty housing and residential apartments of Mississippi Valley State University.
The second person appointed by state as the head of the school district was Ilean Richards.
[7] Adam Ganucheau and Zachary Oren Smith of Mississippi Today described both districts as being "large".
[7] David Jordan, a member of the Mississippi Senate, criticized the upcoming Greenwood-Leflore merger since the Leflore district's performance in state tests was worse than that of the Greenwood district; their respective grades from the Mississippi Department of Education circa 2016-2017 were F and C.[8] Richards resigned in 2017, and James Johnson-Waldington became the district head.
The racial makeup of the district was 96.46% African American, 1.36% White, and 2.18% Hispanic.