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Forest Elementary

Regular School · Forest, MS

Forest Elementary is a regular school school in Forest, Mississippi, serving grades PK–04 with 740 students enrolled (SY 2024-2025). The student-teacher ratio is 18.4:1.

Level
Elementary
Grades
PK – 04
Enrollment
740
Teachers (FTE)
40.3
Student–Teacher Ratio
18.4:1
Status
Open
Lunch Program Participation
Yes under Provision 2

Student Demographics (SY 2024-2025)

Race / Ethnicity Students Share
Hispanic/Latino 381 51%
Black or African American 288 39%
White 46 6%
Two or more races 23 3%
Asian 1 0%
American Indian / Alaska Native 1 0%
Total enrollment 740 376M / 364F

English Language Learners: 302 (41% of enrollment) · SY 2021–22

Academic Performance (SY 2021-2022)

Metric This School State Avg Tested
Math Proficiency 28.0% -7.7pp 35.7% 259
Reading Proficiency 18.0% -17.3pp 35.3% 260
Science Proficiency S 1

Source: EDFacts, SY 2020–2021. Suppressed values (e.g. <=10%) indicate fewer than the minimum reportable threshold.

Programs & Discipline

Gifted & Talented
Program offered
19 students enrolled
Out-of-School Suspensions
18
2.4% of enrollment · SY 2021–22
Chronically Absent
152
20.5% of enrollment · SY 2019–20

Source: Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC), Office for Civil Rights & EDFacts.

Lunch Program (SY 2024-2025)

Category Students % of School
Total enrollment (est.) 740 100%

Contact & Location

513 Cleveland Street

Forest, MS 39074

Phone: (601)469-3073

http://forest.k12.ms.us

District

FOREST MUNICIPAL SCHOOL DIST

Per-pupil expenditure: $14,557

District enrollment: 1,645

Other Schools in District

NCES ID

280147000212

Data sources: NCES CCD SY 2024-2025 (directory, staff, lunch), EDFacts SY 2020-21 (assessments), CRDC SY 2021-22 (programs & discipline), SEDA v6.0 (achievement estimates). Updated annually. NCES CCD