High Schools in Forest Municipal School District

Summary:

The Forest Municipal School District in Mississippi has only one high school, Forest High School, which serves students in grades 9-12. The school and district have consistently underperformed compared to state averages, with Forest High School ranked 198 out of 232 Mississippi high schools and the district ranked 114 out of 130 districts in the state.

Forest High School has faced significant academic and socioeconomic challenges. The school's proficiency rates on standardized tests are significantly lower than the state averages across all subjects and grade levels, with only 47.7% of students proficient in Algebra I, 25.6% in English II, 35.6% in Biology, and 69.5% in U.S. History. Additionally, the school has a high chronic absenteeism rate of 23.9% and a 100% free and reduced-price lunch rate, indicating a high level of economic disadvantage among the student population.

Despite these challenges, Forest High School has a slightly lower student-teacher ratio of 15.1 to 1 compared to the state average. However, the school's performance has been inconsistent, with its ranking fluctuating between 177 out of 228 schools in 2023-2024 and 188 out of 226 schools in 2022-2023. The low ranking and 1-star rating of the Forest Municipal School District as a whole suggest that the issues faced by Forest High School are not isolated but rather reflect broader systemic challenges within the district.

District Detail

325 Cleveland Street
Forest, MS 39074

(601) 469-3101

SchoolDigger Rank:
114^th of 130 Mississippi districts

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Grades served: PK, KG-12
Students: 1,638

Primary Schools: 1
Middle Schools: 1
High Schools: 1
Alternative Schools: 0

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				MAAP Algebra I (2025)	MAAP English II (2025)	MAAP Biology (2025)	MAAP U.S. History1 (2025)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	MAAP Algebra I End of Course	MAAP English II End of Course	MAAP Biology End of Course	MAAP U.S. History1 End of Course	Total
Forest High School	Public	9-12	511 Cleveland Street	Forest	39074	Scott County	Forest Municipal School District	No	No	No	Yes	(601) 469-3255	438	32	13.5	86.8%	34 (7.8%)	185 (42.2%)	208 (47.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (2.5%)	14.6	198^th of 232 public high schools	14.7%		23.2	177^th of 228 public high schools	22.4%	21	47.7	25.6	35.6	69.5	$12,983

Districts nearby

District	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Scott County School District	0.1 mi	9	51^st
Conehatta Elementary School	14.04 mi	1
Leake County School District	15.69 mi	6	99^th
Rankin County School District	18.64 mi	28	22^nd
Newton Municipal School District	18.95 mi	4	109^th

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Mississippi Department of Education.

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