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Best Public Schools in Zip Code 39212

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At a glance

Schools

2,116

Students

Top rankedOak Forest Elementary School345^th of 377 Mississippi elementary schools

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Summary:

Zip code 39212 in Jackson, Mississippi, contains three public schools serving 2,116 students across grades K-12, all within the Jackson Public Schools district and all reporting 100% free/reduced lunch eligibility. The schools are Forest Hill High School (grades 9-12, 1,139 students), Peeples Middle School (grades 6-8, 541 students), and Oak Forest Elementary School (grades K-5, 436 students). The district ranks 112th out of 134 Mississippi districts, and no school in this zip code met the state proficiency average in any tested subject in 2024-2025 or 2025-2026.

Oak Forest Elementary is the relative bright spot. Its 5th grade ELA proficiency reached 51.3% in 2025-2026, above the district rate and close to the state average, and its chronic absenteeism of 16.5% is better than the state average. Forest Hill High School posts a respectable 85.4% graduation rate, above the district average, but suffers from 43.7% chronic absenteeism and very low test scores — only 22% proficient in English II and 35.3% in Algebra I. Peeples Middle School is the most challenged, ranking dead last (260th of 260) among Mississippi middle schools in 2025-2026, with single-digit proficiency in 6th grade math (7.1%) and 8th grade math (5.9%).

The data reveal a sharp academic cliff between elementary and middle school: Oak Forest's 5th graders reached 51.3% proficiency in ELA, but Peeples' 6th graders managed just 10.3%. Chronic absenteeism also rises steeply by school level, from 16.5% at Oak Forest to 35.1% at Peeples and 43.7% at Forest Hill. Notably, Peeples has the lowest student-teacher ratio (11.6) yet the weakest outcomes, while Oak Forest has the highest ratio (18.8) and the strongest results — staffing alone does not explain achievement. Forest Hill's strong graduation rate alongside very low test scores suggests students may be graduating below grade-level standards. Overall, this is a high-poverty pipeline under stress, with middle school and chronic absenteeism as the most critical intervention targets.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				MAAP English Language Arts (2026)						MAAP Mathematics (2026)						MAAP Algebra I (2026)	MAAP English II (2026)	MAAP Science (2026)		MAAP Biology (2026)	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 (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	MAAP English Language Arts 3rd Grade	MAAP English Language Arts 4th Grade	MAAP English Language Arts 5th Grade	MAAP English Language Arts 6th Grade	MAAP English Language Arts 7th Grade	MAAP English Language Arts 8th Grade	MAAP Mathematics 3rd Grade	MAAP Mathematics 4th Grade	MAAP Mathematics 5th Grade	MAAP Mathematics 6th Grade	MAAP Mathematics 7th Grade	MAAP Mathematics 8th Grade	MAAP Algebra I End of Course	MAAP English II End of Course	MAAP Science 5th Grade	MAAP Science 8th Grade	MAAP Biology End of Course	Total
Forest Hill High School	Public	9-12	2607 Raymond Road	Jackson	39212	Hinds County	Jackson Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(601) 371-4313	1,139	82	13.8	100.0%	12 (1.1%)	1,044 (91.7%)	66 (5.8%)	2 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (1.3%)	6.7	216^th of 224 public high schools	3.6%		14.2	201^st of 232 public high schools	13.4%	15													35.3	22.0			35.7	$14,035
Shirley Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	210 Daniel Lake Blvd	Jackson	39212	Hinds County	Jackson Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(601) 371-4336	0	24	.0		0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	8.7	364^th of 377 public elementary schools	3.4%		7.5	369^th of 383 public elementary schools	3.7%	5	19.1	37.3	33.9				14.2	12.0	18.9						47.2			$12,438
Oak Forest Elementary School	Public	K-5	1831 Smallwood Drive	Jackson	39212	Hinds County	Jackson Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(601) 371-4330	436	23	18.8	100.0%	1 (0.2%)	425 (97.5%)	8 (1.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.5%)	12	345^th of 377 public elementary schools	8.5%		10.1	362^nd of 383 public elementary schools	5.5%	17	14.5	27.7	51.3				8.7	21.2	29.2						46.4			$14,377
Peeples Middle School	Public	6-8	2940 Belvedere Drive	Jackson	39212	Hinds County	Jackson Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(601) 346-5660	541	47	11.6	100.0%	5 (0.9%)	450 (83.2%)	76 (14.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (1.8%)	1.9	260^th of 260 public middle schools	0.0%		3.1	262^nd of 266 public middle schools	1.5%	2				10.3	9.3	11.8				7.1	12.9	5.9				17.5		$16,248

Cities Near Zip Code 39212

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Jackson	1.29 mi	48	176^th
Byram	4.22 mi	2	102^nd
Terry	4.64 mi	2	117^th
Richland	6.1 mi	3	100^th
Clinton	6.44 mi	9

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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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