Forest Municipal School District
Serves Forest.
Forest’s School Grade C− better than 21% of Mississippi school districts
What stands out about Forest Municipal School District
- Its letter, C−: results better than 21% of Mississippi districts
- Math proficiency 15 pts below the state
- Reading proficiency 17 pts below the state
- Graduation rate 7 pts below the state
- 15 students per teacher
- Debt of $2.7M, about $1,636 per student
What this district adds to its towns’ grade
C−: better than 21% of the 150 Mississippi school districts we grade. Each town’s School Grade weighs its districts by the students they test; spending and class size are shown but don’t count.
Where would my kid go?
The school path for Forest. Grade by grade →
Test scores vs. MS
2021–22 · class of 2023100% of students in the tested grades sat the 2022 tests.
Reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express and the Urban Institute); the newest year for each measure.
Where the money goes
fiscal 2024Fiscal 2022–24 includes federal pandemic relief (ESSER).
U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances.
About steady since 2020–21.
Schools in the district
3 public schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with Mississippi’s other public schools.
District facts: U.S. Department of Education (NCES school directory 2024–25 and district boundaries) and the U.S. Census Bureau’s school finance survey. Test scores and graduation: state results reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express and the Urban Institute). The letters are our own summary, graded within Mississippi.