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Forest, Mississippi - 3 schools
An equity score of 34/100 ranks Forest Municipal School Dist #112 of 146 districts in Mississippi (state average 51). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $10,331 per pupil, Forest Municipal School Dist ranks #105 of 147 Mississippi districts by per-pupil spending (Mississippi districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
1,645
Total Enrollment
3
Schools
$10,331
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Forest Municipal School Dist operates 3 public schools serving 1,645 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Mississippi. The school portfolio breaks down into 2 elementary, 1 high schools, a small enough portfolio that most families will interact with nearly every campus in the district at some point. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Scott County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $10,331 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the lower half of 147 Mississippi districts by per-pupil spending. See how Mississippi compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 31.1% local, 43.6% state, and 25.4% federal, a balanced mix across local, state, and federal sources, spreading budget risk across funding cycles rather than concentrating it in one. The district's equity score is 34/100, ranked #112 of 146 in Mississippi against a state average of 51, notably less even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 3 schools offering Advanced Placement (1 AP courses district-wide), a 546:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 34.6% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 50.7% Hispanic or Latino, 38.9% African American, 7.3% White across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Forest High School, with a diversity index of 59.0/100.
Its largest campus is Forest Elementary School, enrolling 740 students (45% of the district's total enrollment).
Forest Elementary School accounts for 45.0% of all Forest Municipal School Dist student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Forest Municipal School Dist-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: elementary. A single dominant campus often anchors a district's program offerings and staffing patterns; the share helps explain why district-wide averages may not reflect the typical neighbourhood-school experience. When one entity dominates a region's footprint, its programmatic and budget decisions effectively set policy for a majority of the affected population.
Forest Municipal School Dist has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 100.0% of the population qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch
free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is the federal threshold for Title I funding allocations, established under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015). Eligibility here is a supermajority of the population — well past the 75% concentration-grant threshold that unlocks extra funding on top of the basic Title I formula. Regions with eligibility this high typically draw a substantially larger federal funding share relative to their local tax base, which can either offset or reinforce existing gaps depending on allocation policy.
Forest Municipal School Dist student-counselor ratio is 546:1 — well above typical (typically associated with unusually large scale or acute resource constraints)
student-counselor ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE counselors against total enrollment, districts that contract intervention or social-emotional staff outside the counselor classification may be under-counted Values this far above typical often signal acute resource constraints or a structurally different scale than most peers — worth reading alongside the underlying counts, not the ratio alone.
Forest Municipal School Dist chronic absenteeism rate is 34.6% — high (typically associated with higher-than-average disruption; recent CRDC data showed elevated rates persisting after pandemic-era schooling changes)
chronic absenteeism rate is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: a student is chronically absent if they miss ≥10% of enrolled days for any reason, illness, family obligations, or disengagement Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.
How many schools are in Forest Municipal School Dist?
Forest Municipal School Dist has 3 schools, including 2 elementary, 1 high. Total enrollment is 1,645 students.
How much does Forest Municipal School Dist spend per student?
Forest Municipal School Dist spends $10,331 per student. The district has an equity score of 34/100, ranking #112 in Mississippi.
What is the demographic composition of Forest Municipal School Dist?
Forest Municipal School Dist students are 50.7% Hispanic or Latino, 38.9% African American, 7.3% White, 0.3% Asian, averaged across 3 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Forest Municipal School Dist?
Forest Municipal School Dist has an equity score of 34/100, ranking #112 out of 146 districts in Mississippi.