Forrest City Jr. High
Public middle school, grades 7 to 8 · Forrest City, Arkansas
Forrest City Jr. High in Forrest City, Arkansas enrolled 270 students in 2024-25 with 17.2 full-time teachers, 15.7 students per teacher against the Arkansas middle-school median of 13.9. It ran a schoolwide Title I program in 2021-22; every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision (2024-25). On the state tests, 19% of its students tested were proficient in reading in 2021-22 and 23% proficient in math in 2022-23 (Arkansas: 39.9% and 38.9%).
NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 · Civil Rights Data Collection 2021-22 · Title I status CCD 2021-22 · method
Enrollment fell 2% from 2022-23 to 2024-25; full-time teachers fell 2%
275 students in 2022-23, 278 students in 2023-24, 270 students in 2024-25. Full-time teachers went from 17.6 to 17.2.
The numbers as a table
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Per teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-23 | 275 | 17.6 | 15.6 |
| 2023-24 | 278 | 14.5 | 19.2 |
| 2024-25 | 270 | 17.2 | 15.7 |
15.7 students per teacher, a higher ratio than 75 of every 100 Arkansas middle schools
Among the 204 Arkansas middle schools that reported teachers for 2024-25 the median is 13.9; the national median for middle schools is 14.6. A ratio counts every teacher, so it is not the size of a class.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data membership and staff files, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25; the comparison counts schools with a 2024-25 teacher count and a ratio from 3 to 99 (lower values are reporting errors).
One counselor per 292 students in 2021-22
In the 2021-22 civil rights collection Forrest City Jr. High enrolled 292 students and had 1.0 counselor (full-time equivalent); it reported 37 out-of-school suspensions that year.
- Advanced Placement coursesNone
- Gifted and talented programYes
- Counselors (FTE)1.0, one per 292 of the 292 students enrolled in 2021-22
- Out-of-school suspensions37
- Chronically absent10.2% (2022-23)
Who attends
90.4% of students were Black, 4.1% Hispanic, 3.0% White in 2024-25.
- Black90.4%
- Hispanic4.1%
- White3.0%
- Two or more races1.9%
- Asian0.4%
- American Indian0.4%
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2021-22; chronic absenteeism from EDFacts 2022-23; every count and the counselor ratio are for that school year. Who attends: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25, membership by race and ethnicity.
State test results, 2021-22 and 2022-23
The students tested at Forrest City Jr. High scored proficient or above: 19% in reading in 2021-22 and 23% in math in 2022-23, against 39.9% in reading in 2021-22 and 38.9% in math in 2022-23 across Arkansas. Each state writes its own test and sets its own proficiency bar, so compare these within Arkansas, not across states. ED Data Express holds no district results after 2021-22, so the district column gives its 2021-22 figure.
| Subject and year | This school | Its district | Arkansas |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading and language arts, 2021-22 | 19% | 15% | 39.9% |
| Math, 2022-23 | 23% | 14% (2021-22) | 38.9% |
Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts state assessment results 2021-22 and 2022-23, all students, from ED Data Express (2021-22 through the Data Rescue Project archive); for 2022-23 ED published math by school and reading only by state: ED shows school and district results as ranges (for example 20-24%) to protect small groups.
What to look at next about Forrest City Jr. High
- Lincoln AcademyThe nearest public middle school, 0.8 miles away: 132 students, 16.7 per teacher (2024-25).0.8 mi
- Wynne Junior High SchoolThe next nearest public middle school, 15 miles away: 561 students, 13.5 per teacher (2024-25).15 mi
- Compare Forrest City Jr. High with Lincoln AcademyStudents, teachers, meals, test results and who attends, side by side.
- How much Forrest City School District spends per student$14,410 per student on current operations in fiscal year 2022-23 (U.S. $16,260), with its revenue sources and teacher pay.$14,410
- The largest public schools in ArkansasForrest City Jr. High is the number 160 by size of 204 Arkansas middle schools open in 2024-25.#160 of 204
- Arkansas schools by students per teacher15.7 students per teacher here against the Arkansas median of 13.9 for middle schools.15.7:1
- Find the school district for an addressA home's district, not its city, decides which public schools it can enroll in.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (locations, enrollment, teachers); NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23. Distances are straight lines between the schools' NCES coordinates, not travel routes.
Questions about Forrest City Jr. High
How many students attend Forrest City Jr. High?
270 in the 2024-25 school year, according to the NCES Common Core of Data; 275 in 2022-23. It is a middle school in Forrest City, AR.What is the student-teacher ratio at Forrest City Jr. High?
15.7 students per full-time teacher (2024-25); the Arkansas median for middle schools is 13.9. A ratio counts every teacher, so it is not the size of a class.Is Forrest City Jr. High a Title I school?
Forrest City Jr. High ran a schoolwide Title I program in 2021-22, the last year NCES published school Title I status.How do students at Forrest City Jr. High do on state tests?
The students tested at Forrest City Jr. High scored proficient or above: 19% in reading in 2021-22 and 23% in math in 2022-23, against 39.9% in reading in 2021-22 and 38.9% in math in 2022-23 across Arkansas. Arkansas's own test sets what proficient means, so results compare within the state, not across states. Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts state assessment results, 2021-22 and 2022-23; ED publishes school results as ranges to protect small groups.What district is Forrest City Jr. High in?
Forrest City School District, NCES district ID 0506270. The first seven digits of the school's NCES ID 050627000345 are the district's.
Reading these figures: how to choose a school district, what Title I means and what an absenteeism rate means. They are for information and are not a substitute for the school's or district's own records.
Sources
Every federal file behind this record
- NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25: directory, membership, staff and lunch files. nces.ed.gov
- NCES Common Core of Data, 2021-22 school characteristics: Title I status. nces.ed.gov
- Civil Rights Data Collection, 2021-22: AP courses, gifted programs, counselors, discipline. civilrightsdata.ed.gov
- EDFacts, 2022-23: chronic absenteeism. ed.gov
- EDFacts state assessment results, 2021-22 and 2022-23: reading and math proficiency for the school, its district and its state (ED Data Express). eddataexpress.ed.gov
- NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, fiscal year 2022-23: district spending and revenue. nces.ed.gov
- U.S. Census Bureau geocoder and TIGER school districts: the district boundary used by the district finder. census.gov
Source: NCES Common Core of Data Directory, membership, staff and lunch files · 2024-25
Source: Civil Rights Data Collection School-level files (AP, gifted, counselors, discipline) · 2021-22
District spending on the district page is from the NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23.