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Forest Municipal School District
Key statistics
1,638
Students enrolled
3
Public schools
106
Classroom teachers (FTE)
15.5:1
Students per teacher
Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data. School year: 2024-25.
District details
Grades served
PK to 12
Total staff (FTE)
240
District office
325 CLEVELAND STREET, Forest MS 39074
Phone
County
Scott County
Official website
NCES District ID
2801470
About Forest Municipal School District
Description provided by the district or community 鈥� not part of the NCES dataset.
The Forest Municipal School District is located in the town of Forest, MS in Scott county. Forest is located on I-20 between Jackson and Meridian. Jackson is 48 miles to the west and Meridian is 40 miles to the east.
Forest covers 610 square miles in Scott county. The population of Forest was 5,987 in 2000. The mean temperature is 64.7 degrees with the winter average being 48 degrees and the summer average being 81 degrees. The annual rainfall is 52 inches.
Forest industries are poultry, lumber, electronic defense components, and automobile supplies.