Forrest County School District 鈥� Hattiesburg, MS

Key statistics

2,124

Students enrolled

6

Public schools

181

Classroom teachers (FTE)

11.7:1

Students per teacher

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data. School year: 2024-25.

Students

By grade

Pre-K 91
Kindergarten 218
Grade 1 225
Grade 2 200
Grade 3 211
Grade 4 180
Grade 5 194
Grade 6 201
Grade 7 161
Grade 8 215
Grade 9 52
Grade 10 57
Grade 11 69
Grade 12 50

By race/ethnicity

White 43%
Black or African American 39%
Two or more races 9%
Hispanic/Latino 8%
Asian <1%
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander <1%

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (fall membership), school year 2024-25. Race/ethnicity as reported by the state.

Free and reduced-price lunch

79% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch 1,682 of 2,124 students in the district's schools

Free lunch 71%
Reduced-price lunch 8%

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data, school year 2024-25. Eligibility as reported by the state. Schools that serve free meals to every student may count all of them as eligible, so figures are not comparable from state to state.

Spending and revenue

$13,803 spent per student on day-to-day operations Mississippi median: $12,689 per student

Spending per student

Instruction $7,554
Support services $5,404
Other (food service, etc.) $845

Where the money comes from

Local 33%
State 42%
Federal 25%

Total revenue $33.8 milliontotal spending $36.4 million

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, School District Finance Survey (F-33), school year 2023-24. Day-to-day spending is NCES's current expenditures: it leaves out construction, equipment, debt and payments to charter or private schools. Per student is per fall enrollment of that year.

District details

Grades served

PK to 12

Locale (NCES)

Rural: FringeStudents: 78% rural, 12% city, 10% suburb

Total staff (FTE)

398

District office

400 Forrest Street, Hattiesburg MS 39401

Phone

(601) 545-6054

County

Forrest County

Official website

NCES District ID

2801490

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About Forrest County School District

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