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Forrest County Schools

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Forrest County Schools is located in south Mississippi. Forrest County Schools has 349.26 square miles of land area and 2.21 square miles of water area. As of 2010-2014, the total Forrest County Schools population is 19,063. Forrest County Schools median household income is $41,957 in 2010-2014. Forrest County Schools median house value is $110,500 in 2010-2014. On average, Forrest County Schools is better than the state average in quality.

Ranking:	(74 out of 148, top 50%)*
Type:	Regular Local School District
Grade:	Kindergarten to Grade 12
Number of Schools:	6
Population	19,063 (2010-2014), rank #47
Population Growth	16.33% since 2005-2009, see rank
Population Density:	54.24/sq mi, rank #66
Median Household Income:	$41,957 at 2010-2014—14.90% increase since 2005-2009, rank #29
Median House Price:	$110,500 at 2010-2014—18.82% increase since 2005-2009, rank #26
Time Zone:	Central GMT -6:00 with Daylight Saving in the Summer
Land Area:	349.26 sq mi, rank #72
Water Area:	2.21 sq mi (0.63%), rank #71
State:	Mississippi
County:	Forrest County
City:	Brooklyn, Hattiesburg, Wiggins, Purvis, Lumberton, Rawls Springs, Glendale
Zip:	39425, 39401, 39577, 39475, 39402, 39455
Area:	Hattiesburg, MS

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Forrest County Schools Map, Border, and Nearby Locations

400 Forrest St

Hattiesburg MS, 39403, Forrest County

Phone: 601-545-6055

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014	2012-2013	2011-2012	2010-2011	2009-2010	2008-2009	2007-2008
Total Students:	2,417	2,352	2,389	2,413	2,475	2,410	2,426
English Language Learner Students:	0	49	40	30	47	50	51
Total Teachers:	180.15	187.49	186.93	189.10	195.44	196.20	210.60
Prekindergarten:	0.72	0.55	0.00	0.50	0.50	0.50	1.80
Kindergarten:	15.40	14.21	12.83	12.65	14.32	15.40	17.20
Elementary:	78.11	84.15	86.38	92.80	94.44	93.30	100.30
Secondary:	50.06	47.57	48.57	53.64	57.95	57.90	62.20
Ungraded:	35.86	41.01	39.15	29.51	28.23	29.10	29.10
Total Other Staff:	191.21	184.06	181.63	167.53	182.38	191.00	187.20
Instructional Aides:	23.18	20.79	22.68	14.00	12.82	10.80	13.60
Instructional Coordinators & Supervisors:	1.52	1.60	1.00	1.60	5.92	8.30	10.50
Total Guidance Counselors:	2.99	3.00	3.12	2.00	3.00	8.00	5.00
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	1.99	2.00	2.12	1.00	2.00	3.00	4.00
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
Other Guidance Counselors:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	4.00	NA
Librarians/Media Specialists:	5.38	5.29	3.90	3.58	4.10	4.50	5.50
Library/Media Support:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
District Administrators:	7.34	7.35	7.64	6.90	7.32	6.90	6.10
District Administrative Support:	21.49	18.22	17.75	17.24	17.88	17.50	18.10
School Administrators:	10.63	10.00	9.58	8.97	8.58	8.30	8.00
School Administrative Support:	14.62	16.00	13.78	12.86	13.49	15.70	14.00
Student Support Services:	21.47	20.77	15.60	17.24	17.30	18.10	18.00
Other Support Services:	82.59	81.04	86.58	83.14	91.97	92.90	88.40
Student-Teacher Ratio:	13.42	12.54	12.78	12.76	12.66	12.28	11.52

Schools

Dixie School	Kindergarten to Grade 8	790 Elks Lake Rd, Hattiesburg MS 39401
Earl Travillion School	Kindergarten to Grade 6	316 Travillion Dr, Hattiesburg MS 39401
North Forrest Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 6	702 Eatonville Rd, Hattiesburg MS 39401
North Forrest High School	Grade 7 to Grade 12	693 Eatonville Rd, Hattiesburg MS 39401
Rawls Springs School	Kindergarten to Grade 6	10 Archie Smith Rd, Hattiesburg MS 39402
South Forrest School	Kindergarten to Grade 8	8 Burborne St, Brooklyn MS 39425

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	State Average
MCT2 Test
2008	Language Arts	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.7	149.3
2009	Language Arts	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	146.6	148.7
2010	Language Arts	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148.9	149
2011	Language Arts	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150	149.8
2012	Language Arts	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	146	150.2
2013	Language Arts	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	147.5	151
2008	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.3	150.6
2009	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	147.4	151
2010	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.9	152.1
2011	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	153.2	153.3
2012	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151	154.1
2013	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.7	154.2
2008	Language Arts	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	147.9	148.8
2009	Language Arts	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148.9	149.2
2010	Language Arts	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148.1	149.5
2011	Language Arts	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148.4	149.6
2012	Language Arts	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148.5	151
2013	Language Arts	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.7	151.8
2008	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.3	150.5
2009	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.3	151.1
2010	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.3	151.5
2011	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151.3	151.7
2012	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.1	152.8
2013	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151.3	154.1
2008	Language Arts	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148.6	148.5
2009	Language Arts	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	147.7	148.7
2010	Language Arts	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	146.9	148.8
2011	Language Arts	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.4	148.9
2012	Language Arts	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148.4	149.9
2013	Language Arts	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148.5	150.8
2008	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	147.2	149.8
2009	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	145.8	150.2
2010	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	146.9	151.3
2011	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	152	151.4
2012	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	152.1	152.3
2013	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.3	153.2
2008	Language Arts	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.3	147.6
2009	Language Arts	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148.9	148.8
2010	Language Arts	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148.7	149.4
2011	Language Arts	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148.6	149.8
2012	Language Arts	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151.5	150.3
2013	Language Arts	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.3	150.7
2008	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149	149.3
2009	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.4	149.9
2010	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.8	150.5
2011	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148.7	150.6
2012	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	152.5	151.3
2013	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	153.4	152.4
2008	Language Arts	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	146.5	147
2009	Language Arts	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148.1	147.8
2010	Language Arts	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	147.7	149.7
2011	Language Arts	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.7	149.9
2012	Language Arts	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.8	150.7
2013	Language Arts	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151.4	151.4
2008	Mathematics	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	146	148.7
2009	Mathematics	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	147.3	150.1
2010	Mathematics	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148.1	151.1
2011	Mathematics	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.6	152.1
2012	Mathematics	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	154	152.3
2013	Mathematics	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	155	153.1
2008	Language Arts	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148	146.6
2009	Language Arts	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	147.6	147.8
2010	Language Arts	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	147.3	147.8
2011	Language Arts	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149	149.1
2012	Language Arts	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.7	149.9
2013	Language Arts	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151	150
2008	Mathematics	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148.5	148.3
2009	Mathematics	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	145.3	149.6
2010	Mathematics	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148.5	151.5
2011	Mathematics	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	152.1	153.2
2012	Mathematics	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	154.3	153.7
2013	Mathematics	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	157.2	154.6
MST Test
2008	Science	5th Grade	% met std	41.6%	40.8%
2009	Science	5th Grade	% met std	35.6%	42.8%
2010	Science	5th Grade	% met std	35.8%	44.9%
2012	Science	5th Grade	% met std	53.4%	53.6%
2013	Science	5th Grade	% met std	48.6%	63.1%
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	43.9%	39.3%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	40.1%	40%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	39%	42.9%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	56.1%	56.4%
2013	Science	8th Grade	% met std	59.8%	64.0%
SATP2 Test
2004	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	97.3%	90.7%
2005	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	94.4%	91.6%
2006	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	76.9%	91%
2007	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	80.6%	90.8%
2008	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	68.3%	71%
2009	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	73.6%	72%
2010	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	81.8%	79.6%
2011	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	89%	85.4%
2012	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	86.8%	81.9%
2013	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	96.2%	85.2%
2004	Biology I	End of course	% met std	98%	89.2%
2005	Biology I	End of course	% met std	96.8%	91.8%
2006	Biology I	End of course	% met std	98.1%	93.3%
2007	Biology I	End of course	% met std	92.7%	92.2%
2008	Biology I	End of course	% met std	95.6%	87.9%
2009	Biology I	End of course	% met std	95.7%	87.6%
2010	Biology I	End of course	% met std	87.1%	86.2%
2012	Biology I	End of course	% met std	70.4%	74.7%
2013	Biology I	End of course	% met std	95.3%	78.5%
2004	English II	End of course	% met std	90.6%	83.1%
2005	English II	End of course	% met std	85.7%	82.8%
2006	English II	End of course	% met std	80%	78.1%
2007	English II	End of course	% met std	74.5%	77.2%
2008	English II	End of course	% met std	69%	69.7%
2009	English II	End of course	% met std	67.2%	69%
2010	English II	End of course	% met std	67.8%	68%
2011	English II	End of course	% met std	64.3%	71.8%
2012	English II	End of course	% met std	73.7%	73.1%
2013	English II	End of course	% met std	82.4%	73%
2004	US History	End of course	% met std	96.2%	95.7%
2005	US History	End of course	% met std	100%	96.4%
2006	US History	End of course	% met std	93.3%	95.9%
2007	US History	End of course	% met std	98.1%	93.9%
2008	US History	End of course	% met std	93.2%	94.3%
2009	US History	End of course	% met std	98.1%	96.9%
2010	US History	End of course	% met std	91.4%	93%
2011	US History	End of course	% met std	97.9%	93%
2012	US History	End of course	% met std	85.4%	72.9%
2013	US History	End of course	% met std	96.1%	81.3%

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School District Fiscal Information

	2012			2011			2010
	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%
Total Revenue:	$23,077,000	$9,660		$24,368,000	$10,099		$23,758,000	$9,599
Federal:	$3,932,000	$1,646	17.0%	$5,264,000	$2,182	21.6%	$5,016,000	$2,027	21.1%
State:	$11,046,000	$4,624	47.9%	$10,883,000	$4,510	44.7%	$10,909,000	$4,408	45.9%
Local:	$8,099,000	$3,390	35.1%	$8,221,000	$3,407	33.7%	$7,833,000	$3,165	33.0%
Total Expenditures:	$22,099,000	$9,250		$22,050,000	$9,138		$21,908,000	$8,852
Total Current Expenditures:	$20,655,000	$8,646		$21,201,000	$8,786		$20,705,000	$8,366
Instructional Expenditures:	$11,715,000	$4,904	56.7%	$11,066,000	$4,586	52.2%	$11,782,000	$4,760	56.9%
Student and Staff Support:	$2,081,000	$871	10.1%	$2,085,000	$864	9.8%	$2,242,000	$906	10.8%
Administration:	$2,533,000	$1,060	12.3%	$2,323,000	$963	11.0%	$2,327,000	$940	11.2%
Operations, Food, Other:	$4,326,000	$1,811	20.9%	$5,727,000	$2,373	27.0%	$4,354,000	$1,759	21.0%
Total Capital Outlay:	$1,098,000	$460		$564,000	$234		$813,000	$328
Construction:	$94,000	$39		$0	$0		$0	$0
Total Other:	$159,000	$67		$65,000	$27		$146,000	$59
Interest on Debt:	$187,000	$78		$220,000	$91		$244,000	$99

Total Salary:	$12,548,000	$5,252		$11,900,000	$4,932		$12,722,000	$5,140
Instruction/Teacher Salary:	$8,154,000	$3,413	65.0%	$7,718,000	$3,199	64.9%	$8,445,000	$3,412	66.4%
Other Salary:	$4,394,000	$1,839	35.0%	$4,182,000	$1,733	35.1%	$4,277,000	$1,728	33.6%
Total Benefit:	$3,977,000	$1,665		$3,693,000	$1,530		$3,957,000	$1,599
Instruction/Teacher Benefit:	$2,525,000	$1,057	63.5%	$2,335,000	$968	63.2%	$2,553,000	$1,032	64.5%
Other Benefit:	$1,452,000	$608	36.5%	$1,358,000	$563	36.8%	$1,404,000	$567	35.5%

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	58.1%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	36.5%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	10.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	48.6%
Teachers with 6-10 Years of Experience:	14.2%
Teachers with 11-20 Years of Experience:	19.6%
Teachers with 21-30 Years of Experience:	16.2%
Teachers with 31 Years of Experience or More:	NA

Mean Base Salary:	$38,867.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$33,827.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6-10 Years of Experience:	$37,670.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 11-20 Years of Experience:	$42,782.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 21-30 Years of Experience:	$49,390.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 31 Years of Experience or More:	NA

* Forrest County Schools was rated 3.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.