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The highest-performing public schools in reading in Forrest County, Mississippi

20 public schools in Forrest County, Mississippi appear in this ranking of the highest-performing public schools in reading, ranked by the share of students meeting or exceeding the state reading and writing standard. Petal Upper Elementary leads the list at 69.2%, against a median of 56.5% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

Forrest County, Mississippi

Top % Proficient (Reading)

69.2%

Median % Proficient (Reading)

56.5%

BEST IN READING · FORREST COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	% Proficient (Reading)
1	Petal Upper Elementary	PETAL, MS	Petal School District	Middle	632	69.2%
2	Dixie Attendance Center	Hattiesburg, MS	Forrest County School District	Elementary	487	68.6%
3	Forrest County Agricultural High School	Brooklyn, MS	Forrest County Agricultural High School	High	562	67.9%
4	Petal High School	PETAL, MS	Petal School District	High	1,324	67.6%
5	South Forrest Attendance Center	Brooklyn, MS	Forrest County School District	Elementary	604	66.3%
6	Rowan Elementary	HATTIESBURG, MS	Hattiesburg	Elementary	425	62.8%
7	Petal Elementary 3-4	Petal, MS	Petal School District	Elementary	636	62.8%
8	Woodley Elementary	HATTIESBURG, MS	Hattiesburg	Elementary	422	62.2%
9	Petal Primary School	Petal, MS	Petal School District	Elementary	1,016	61.4%
10	Petal Middle School	PETAL, MS	Petal School District	Middle	645	57.8%
11	North Forrest Elementary School	Hattiesburg, MS	Forrest County School District	Elementary	209	55.1%
12	Grace Christian Elementary	HATTIESBURG, MS	Hattiesburg	Elementary	367	53.4%
13	Hattiesburg STEAM Academy	Hattiesburg, MS	Hattiesburg	Middle	263	52.9%
14	Thames Elementary	HATTIESBURG, MS	Hattiesburg	Elementary	619	47.5%
15	Hattiesburg High School	HATTIESBURG, MS	Hattiesburg	High	1,014	43.9%
16	N R Burger Middle	HATTIESBURG, MS	Hattiesburg	Middle	525	42.6%
17	North Forrest High School	Hattiesburg, MS	Forrest County School District	High	349	42.1%
18	Rawls Springs Attendance Center	Hattiesburg, MS	Forrest County School District	Elementary	214	41.2%
19	Hawkins Elementary	HATTIESBURG, MS	Hattiesburg	Elementary	283	39.6%
20	Earl Travillion Attendance Center	Hattiesburg, MS	Forrest County School District	Elementary	261	28.6%

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