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The most racially diverse public schools in Forrest County, Mississippi

Across Forrest County, Mississippi, 20 public schools are ranked here, ranked by the diversity index, the chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups. Dixie Attendance Center leads the list at 60.3%, against a median of 49.3% across the ranked schools.

The table below is sortable and filterable, and the full list downloads as a CSV. Figures come from federal NCES enrollment data and, where applicable, state assessment results for 2024-25.

Schools ranked

Forrest County, Mississippi

Top Diversity index

60.3%

Median Diversity index

49.3%

MOST DIVERSE · FORREST COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI

#	School	City	Students	Diversity index	% White	% Black	% Hispanic	% Asian
1	Dixie Attendance Center	Hattiesburg, MS	487	60.3%	54.4%(265)	29.8%(145)	7.6%(37)	0.0%(0)
2	Forrest County Agricultural High School	Brooklyn, MS	562	60.3%	55.2%(310)	27.8%(156)	6.0%(34)	0.0%(0)
3	Rawls Springs Attendance Center	Hattiesburg, MS	214	59.6%	22.0%(47)	58.4%(125)	7.0%(15)	3.3%(7)
4	Woodley Elementary	HATTIESBURG, MS	422	57.2%	10.2%(43)	58.8%(248)	26.5%(112)	0.0%(0)
5	North Forrest High School	Hattiesburg, MS	349	55.5%	17.5%(61)	63.0%(220)	8.6%(30)	0.6%(2)
6	Hawkins Elementary	HATTIESBURG, MS	283	53.7%	3.2%(9)	61.8%(175)	27.6%(78)	0.7%(2)
7	North Forrest Elementary School	Hattiesburg, MS	209	53.5%	22.5%(47)	63.6%(133)	6.7%(14)	0.0%(0)
8	Petal Primary School	Petal, MS	1,016	50.8%	66.7%(678)	19.0%(193)	8.9%(90)	0.5%(5)
9	Petal High School	PETAL, MS	1,324	49.8%	67.6%(895)	18.4%(244)	9.6%(127)	0.5%(7)
10	Petal Elementary 3-4	Petal, MS	636	49.3%	68.5%(436)	16.0%(102)	7.7%(49)	0.2%(1)
11	Petal Upper Elementary	PETAL, MS	632	49.3%	68.3%(432)	17.1%(108)	9.5%(60)	0.9%(6)
12	Earl Travillion Attendance Center	Hattiesburg, MS	261	47.3%	3.8%(10)	70.1%(183)	12.3%(32)	0.0%(0)
13	Petal Middle School	PETAL, MS	645	43.9%	72.4%(467)	18.0%(116)	5.7%(37)	0.8%(5)
14	Thames Elementary	HATTIESBURG, MS	619	43.5%	4.4%(27)	72.7%(450)	3.5%(22)	1.1%(7)
15	Hattiesburg STEAM Academy	Hattiesburg, MS	263	34.7%	3.8%(10)	79.8%(210)	10.3%(27)	0.0%(0)
16	South Forrest Attendance Center	Brooklyn, MS	604	34.6%	80.0%(483)	5.3%(32)	6.0%(36)	0.0%(0)
17	N R Burger Middle	HATTIESBURG, MS	525	33.1%	2.7%(14)	80.8%(424)	11.4%(60)	0.0%(0)
18	Hattiesburg High School	HATTIESBURG, MS	1,014	25.9%	1.1%(11)	85.5%(867)	8.9%(90)	0.1%(1)
19	Grace Christian Elementary	HATTIESBURG, MS	367	23.3%	1.9%(7)	87.2%(320)	1.9%(7)	1.4%(5)
20	Rowan Elementary	HATTIESBURG, MS	425	17.9%	0.2%(1)	90.3%(384)	4.9%(21)	0.0%(0)

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