FOREST HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Located at 1124 S TAMARIND, in HARRISON, Arkansas, FOREST HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a mid-sized elementary school that instructs 375 students (grades 1 through 4), overseen by HARRISON SCHOOL DISTRICT.

HARRISON SCHOOL DISTRICT comprises 5 schools with combined enrollment of 2,739 students; FOREST HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, FOREST HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lists that the student body is overwhelmingly White (92%). Beyond that, the school reports 4% multiracial, 3% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, FOREST HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 17.1:1. The state averages around 16.0:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 67% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, FOREST HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks in the top 10% of Arkansas public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 34.3%; FOREST HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL posts 52.5%, +18.2 points above that line.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Boone County indicate median household income runs about $55,143, 17% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Across Boone County's 18 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,818 students), FOREST HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: SKYLINE HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, around 1.4 miles off. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), FOREST HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 5th on composite proficiency, above the local average of 51.5%.

The campus sits in a town-based setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at FOREST HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has contracted 11%, going from 422 students in 2018 to 375 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 16.0:1 in 2018 to 17.1:1 today.

On allk12, recent activity here tends to focus on open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.