FORREST CITY HIGH SCHOOL

FORREST CITY HIGH SCHOOL is one of the moderately sized senior highs in FORREST CITY, Arkansas, overseen by FORREST CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT, with 563 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12.

FORREST CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 5 schools in total, collectively educating 2,078 students. FORREST CITY HIGH SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, FORREST CITY HIGH SCHOOL lists that the student body is overwhelmingly Black (95%); the rest looks like 2% White. The wider county runs roughly 55% Black, putting the school's mix visibly more Black than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 81 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 7.0:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 8.8:1 average. About 100% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

After controlling for student poverty, FORREST CITY HIGH SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 22.3%, the actual is 11.3%, a residual of -11.0 points.

Around the school, the surrounding county (St. Francis County) reports that median household income runs about $42,574, 14% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 24%. Across St. Francis County's 8 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,904 students), FORREST CITY HIGH SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: FORREST CITY JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL, around 0.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 4 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts FORREST CITY HIGH SCHOOL at 8th of 8; the average score across the group is 26.2%.

Geographically, the school is in a town-based area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at FORREST CITY HIGH SCHOOL has edged down 19%, going from 693 students in 2018 to 563 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share decreased from 9% to 2%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 12.6:1 in 2018 to 7.0:1 today.

On allk12, recent activity here tends to focus on pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.