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Enrollment
2,387
High
DISTRICT 1,009 · STATE 1,035
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MARION·NCES 120126001271
FOREST HIGH SCHOOL
5000 SE MARICAMP RD, OCALA, FL 34480 · (352) 671-4700 · Marion County
GRADES 09–12HIGH22-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL2,387 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
24.1:1
99 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 25.7:1 · STATE 23.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
37%
890 students
DISTRICT 57% · STATE 50%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 640 | 27% |
| Grade 10 | 647 | 27% |
| Grade 11 | 607 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 493 | 21% |
Student demographics
63%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 69% · STATE 70% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveEnglish Language Arts
61.0%
FL avg 56.7% . +5.5pp since 2023
Math
36.0%
FL avg 58.9% . -5.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 61 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 36 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores are up about 6 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 5 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 61.0% | 36.0% |
| 2023-24 | 55.5% | 41.0% |
% at Level 3 or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: FAST / B.E.S.T.. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
55.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
62.5%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 55% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 62% typical for Florida schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Florida's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like FOREST HIGH SCHOOL
FOREST HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (55.3% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| FOREST HIGH SCHOOL this school | 2,387 | 37.3% | 55.3% |
| CHARLOTTE HIGH SCHOOL PUNTA GORDA | 1,872 | 36.5% | 52.6% |
| FLAGLER-PALM COAST HIGH SCHOOL PALM COAST | 2,533 | 32.5% | 57.5% |
| PARRISH COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL PARRISH | 2,266 | 36.1% | 59.7% |
| TAVARES HIGH SCHOOL TAVARES | 1,458 | 36.6% | 42.3% |
| LAKE MARY HIGH SCHOOL LAKE MARY | 2,714 | 40.8% | 55.1% |
Matched among Florida high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where FOREST HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Marion County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 55.3% | #239 of 555 | #1 of 8 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 36.0% | #339 of 549 ▼ 118 | #1 of 8 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 61.0% | #213 of 559 ▲ 7 | #1 of 8 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 2,387 | #93 of 830 | #2 of 13 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 24.1:1 | #404 of 575 | #6 of 7 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.3% | #194 of 594 | #6 of 7 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 37.3% | #393 of 630 | #10 of 10 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +11.3% | #127 of 246 | N/A |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
2,387
+105 (+5%) vs 2020
+37% since 1990-91, when it was 1,737
Student : Teacher
24.1:1
was 25.1:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 2,387 | 99 | 24.1:1 | 37% (890) |
| 2023-24 | 2,383 | 101 | 23.6:1 | 42% (990) |
| 2022-23 | 2,325 | 95 | 24.5:1 | 42% (975) |
| 2020-21 | 2,282 | 91 | 25.1:1 | 44% (1,004) |
| 2017-18 | 2,145 | 103 | 20.8:1 | 46% (993) |
| 2015-16 | 2,181 | 101 | 21.6:1 | 48% (1,048) |
| 2010-11 | 2,173 | 112 | 19.4:1 | 37% (796) |
| 2000-01 | 1,872 | 106 | 17.7:1 | 14% (269) |
| 1990-91 | 1,737 | 107 | 16.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for FOREST HIGH SCHOOL.
About FOREST HIGH SCHOOL
FOREST HIGH SCHOOL is a large high school based in OCALA, Florida. It reported 2,387 students in grades 9 through 12 in 2024-25. High schools in Florida have about 1,035 students on average; enrollment here is 131% higher.
District-wide, MARION has 62 schools and 46,349 students.
More than half of the students at FOREST HIGH SCHOOL are White (54%). Beyond that, enrollment is 22% Hispanic, 17% Black, 5% multiracial, and 2% Asian. In Marion County overall, about 69% of residents are White. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, FOREST HIGH SCHOOL scores 63%.
Its ratio of 24.1:1 is based on 99 full-time-equivalent teachers. It is about the same as the 23.5:1 average for high schools in Florida. Lunch program data show 37% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price meals. On average, public schools in Marion County report 57%.
On BeatsExpectations, FOREST HIGH SCHOOL is 7.2 points below its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Florida schools.
In the surrounding county, Marion County, the median household earns about $61,010 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 23%, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. Marion County has 68 public schools with about 46,349 students, including FOREST HIGH SCHOOL.
SILVER RIVER MENTORING AND INSTRUCTION is the nearest public school to FOREST HIGH SCHOOL, about 1.4 miles away. FOREST HIGH SCHOOL is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. The nearest schools with test data average 50.9%, lower than FOREST HIGH SCHOOL's 55.3%.
The school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000, according to its NCES locale (Suburb: Mid-size).
The school's student count increased 5% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years.
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Marion County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
400,078
Census ACS
Median income
$61,010
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
23%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
68
46,349 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in MARION
- WEST PORT HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,022 students
- BELLEVIEW HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,904 students
- VANGUARD HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,684 students
- BELLEVIEW MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,600 students
- DUNNELLON HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,562 students
- LAKE WEIR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,447 students
Other schools in OCALA
- WEST PORT HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,022 students
- VANGUARD HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,684 students
- LAKE WEIR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,447 students
- SUNRISE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 1,402 students
- HORIZON ACADEMY AT MARION OAKSMiddle · 1,260 students
- MARION OAKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 1,196 students
Other Forest High schools
One other US public school is named Forest High. FOREST HIGH SCHOOL is the largest of the 2.
- Forest High SchoolFOREST, MS · 438 students
Nearby schools
- SILVER RIVER MENTORING AND INSTRUCTION1.4 mi · 186
- MAPLEWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.6 mi · 819
- OCALI CHARTER MIDDLE SCHOOL2.1 mi · 194
- HILLCREST2.6 mi · 162
- WARD-HIGHLANDS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.9 mi · 908
- MARION CHARTER SCHOOL3.0 mi · 228
Frequently asked questions
About FOREST HIGH SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at FOREST HIGH SCHOOL?
FOREST HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 2,387 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does FOREST HIGH SCHOOL serve?
FOREST HIGH SCHOOL serves grades 09-12.
How many students per teacher at FOREST HIGH SCHOOL?
Approximately 24.1:1 students per teacher at FOREST HIGH SCHOOL.
How diverse is FOREST HIGH SCHOOL?
FOREST HIGH SCHOOL reports a student body of 54% White, 22% Hispanic, 17% Black, 2% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is FOREST HIGH SCHOOL public or private?
FOREST HIGH SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by MARION.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.