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What advice would you give to incoming students at Forest Park High School?
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Enrollment
1,711
High
DISTRICT 1,306 · STATE 1,120
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CLAYTON COUNTY·NCES 130123000474
Forest Park High School
5452 Phillips Dr, Forest Park, GA 30297 · (404) 362-3890 · Clayton County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,711 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 29% of Georgia public high schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Georgia public high schools
Student : Teacher
17.3:1
99 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.5:1 · STATE 15.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
1,711 students
DISTRICT 99% · STATE 74%
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 | 516 | 30% |
| Grade 10 | 475 | 28% |
| Grade 11 | 362 | 21% |
| Grade 12 | 358 | 21% |
Student demographics
58%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 48% · STATE 71% · 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
Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or DistinguishedMath
25.6%
GA avg 44.6% . +16.3pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 26 of every 100 students at this school do math at grade level. The Georgia average is about 45 of 100. Math scores are up about 16 points since 2021.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | Math |
|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 25.6% |
| 2023-24 | 23.2% |
| 2022-23 | 7.6% |
| 2021-22 | 9.3% |
% Proficient or Distinguished, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Georgia Milestones. 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
21.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.7%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 21% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 26% typical for Georgia 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 Georgia'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 Park High School
Forest Park High School's state test result (21.4% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Forest Park High School this school | 1,711 | 100.0% | 21.4% |
| Pebblebrook High School Mableton | 2,574 | 96.5% | 30.4% |
| Charles R. Drew High School Riverdale | 1,708 | 100.0% | 18.8% |
| Osborne High School Marietta | 2,790 | 100.0% | 23.1% |
| Cedar Shoals High School Athens | 1,489 | 100.0% | 22.3% |
| Rome High School Rome | 1,986 | 88.7% | 23.6% |
Matched among Georgia 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 Park High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Clayton County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 21.4% | #332 of 411 | #7 of 13 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 25.6% | #303 of 417 ▼ 7 | #7 of 13 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,711 | #112 of 480 | #3 of 14 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.3:1 | #306 of 413 | #4 of 13 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 58.0% | #168 of 413 | #1 of 13 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #16 of 425 | #3 of 13 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.0% | #159 of 168 | 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
1,711
-57 (-3%) vs 2020
+10% since 1990-91, when it was 1,554
Student : Teacher
17.3:1
was 19.6:1
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 | 1,711 | 99 | 17.3:1 | 100% (1,711) |
| 2023-24 | 1,684 | 96 | 17.5:1 | 76% (1,284) |
| 2022-23 | 1,765 | 93.3 | 18.9:1 | 91% (1,598) |
| 2020-21 | 1,768 | 90 | 19.6:1 | 93% (1,644) |
| 2017-18 | 1,728 | 85 | 20.3:1 | 99% (1,719) |
| 2015-16 | 1,952 | 84 | 23.2:1 | 99% (1,942) |
| 2010-11 | 1,643 | 90 | 18.3:1 | 80% (1,308) |
| 2000-01 | 1,591 | 94 | 16.9:1 | 53% (847) |
| 1990-91 | 1,554 | 97 | 16.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Forest Park High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 1% (1,728 to 1,711); teachers up 16% (85 to 99).
About Forest Park High School
Forest Park High School is a large high school serving families in Forest Park, Georgia. The school counts 1,711 students across grades 9 through 12. The school's enrollment is 53% above the 1,120 average for high schools in Georgia.
The district, Clayton County, operates 68 schools serving 51,326 students.
At 52%, Hispanic students outnumber all other groups at Forest Park High School combined. It is also 38% Black, 5% Asian, 3% multiracial, and 2% White. Clayton County's residents are about 15% Hispanic, 38 points below the school's share. By the diversity index, Forest Park High School comes in at 58%.
The ratio of students to teachers is 17.3:1, with 99 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff. For comparison, high schools in Georgia average 15.2:1. The percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 100%.
Forest Park High School is graded C by allk12, scoring above 29% of Georgia public high schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Forest Park High School is 4.3 points below its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests (21.4% versus 25.7%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Georgia.
Clayton County has about 298,924 residents, and median household income is about $59,806, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 23% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 15%. Federal data list 73 public schools in Clayton County, with a combined enrollment of about 63,156.
The closest public school, Babb Middle School, is less than a tenth of a mile from Forest Park High School. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Forest Park High School ranks 7th of 8 on average proficiency.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Suburb: Large.
The student count in 2024-25 was 1,711, 3% below the 1,768 of 2020-21. Students per teacher fell from 19.6 in 2020-21 to 17.3 in 2024-25.
Topics for discussion here include sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Clayton County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
298,924
Census ACS
Median income
$59,806
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
23%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
15%
Below federal line
Schools in county
73
63,156 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Clayton County
- Morrow High SchoolHigh · 2,077 students
- Lovejoy High SchoolHigh · 2,049 students
- Charles R. Drew High SchoolHigh · 1,708 students
- Mundy's Mill High SchoolHigh · 1,665 students
- Jonesboro High SchoolHigh · 1,630 students
- Eddie White Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,364 students
Other schools in Forest Park
- Babb Middle SchoolMiddle · 881 students
- Huie Elementary SchoolElementary · 594 students
- Fountain Elementary SchoolElementary · 437 students
- Edmonds Elementary SchoolElementary · 426 students
- Unidos Dual Language SchoolElementary · 394 students
- 7 Pillars Career AcademyMiddle · 271 students
Other Forest Park High schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Forest Park High. Forest Park High School is the 2nd largest of the 3.
- Forest Park HighWoodbridge, VA · 2,343 students
- Forest Park HighBaltimore, MD · 1,024 students
Nearby schools
- Babb Middle School0.1 mi · 881
- Lake City Elementary School0.2 mi · 479
- Sankofa Montessori0.8 mi · 144
- Fountain Elementary School1.2 mi · 437
- Haynie Elementary School1.3 mi · 767
- Morrow Elementary School1.4 mi · 406
Frequently asked questions
About Forest Park High SchoolHow large is Forest Park High School?
Forest Park High School enrolls approximately 1,711 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Forest Park High School serve?
Forest Park High School serves grades 09-12.
How many teachers does Forest Park High School have?
Forest Park High School employs 99 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.3:1.
What is the student diversity at Forest Park High School?
Student demographics at Forest Park High School are roughly 2% White, 52% Hispanic, 38% Black, 5% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Forest Park High School?
Forest Park High School is overseen by Clayton County in Clayton County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.