Dixie Attendance Center

Dixie Attendance Center is an elementary campus of mid-sized scale in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, overseen by Forrest County School District, caters to 487 students in grades pre-K through 8.

Across the 6 schools in Forrest County School District (2,124 students total), Dixie Attendance Center accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Dixie Attendance Center lists that 54% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 30% Black, 8% multiracial, 8% Hispanic. Compared to Forrest County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at school resources, The school currently runs with 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.0:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.9:1 average. An estimated 67% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Forrest County runs at roughly 79%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Forrest County) logs that median household income runs about $53,640, roughly 31% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 16% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Forrest County's 21 public schools (combined enrollment of about 10,857 students), Dixie Attendance Center is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Earl Travillion Attendance Center, around 4.8 miles off. Within ten miles, there are 8 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas.

The school occupies an outlying site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 8%: 529 students in 2018 compared to 487 in 2025. The White share of enrollment ticked down from 65% to 54% over that span.

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