Earl Travillion Attendance Center

Earl Travillion Attendance Center is one of the low-enrollment elementary campuss in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, one of the schools within Forrest County School District, with 261 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 8. Compared to the state average of about 446 students per school, that is 41% leaner than typical.

Forrest County School District runs 6 schools in total, collectively educating 2,124 students. Earl Travillion Attendance Center is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Earl Travillion Attendance Center shows that Black students make up the majority at 70%. Other groups include 14% multiracial, 12% Hispanic, 4% White. That is noticeably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 36%.

On the income-and-resources front, The school reports having 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 9.8:1. The state averages around 15.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 97% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is noticeably above Forrest County's rate of about 79%.

In the area at large, census data for Forrest County shows median household earnings sit near $53,640, about 31% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 16%. In all, Forrest County runs 21 public schools (combined enrollment of about 10,857 students), of which Earl Travillion Attendance Center is one.

Hattiesburg STEAM Academy is the nearest neighboring public school, about 2.4 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Earl Travillion Attendance Center operates from an urban location.

Looking at the recent track record. Earl Travillion Attendance Center's enrollment has fell 18% since 2018, when it stood at 319 (now 261). The Black share of enrollment shrank from 79% to 70% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 13.6:1 in 2018 to 9.8:1 in 2025.

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