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Enrollment
1,139
High
DISTRICT 949 · STATE 651
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JACKSON PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 280219000384
Forest Hill High School
2607 Raymond Road, Jackson, MS 39212 · (601) 371-4313 · Hinds County
GRADES 09–13HIGH12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,139 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 10% of Mississippi public high schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-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 Mississippi public high schools
Student : Teacher
13.9:1
82 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.9:1 · STATE 12.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
1,139 students
DISTRICT 100% · STATE 80%
Community
1
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 | 285 | 25% |
| Grade 10 | 309 | 27% |
| Grade 11 | 285 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 255 | 22% |
Student demographics
16%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 14% · STATE 62% · 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
MAAP 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
29.6%
MS avg 45.9% . +5.8pp since 2023
Math
37.8%
MS avg 52.8% . +4.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the MAAP, Mississippi's statewide test, about 30 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 38 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Mississippi schools, those numbers are about 46 and 53. Reading and writing scores are up about 6 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
MAAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 29.6% | 37.8% |
| 2023-24 | 23.8% | 33.1% |
% Proficient + Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: MAAP. 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
37.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.1%
based on MS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 37% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 44% typical for Mississippi 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 Mississippi'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 Hill High School
Forest Hill High School's state test result (37.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Forest Hill High School this school | 1,139 | 100.0% | 37.5% |
| Meridian High School Meridian | 1,253 | 99.8% | 33.0% |
| Jim Hill High School Jackson | 975 | 99.9% | 44.6% |
| Hattiesburg High School HATTIESBURG | 1,014 | 99.9% | 57.2% |
| Callaway High School Jackson | 994 | 100.0% | 45.8% |
| Murrah High School Jackson | 1,259 | 99.9% | 47.1% |
Matched among Mississippi 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 Hill High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Mississippi | In Hinds County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 37.5% | #171 of 192 | #8 of 11 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 37.8% | #168 of 199 ▲ 6 | #8 of 11 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 29.6% | #159 of 199 ▲ 15 | #8 of 11 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,139 | #30 of 203 | #3 of 12 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.9:1 | #138 of 192 | #7 of 11 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 15.6% | #163 of 192 | #4 of 11 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #20 of 194 | #2 of 11 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +7.1% | #35 of 63 | 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
1,139
+188 (+20%) vs 2020
+27% since 1990-91, when it was 899
Student : Teacher
13.9:1
was 13.8:1
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 | 1,139 | 82.2 | 13.9:1 | 100% (1,139) |
| 2023-24 | 942 | 63.2 | 14.9:1 | 100% (942) |
| 2022-23 | 991 | 60.6 | 16.4:1 | 100% (991) |
| 2020-21 | 951 | 69 | 13.8:1 | 100% (951) |
| 2017-18 | 1,063 | 70.7 | 15.0:1 | 100% (1,063) |
| 2015-16 | 1,190 | 72 | 16.5:1 | 100% (1,190) |
| 2010-11 | 1,329 | 74 | 18.0:1 | 83% (1,108) |
| 2000-01 | 1,176 | 65 | 18.1:1 | 81% (954) |
| 1990-91 | 899 | 46 | 19.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Forest Hill High School.
About Forest Hill High School
Forest Hill High School is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as a high school in Jackson, Mississippi. It serves 1,139 students in grades 9 through 13. For comparison, high schools in Mississippi average about 651 students.
Forest Hill High School reports to Jackson Public Schools, which has 45 schools and 19,765 students.
About 92% of the student body at Forest Hill High School is Black. Smaller groups are 6% Hispanic. County-wide, 72% of Hinds County residents are Black. The school's diversity index is 16%, meaning two students picked at random have a 16% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The teaching staff at Forest Hill High School is 82.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the ratio is 13.9:1. This ratio sits 1.2 above the 12.6:1 average for high schools in Mississippi. The percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 100%. That is 12 points above the 88% average for public schools in Hinds County.
The allk12 Grade for Forest Hill High School is D. Compared with Mississippi public high schools, the school scored higher than 10% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Forest Hill High School would be expected to post about 44.1%. Its actual average proficiency rate on state tests is 37.5%.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Hinds County show that the median household income is $49,402, 31% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 17% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Forest Hill High School is one of 84 public schools in the county.
The shortest distance from Forest Hill High School to another public school is about 1.3 miles, to Cardozo Middle School. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of the 8 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Forest Hill High School is 1st on average proficiency.
The federal government classifies Forest Hill High School's location as City: Mid-size.
Enrollment is up 20% from 2020-21, when Forest Hill High School had 951 students, to 2024-25, when it had 1,139.
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Hinds County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
218,533
Census ACS
Median income
$49,402
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
31%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
17%
Below federal line
Schools in county
84
32,870 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Jackson Public Schools
- Murrah High SchoolHigh · 1,259 students
- Callaway High SchoolHigh · 994 students
- Jim Hill High SchoolHigh · 975 students
- Lanier Junior/Senior High SchoolHigh · 895 students
- Provine High SchoolHigh · 791 students
- Powell Middle SchoolMiddle · 704 students
Other schools in Jackson
- Murrah High SchoolHigh · 1,259 students
- Callaway High SchoolHigh · 994 students
- Jim Hill High SchoolHigh · 975 students
- Lanier Junior/Senior High SchoolHigh · 895 students
- Provine High SchoolHigh · 791 students
- Powell Middle SchoolMiddle · 704 students
Nearby schools
- Cardozo Middle School1.3 mi · 531
- Bates Elementary School1.3 mi · 482
- Oak Forest Elementary School1.3 mi · 436
- Timberlawn Elementary School1.7 mi · 295
- MARSHALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.0 mi · 176
- WINGFIELD HIGH SCHOOL2.6 mi · 590
Frequently asked questions
About Forest Hill High SchoolHow many students attend Forest Hill High School?
Forest Hill High School enrolls approximately 1,139 students in grades 09-13.
What grades does Forest Hill High School serve?
Forest Hill High School serves grades 09-13.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Forest Hill High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Forest Hill High School is approximately 13.9:1 (82 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Forest Hill High School?
Forest Hill High School reports a student body of 1% White, 6% Hispanic, 92% Black, 0% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is Forest Hill High School public or private?
Forest Hill High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Jackson Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.