Forrest County Agricultural High School

As a middle-of-the-pack four-year high school in Brooklyn, Mississippi, Forrest County Agricultural High School serves 562 students from grades 9 through 12, one of the schools within Forrest County Agricultural High School.

Operationally, Forrest County Agricultural High School answers to Forrest County Agricultural High School, which sets policy, hires staff, and reports enrollment to the state.

On the student-mix side, Forrest County Agricultural High School logs that the largest single group is White, at 55% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school records 28% Black, 11% multiracial, 6% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Forrest County Agricultural High School has 52 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.6:1 average. About 77% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

After controlling for student poverty, Forrest County Agricultural High School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 57.8%, the actual is 71.8%, a residual of +14.0 points.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Forrest County put the typical household earns roughly $53,640 per year, about 31% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 16%. In all, Forrest County runs 21 public schools (combined enrollment of about 10,857 students), of which Forrest County Agricultural High School is one.

South Forrest Attendance Center is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles from this campus.

Geographically, the school is in a low-density area.

Looking at the recent track record. Forrest County Agricultural High School's enrollment has declined 4% since 2018, when it stood at 588 (now 562). The White share of enrollment decreased from 68% to 55% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 17.6:1 in 2018 to 10.8:1 today.

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