Enrollment
209
Elementary
DISTRICT 355 · STATE 446
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FORREST COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 280149000217
North Forrest Elementary School
702 Eatonville Road, Hattiesburg, MS 39401 · (601) 584-6466 · Forrest County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL209 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 70% of Mississippi public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
10.9:1
19 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.2:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
92%
193 students
DISTRICT 83% · STATE 80%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 3 | 1% |
| Kindergarten | 29 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 30 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 39 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 24 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 23 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 31 | 15% |
| Grade 6 | 30 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (29) is about the same size as its 6th grade class (30).
Student demographics
53%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
North Forrest Elementary School→North Forrest High School
Based on grade levels within Forrest County School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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MAAP 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
55.1%
MS avg 45.9% . +1.0pp since 2023
Math
60.2%
MS avg 52.8% . +3.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the MAAP, Mississippi's statewide test, about 55 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 60 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 1 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
MAAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 55.1% | 60.2% |
| 2023-24 | 54.1% | 56.9% |
% 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
60.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.0%
based on MS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+12.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 60% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% 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 North Forrest Elementary School
North Forrest Elementary School's state test result (60.4% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Forrest Elementary School this school | 209 | 92.3% | 60.4% |
| Coldwater Elementary School Coldwater | 213 | 91.1% | 46.6% |
| Calhoun City Elementary CALHOUN CITY | 235 | 91.5% | 47.5% |
| East Flora Elementary FLORA | 249 | 89.6% | 55.7% |
| Ashland Elementary School Ashland | 262 | 93.9% | 41.6% |
| East Side Elementary School West Point | 251 | 92.4% | 36.5% |
Matched among Mississippi elementary 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 North Forrest Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Mississippi | In Forrest County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 60.4% | #166 of 428 | #8 of 12 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 60.2% | #147 of 439 ▲ 32 | #6 of 12 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 55.1% | #157 of 439 ▲ 49 | #7 of 12 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 209 | #407 of 453 | #12 of 12 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.9:1 | #8 of 408 | #2 of 12 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 53.5% | #141 of 409 | #5 of 12 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 92.3% | #209 of 444 | #7 of 12 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -25.1% | #69 of 296 | #1 of 9 |
Ranked against other public elementary 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
209
-31 (-13%) vs 2020
-54% since 1990-91, when it was 453
Student : Teacher
10.9:1
was 13.3:1
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 | 209 | 19.2 | 10.9:1 | 92% (193) |
| 2023-24 | 214 | 21.3 | 10.1:1 | 92% (197) |
| 2022-23 | 225 | 23.6 | 9.6:1 | 99% (222) |
| 2020-21 | 240 | 18 | 13.3:1 | 99% (237) |
| 2017-18 | 279 | 23.6 | 11.8:1 | 91% (254) |
| 2015-16 | 263 | 21 | 12.5:1 | 90% (237) |
| 2010-11 | 294 | 24 | 12.3:1 | 86% (253) |
| 2000-01 | 392 | 30 | 13.1:1 | 64% (250) |
| 1990-91 | 453 | 31 | 14.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for North Forrest Elementary School.
About North Forrest Elementary School
North Forrest Elementary School is an elementary school in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, and it is part of Forrest County School District. The student body numbers 209 students, from pre-K through 6. An average school in this group (elementary schools in Mississippi) has about 446 students.
The district for North Forrest Elementary School is Forrest County School District, with 6 schools and 2,124 students.
Black students account for 64% of enrollment at North Forrest Elementary School. The remaining students are 22% White, 7% multiracial, and 7% Hispanic. Census figures show Forrest County is about 36% Black. By the diversity index, North Forrest Elementary School comes in at 53%.
Teachers at North Forrest Elementary School total 19.2 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 10.9:1. For comparison, elementary schools in Mississippi average 15.9:1. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 92%. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Forrest County is 79%.
North Forrest Elementary School is graded B+ by allk12, scoring above 70% of Mississippi public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
In Mississippi, North Forrest Elementary School is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 60.4% actual against a predicted 48.0%.
Across Forrest County, median household income is about $53,640, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 31%, and roughly 16% of residents are in poverty. North Forrest Elementary School is among the 21 public schools in Forrest County.
The closest public school to North Forrest Elementary School is North Forrest High School, about 0.1 miles away. Other public schools within five miles number 2. The school's 60.4% average proficiency ranks 5th among 9 nearby schools.
NCES describes the area around North Forrest Elementary School as Rural: Fringe, meaning in rural territory close to an urban area.
The student count in 2024-25 was 209, 13% below the 240 of 2020-21. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio fell from 13.3:1 to 10.9:1.
Threads on this page can be about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Forrest County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
78,272
Census ACS
Median income
$53,640
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
31%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
16%
Below federal line
Schools in county
21
10,857 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Forrest County School District
- South Forrest Attendance CenterElementary · 604 students
- Dixie Attendance CenterElementary · 487 students
- North Forrest High SchoolHigh · 349 students
- Earl Travillion Attendance CenterElementary · 261 students
- Rawls Springs Attendance CenterElementary · 214 students
Other schools in Hattiesburg
- Oak Grove High SchoolHigh · 1,750 students
- Oak Grove Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,160 students
- Bellevue ElementaryElementary · 1,145 students
- Hattiesburg High SchoolHigh · 1,014 students
- Longleaf ElementaryElementary · 787 students
- Oak Grove ElementaryElementary · 758 students
Nearby schools
- North Forrest High School0.1 mi · 349
- Rawls Springs Attendance Center3.4 mi · 214
- Grace Christian Elementary5.3 mi · 367
- Hattiesburg High School5.9 mi · 1,014
- Petal Middle School6.1 mi · 645
- Moselle Elementary School6.1 mi · 554
Frequently asked questions
About North Forrest Elementary SchoolHow large is North Forrest Elementary School?
North Forrest Elementary School enrolls approximately 209 students in grades PK-06.
What grades does North Forrest Elementary School serve?
North Forrest Elementary School serves grades PK-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at North Forrest Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at North Forrest Elementary School is approximately 10.9:1 (19 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at North Forrest Elementary School?
At North Forrest Elementary School, the student body is approximately 22% White, 7% Hispanic, 64% Black, 7% Two or more.
Is North Forrest Elementary School public or private?
North Forrest Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Forrest County School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.