North Forrest Elementary School

Located at 702 Eatonville Road, in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, North Forrest Elementary School is a compact primary school that teaches 209 students (grades pre-K through 6), operated by Forrest County School District. Compared to the state average of about 446 students per school, that is 53% leaner than typical.

Forrest County School District comprises 6 schools with combined enrollment of 2,124 students; North Forrest Elementary School is among them.

On demographics, North Forrest Elementary School records that 64% of the student body identifies as Black. Beyond that, the school lists 22% White, 7% multiracial, 7% Hispanic. That is noticeably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 36%.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, North Forrest Elementary School has 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.9:1, putting North Forrest Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 92% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Forrest County runs at roughly 79%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, North Forrest Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 48.0%, the actual is 60.4%, a residual of +12.5 points.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Forrest County put median household earnings sit near $53,640, 31% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 16%. In all, Forrest County runs 21 public schools (combined enrollment of about 10,857 students), of which North Forrest Elementary School is one.

Nearest neighbor: North Forrest High School, around 0.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at North Forrest Elementary School has declined 25%, going from 279 students in 2018 to 209 in 2025. The White share of enrollment decreased from 28% to 22% over that span.

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