Scott Central Attendance Center

Scott Central Attendance Center is a large K-12 campus in FOREST, Mississippi, run under Scott County School District. The school teaches 856 students in grades pre-K through 12. That puts it 62% larger than the typical public school in Mississippi, which averages around 527 students.

Scott County School District comprises 8 schools with combined enrollment of 3,989 students; Scott Central Attendance Center is among them.

Demographically, Scott Central Attendance Center lists that the most-represented group is Black (52%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder looks like 30% White, 9% Hispanic, 8% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 34% Black, putting the school's mix considerably more Black than the area baseline.

On the resource side, The school lists 50 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.8:1, putting Scott Central Attendance Center higher than the state norm the norm. Around 100% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Scott Central Attendance Center sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 47.3%; this one delivers 50.0%.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Scott County) records that the typical household earns roughly $48,786 per year, about 14% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 17%. Across Scott County's 12 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,627 students), Scott Central Attendance Center is one campus in the mix.

Forest Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 5.8 miles from this campus. 5 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Scott Central Attendance Center at 3rd of 5; the average score across the group is 59.2%.

The school occupies a countryside site.

Five-year trend. Scott Central Attendance Center's enrollment has edged down 8% since 2018, when it stood at 931 (now 856). Over the same period, the White share shrank from 42% to 30%. Class-load math has rose: from 15.1:1 in 2018 to 17.2:1 in 2025.

Inside the community feed, recent activity here tends to focus on open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.