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South Forrest School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

8 Burborne St

Brooklyn MS, 39425, Forrest County

Phone: 601-545-7714

Ranking:

(268 out of 672, top 40%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Kindergarten to Grade 8

School District: Forrest County Schools

Title I Eligible School: Yes School-Wide Title I: NA

Magnet: NA

Charter: NA

Shared-Time School: NA

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014		2012-2013		2011-2012		2010-2011		2009-2010		2008-2009		2007-2008
	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%
Total Teachers:	44		47		49		44		45		49		51
Total Students:	677		667		690		684		681		667		647
Kindergarten:	76	11.2%	78	11.7%	91	13.2%	77	11.3%	85	12.5%	76	11.4%	73	11.3%
Grade 1:	84	12.4%	75	11.2%	78	11.3%	69	10.1%	78	11.5%	62	9.3%	62	9.6%
Grade 2:	71	10.5%	63	9.4%	66	9.6%	82	12.0%	65	9.5%	69	10.3%	77	11.9%
Grade 3:	72	10.6%	69	10.3%	81	11.7%	68	9.9%	64	9.4%	76	11.4%	75	11.6%
Grade 4:	64	9.5%	76	11.4%	67	9.7%	68	9.9%	78	11.5%	88	13.2%	66	10.2%
Grade 5:	75	11.1%	66	9.9%	67	9.7%	83	12.1%	81	11.9%	67	10.0%	68	10.5%
Grade 6:	71	10.5%	63	9.4%	84	12.2%	79	11.5%	65	9.5%	68	10.2%	62	9.6%
Grade 7:	66	9.7%	96	14.4%	74	10.7%	70	10.2%	69	10.1%	80	12.0%	64	9.9%
Grade 8:	85	12.6%	65	9.7%	72	10.4%	78	11.4%	83	12.2%	69	10.3%	86	13.3%
Ungraded:	13	1.9%	16	2.4%	10	1.4%	10	1.5%	13	1.9%	12	1.8%	14	2.2%
Student By Gender:
Male:	349	51.6%	342	51.3%	343	49.7%	339	49.6%	349	51.2%	339	50.8%	314	48.5%
Female:	328	48.4%	325	48.7%	347	50.3%	345	50.4%	332	48.8%	328	49.2%	329	50.9%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	1	0.1%	1	0.1%	1	0.1%	1	0.1%	1	0.1%	2	0.3%	0	0.0%
Asian:	3	0.4%	3	0.4%	4	0.6%	1	0.1%	1	0.1%	2	0.3%	2	0.3%
Hispanic:	3	0.4%	3	0.4%	3	0.4%	5	0.7%	6	0.9%	10	1.5%	5	0.8%
Black:	42	6.2%	41	6.1%	43	6.2%	34	5.0%	32	4.7%	48	7.2%	56	8.7%
White:	614	90.7%	606	90.9%	627	90.9%	636	93.0%	633	93.0%	605	90.7%	584	90.3%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	14	2.1%	13	1.9%	12	1.7%	7	1.0%	8	1.2%	0	0.0%	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	445	65.7%	353	52.9%	361	52.3%	380	55.6%	352	51.7%	344	51.6%	312	48.2%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	63	9.3%	59	8.8%	84	12.2%	75	11.0%	103	15.1%	99	14.8%	98	15.1%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	15.41		14.25		14.17		15.62		15.05		13.60		12.60

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
MCT2
2008	Language Arts	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151.9	149.7	149.3
2009	Language Arts	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151.1	146.6	148.7
2010	Language Arts	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	152.4	148.9	149
2011	Language Arts	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	153.7	150	149.8
2012	Language Arts	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	147.3	146	150.2
2013	Language Arts	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.5	147.5	151
2008	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.8	150.3	150.6
2009	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.4	147.4	151
2010	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	155.6	150.9	152.1
2011	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	156.2	153.2	153.3
2012	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.8	151	154.1
2013	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151.3	150.7	154.2
2008	Language Arts	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.2	147.9	148.8
2009	Language Arts	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	152.1	148.9	149.2
2010	Language Arts	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	152.1	148.1	149.5
2011	Language Arts	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151.5	148.4	149.6
2012	Language Arts	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148.9	148.5	151
2013	Language Arts	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	146.8	149.7	151.8
2008	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	152.8	149.3	150.5
2009	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151.7	149.3	151.1
2010	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	154.3	149.3	151.5
2011	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	154.6	151.3	151.7
2012	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151.2	150.1	152.8
2013	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148.4	151.3	154.1
2008	Language Arts	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151	148.6	148.5
2009	Language Arts	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	146.8	147.7	148.7
2010	Language Arts	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	147.9	146.9	148.8
2011	Language Arts	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	153.5	150.4	148.9
2012	Language Arts	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.6	148.4	149.9
2013	Language Arts	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148.3	148.5	150.8
2008	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.2	147.2	149.8
2009	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	145.7	145.8	150.2
2010	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	147.7	146.9	151.3
2011	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	153.4	152	151.4
2012	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	152.4	152.1	152.3
2013	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	146.8	150.3	153.2
2008	Language Arts	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	153	149.3	147.6
2009	Language Arts	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151.1	148.9	148.8
2010	Language Arts	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148.6	148.7	149.4
2011	Language Arts	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	152.4	148.6	149.8
2012	Language Arts	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	153.7	151.5	150.3
2013	Language Arts	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	152.1	150.3	150.7
2008	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151.7	149	149.3
2009	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.6	149.4	149.9
2010	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.5	149.8	150.5
2011	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.7	148.7	150.6
2012	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	152.8	152.5	151.3
2013	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	153.8	153.4	152.4
2008	Language Arts	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	147	146.5	147
2009	Language Arts	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.7	148.1	147.8
2010	Language Arts	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151.3	147.7	149.7
2011	Language Arts	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	152.2	149.7	149.9
2012	Language Arts	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151.7	149.8	150.7
2013	Language Arts	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151.5	151.4	151.4
2008	Mathematics	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	143.7	146	148.7
2009	Mathematics	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	147.1	147.3	150.1
2010	Mathematics	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148.3	148.1	151.1
2011	Mathematics	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148.7	150.6	152.1
2012	Mathematics	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	154.3	154	152.3
2013	Mathematics	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	154.4	155	153.1
2008	Language Arts	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	147.9	148	146.6
2009	Language Arts	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.5	147.6	147.8
2010	Language Arts	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148.5	147.3	147.8
2011	Language Arts	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151.4	149	149.1
2012	Language Arts	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151.3	149.7	149.9
2013	Language Arts	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151.4	151	150
2008	Mathematics	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	146.1	148.5	148.3
2009	Mathematics	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	145.6	145.3	149.6
2010	Mathematics	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148	148.5	151.5
2011	Mathematics	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	152.5	152.1	153.2
2012	Mathematics	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	153.5	154.3	153.7
2013	Mathematics	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	157.6	157.2	154.6
MST
2008	Science	5th Grade	% met std	61.6%	41.6%	40.8%
2009	Science	5th Grade	% met std	43.5%	35.6%	42.8%
2010	Science	5th Grade	% met std	37.2%	35.8%	44.9%
2012	Science	5th Grade	% met std	61.9%	53.4%	53.6%
2013	Science	5th Grade	% met std	49.2%	48.6%	63.1%
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	50%	43.9%	39.3%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	49.2%	40.1%	40%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	47.6%	39%	42.9%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	64.7%	56.1%	56.4%
2013	Science	8th Grade	% met std	65.1%	59.8%	64.0%
SATP2
2004	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	100%	97.3%	90.7%
2005	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	100%	94.4%	91.6%
2006	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	100%	76.9%	91%
2007	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	100%	80.6%	90.8%
2008	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	50%	68.3%	71%
2009	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	100%	73.6%	72%
2011	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	100%	89%	85.4%
2012	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	96%	86.8%	81.9%
2013	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	100%	96.2%	85.2%

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	45.9%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	51.4%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	12.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	32.4%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	67.6%

Mean Base Salary:	$41,072.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$34,081.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$44,427.0

* South Forrest School was rated 3.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.