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Forrest City School District

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Forrest City School District is located in east Arkansas. Forrest City School District has 339.86 square miles of land area and 5.51 square miles of water area. As of 2010-2014, the total Forrest City School District population is 22,721. Forrest City School District median household income is $31,748 in 2010-2014. Forrest City School District median house value is $67,700 in 2010-2014. On average, Forrest City School District is worse than the state average in quality.

Ranking:	(236 out of 238, bottom 1%)*
Type:	Regular Local School District
Grade:	Prekindergarten to Grade 12
Number of Schools:	5
Population	22,721 (2010-2014), rank #26
Population Growth	3.62% since 2005-2009, see rank
Population Density:	65.79/sq mi, rank #68
Median Household Income:	$31,748 at 2010-2014—17.15% increase since 2005-2009, rank #189
Median House Price:	$67,700 at 2010-2014—4.31% increase since 2005-2009, rank #184
Time Zone:	Central GMT -6:00 with Daylight Saving in the Summer
Land Area:	339.86 sq mi, rank #38
Water Area:	5.51 sq mi (1.59%), rank #60
State:	Arkansas
County:	Saint Francis County
City:	Forrest City, Caldwell, Colt, Madison, Wynne, Widener, Heth
Zip:	72335, 72322, 72326, 72359, 72396, 72394, 72346
Area:	Forrest City, AR

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Forrest City School District Map, Border, and Nearby Locations

845 North Rosser

Forrest City AR, 72335, Saint Francis County

Phone: 870-633-1485

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014	2012-2013	2011-2012	2010-2011	2009-2010	2008-2009	2007-2008
Total Students:	3,214	3,232	3,373	3,429	3,528	3,686	3,864
English Language Learner Students:	24	23	27	18	13	6	6
Total Teachers:	215.77	214.75	226.84	244.90	271.00	267.00	272.00
Prekindergarten:	7.00	8.00	7.00	7.00	8.00	7.00	14.00
Kindergarten:	13.33	14.30	13.36	12.69	23.00	25.00	22.00
Elementary:	102.79	91.05	94.54	104.54	118.00	118.00	122.00
Secondary:	75.92	83.07	89.50	98.97	98.00	91.00	105.00
Ungraded:	16.73	18.33	22.44	21.70	24.00	26.00	9.00
Total Other Staff:	224.00	265.00	257.00	299.00	305.00	297.00	316.00
Instructional Aides:	48.00	53.00	58.00	66.00	67.00	69.00	71.00
Instructional Coordinators & Supervisors:	16.00	17.00	8.00	6.00	6.00	6.00	5.00
Total Guidance Counselors:	9.00	9.00	9.00	10.00	12.00	12.00	12.00
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	3.00	3.00	3.00	4.00	4.00	4.00	4.00
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	6.00	6.00	6.00	6.00	8.00	8.00	8.00
Other Guidance Counselors:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Librarians/Media Specialists:	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	6.00	6.00	6.00
Library/Media Support:	3.00	4.00	4.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00
District Administrators:	4.00	6.00	6.00	5.00	6.00	6.00	5.00
District Administrative Support:	17.00	19.00	20.00	24.00	23.00	20.00	21.00
School Administrators:	12.00	10.00	10.00	14.00	13.00	12.00	10.00
School Administrative Support:	0.00	30.00	10.00	1.00	1.00	3.00	2.00
Student Support Services:	48.00	51.00	61.00	71.00	80.00	64.00	66.00
Other Support Services:	62.00	61.00	66.00	92.00	86.00	94.00	113.00
Student-Teacher Ratio:	14.90	15.05	14.87	14.00	13.02	13.81	14.21

Schools

Central Elementary School	Prekindergarten to Grade 2	801 Deaderick Rd, Forrest City AR 72335
Forrest City High School	Grade 9 to Grade 12	467 Victoria St, Forrest City AR 72335
Forrest City Jr. High	Grade 7 to Grade 8	1133 North Division St, Forrest City AR 72335
Lincoln Academy Of Excellence	Grade 5 to Grade 6	616 West Broadway Ave, Forrest City AR 72335
Stewart Elementary School	Grade 2 to Grade 6	625 Irving St, Forrest City AR 72335

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	State Average
ACTAAP Test
2007	Literacy	11th Grade	% met std	21%	50%
2008	Literacy	11th Grade	% met std	24%	51%
2009	Literacy	11th Grade	% met std	40%	56%
2010	Literacy	11th Grade	% met std	33%	60%
2011	Literacy	11th Grade	% met std	32%	65%
2012	Literacy	11th Grade	% met std	35%	68%
2013	Literacy	11th Grade	% met std	37%	70%
2005	Literacy	3rd Grade	% met std	30%	50%
2006	Literacy	3rd Grade	% met std	33%	57%
2007	Literacy	3rd Grade	% met std	42%	59%
2009	Literacy	3rd Grade	% met std	37%	66%
2010	Literacy	3rd Grade	% met std	43%	71%
2011	Literacy	3rd Grade	% met std	59%	76%
2012	Literacy	3rd Grade	% met std	57%	82%
2013	Literacy	3rd Grade	% met std	50%	79%
2005	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	37%	58%
2006	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	52%	67%
2007	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	51%	75%
2009	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	60%	82%
2010	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	65%	83%
2011	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	73%	85%
2012	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	79%	87%
2013	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	71%	86%
2005	Literacy	4th Grade	% met std	25%	51%
2006	Literacy	4th Grade	% met std	45%	61%
2007	Literacy	4th Grade	% met std	34%	58%
2009	Literacy	4th Grade	% met std	47%	70%
2010	Literacy	4th Grade	% met std	49%	77%
2011	Literacy	4th Grade	% met std	58%	82%
2012	Literacy	4th Grade	% met std	70%	85%
2013	Literacy	4th Grade	% met std	63%	85%
2005	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	27%	50%
2006	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	38%	60%
2007	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	52%	65%
2009	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	67%	78%
2010	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	55%	80%
2011	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	64%	82%
2012	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	73%	82%
2013	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	71%	82%
2005	Literacy	5th Grade	% met std	31%	47%
2006	Literacy	5th Grade	% met std	27%	56%
2007	Literacy	5th Grade	% met std	40%	59%
2008	Literacy	5th Grade	% met std	33%	64%
2009	Literacy	5th Grade	% met std	39%	68%
2010	Literacy	5th Grade	% met std	53%	74%
2011	Literacy	5th Grade	% met std	47%	77%
2012	Literacy	5th Grade	% met std	58%	85%
2013	Literacy	5th Grade	% met std	54%	84%
2005	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	25%	41%
2006	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	24%	50%
2007	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	36%	61%
2008	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	45%	67%
2009	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	43%	71%
2010	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	42%	74%
2011	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	47%	78%
2012	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	49%	76%
2013	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	41%	70%
2009	Science	5th Grade	% met std	19%	43%
2010	Science	5th Grade	% met std	23%	50%
2011	Science	5th Grade	% met std	21%	56%
2012	Science	5th Grade	% met std	32%	60%
2013	Science	5th Grade	% met std	29%	61%
2005	Literacy	6th Grade	% met std	34%	57%
2006	Literacy	6th Grade	% met std	35%	59%
2007	Literacy	6th Grade	% met std	32%	59%
2008	Literacy	6th Grade	% met std	41%	63%
2009	Literacy	6th Grade	% met std	36%	67%
2010	Literacy	6th Grade	% met std	49%	71%
2011	Literacy	6th Grade	% met std	50%	71%
2012	Literacy	6th Grade	% met std	36%	75%
2013	Literacy	6th Grade	% met std	38%	73%
2005	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	18%	43%
2006	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	33%	57%
2007	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	42%	68%
2008	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	52%	72%
2009	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	57%	80%
2010	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	53%	75%
2011	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	54%	77%
2012	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	49%	75%
2013	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	44%	75%
2005	Literacy	7th Grade	% met std	33%	50%
2006	Literacy	7th Grade	% met std	30%	53%
2007	Literacy	7th Grade	% met std	30%	57%
2008	Literacy	7th Grade	% met std	27%	57%
2009	Literacy	7th Grade	% met std	34%	63%
2010	Literacy	7th Grade	% met std	37%	68%
2011	Literacy	7th Grade	% met std	31%	67%
2012	Literacy	7th Grade	% met std	58%	80%
2013	Literacy	7th Grade	% met std	48%	77%
2005	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	19%	43%
2006	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	25%	50%
2007	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	38%	58%
2008	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	31%	62%
2009	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	44%	68%
2010	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	38%	75%
2011	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	35%	74%
2012	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	50%	77%
2013	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	43%	70%
2009	Science	7th Grade	% met std	9%	32%
2010	Science	7th Grade	% met std	4%	33%
2011	Science	7th Grade	% met std	10%	39%
2012	Science	7th Grade	% met std	7%	41%
2013	Science	7th Grade	% met std	11%	41%
2005	Literacy	8th Grade	% met std	34%	57%
2006	Literacy	8th Grade	% met std	44%	66%
2007	Literacy	8th Grade	% met std	39%	63%
2008	Literacy	8th Grade	% met std	31%	67%
2009	Literacy	8th Grade	% met std	38%	71%
2010	Literacy	8th Grade	% met std	47%	76%
2011	Literacy	8th Grade	% met std	46%	77%
2012	Literacy	8th Grade	% met std	52%	80%
2013	Literacy	8th Grade	% met std	56%	77%
2005	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	13%	33%
2006	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	24%	44%
2007	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	20%	47%
2008	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	21%	56%
2009	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	25%	62%
2010	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	31%	63%
2011	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	25%	63%
2012	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	30%	68%
2013	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	43%	65%
2006	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	38%	65%
2007	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	40%	62%
2008	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	28%	66%
2009	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	48%	70%
2010	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	54%	76%
2011	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	61%	78%
2012	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	65%	80%
2013	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	51%	77%
2009	Biology	End of course	% met std	13%	41%
2010	Biology	End of course	% met std	8%	36%
2011	Biology	End of course	% met std	6%	41%
2012	Biology	End of course	% met std	13%	43%
2013	Biology	End of course	% met std	6%	44%
2006	Geometry	End of course	% met std	29%	60%
2007	Geometry	End of course	% met std	31%	59%
2008	Geometry	End of course	% met std	30%	60%
2009	Geometry	End of course	% met std	27%	66%
2010	Geometry	End of course	% met std	38%	69%
2011	Geometry	End of course	% met std	40%	73%
2012	Geometry	End of course	% met std	51%	76%
2013	Geometry	End of course	% met std	32%	72%
2006	Literacy	End of course	% met std	22%	45%

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

School District Fiscal Information

	2012			2011			2010
	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%
Total Revenue:	$36,648,000	$10,865		$41,065,000	$11,976		$40,908,000	$11,595
Federal:	$8,006,000	$2,374	21.8%	$9,450,000	$2,756	23.0%	$10,456,000	$2,964	25.6%
State:	$21,773,000	$6,455	59.4%	$25,373,000	$7,400	61.8%	$24,453,000	$6,931	59.8%
Local:	$6,869,000	$2,036	18.7%	$6,242,000	$1,820	15.2%	$5,999,000	$1,700	14.7%
Total Expenditures:	$36,834,000	$10,920		$47,911,000	$13,972		$41,331,000	$11,715
Total Current Expenditures:	$33,776,000	$10,014		$36,043,000	$10,511		$36,836,000	$10,441
Instructional Expenditures:	$19,327,000	$5,730	57.2%	$20,670,000	$6,028	57.3%	$20,995,000	$5,951	57.0%
Student and Staff Support:	$5,141,000	$1,524	15.2%	$5,552,000	$1,619	15.4%	$5,889,000	$1,669	16.0%
Administration:	$3,417,000	$1,013	10.1%	$3,587,000	$1,046	10.0%	$3,484,000	$988	9.5%
Operations, Food, Other:	$5,891,000	$1,747	17.4%	$6,234,000	$1,818	17.3%	$6,468,000	$1,833	17.6%
Total Capital Outlay:	$1,207,000	$358		$5,603,000	$1,634		$2,219,000	$629
Construction:	$1,023,000	$303		$5,089,000	$1,484		$1,184,000	$336
Total Other:	$1,123,000	$333		$5,593,000	$1,631		$1,564,000	$443
Interest on Debt:	$660,000	$196		$672,000	$196		$712,000	$202

Total Salary:	$19,711,000	$5,844		$21,846,000	$6,371		$22,867,000	$6,482
Instruction/Teacher Salary:	$12,563,000	$3,725	63.7%	$13,217,000	$3,854	60.5%	$13,939,000	$3,951	61.0%
Other Salary:	$7,148,000	$2,119	36.3%	$8,629,000	$2,516	39.5%	$8,928,000	$2,531	39.0%
Total Benefit:	$5,325,000	$1,579		$5,753,000	$1,678		$6,126,000	$1,736
Instruction/Teacher Benefit:	$3,331,000	$988	62.6%	$3,484,000	$1,016	60.6%	$3,714,000	$1,053	60.6%
Other Benefit:	$1,994,000	$591	37.4%	$2,269,000	$662	39.4%	$2,412,000	$684	39.4%

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007	2006
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	70.1%	69.6%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	29.9%	30.4%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	15.0 years	17.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	22.9%	18.1%
Teachers with 6-10 Years of Experience:	12.6%	15.4%
Teachers with 11-20 Years of Experience:	35.1%	32.4%
Teachers with 21-30 Years of Experience:	19.5%	23.2%
Teachers with 31 Years of Experience or More:	10.0%	10.8%

Mean Base Salary:	$45,082.0	$44,439.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$37,788.0	$36,021.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6-10 Years of Experience:	$40,394.0	$39,404.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 11-20 Years of Experience:	$45,861.0	$44,960.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 21-30 Years of Experience:	$51,659.0	$50,293.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 31 Years of Experience or More:	$52,190.0	$51,654.0

* Forrest City School District was rated 1 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.