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Forest Municipal School District

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Forest Municipal School District is located close to the center of Mississippi. Forest Municipal School District has 89.74 square miles of land area and 0.15 square miles of water area. As of 2010-2014, the total Forest Municipal School District population is 8,498. Forest Municipal School District median household income is $38,662 in 2010-2014. Forest Municipal School District median house value is $76,000 in 2010-2014. On average, Forest Municipal School District is worse than the state average in quality.

Ranking:	(105 out of 148, bottom 29%)*
Type:	Regular Local School District
Grade:	Prekindergarten to Grade 12
Number of Schools:	3
Population	8,498 (2010-2014), rank #113
Population Growth	-6.40% since 2005-2009, see rank
Population Density:	94.53/sq mi, rank #47
Median Household Income:	$38,662 at 2010-2014—46.84% increase since 2005-2009, rank #40
Median House Price:	$76,000 at 2010-2014—10.47% increase since 2005-2009, rank #83
Time Zone:	Central GMT -6:00 with Daylight Saving in the Summer
Land Area:	89.74 sq mi, rank #118
Water Area:	0.15 sq mi (0.17%), rank #138
State:	Mississippi
County:	Scott County
City:	Forest, Pulaski, Morton, Lake, Hillsboro
Zip:	39074, 39152, 39117, 39092

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Forest Municipal School District Map, Border, and Nearby Locations

325 Cleveland St

Forest MS, 39074, Scott County

Phone: 601-469-3250

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014	2012-2013	2011-2012	2010-2011	2009-2010	2008-2009	2007-2008
Total Students:	1,616	1,515	1,523	1,520	1,548	1,561	1,499
English Language Learner Students:	248	197	105	81	94	115	80
Total Teachers:	87.22	96.86	103.36	104.64	89.40	89.70	95.60
Prekindergarten:	2.00	1.00	1.00	0.85	0.00	0.00	0.00
Kindergarten:	7.28	7.15	7.04	6.92	7.84	6.60	6.80
Elementary:	34.16	38.80	38.42	38.85	37.99	42.70	40.60
Secondary:	35.78	38.24	33.87	37.15	34.93	28.90	33.50
Ungraded:	8.00	11.67	23.03	20.87	8.64	11.50	14.70
Total Other Staff:	115.87	111.66	103.80	104.69	115.13	119.30	111.50
Instructional Aides:	25.74	25.26	21.36	20.68	27.95	23.20	23.20
Instructional Coordinators & Supervisors:	1.67	1.73	1.73	1.73	1.60	1.80	2.70
Total Guidance Counselors:	3.19	2.89	2.89	2.89	2.94	5.80	2.90
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	1.62	1.00	1.00	1.00	2.00	1.90	1.90
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	1.57	1.89	1.89	1.89	0.94	1.00	1.00
Other Guidance Counselors:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	2.90	NA
Librarians/Media Specialists:	3.00	3.00	3.46	4.00	4.00	4.00	4.00
Library/Media Support:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
District Administrators:	5.64	6.66	5.60	5.60	5.70	4.70	4.70
District Administrative Support:	6.10	5.30	7.00	7.44	7.50	9.00	8.50
School Administrators:	6.00	6.00	6.00	5.88	5.34	6.00	5.80
School Administrative Support:	7.74	6.91	5.00	5.00	6.78	7.10	6.30
Student Support Services:	11.23	10.34	8.29	7.31	6.01	8.20	8.40
Other Support Services:	45.56	43.57	42.47	44.16	47.31	49.50	45.00
Student-Teacher Ratio:	18.53	15.64	14.73	14.53	17.32	17.40	15.68

Schools

Forest Elementary	Prekindergarten to Grade 4	513 Cleveland St, Forest MS 39074
Forest High	Grade 9 to Grade 12	511 Cleveland St, Forest MS 39074
Hawkins Middle	Grade 5 to Grade 8	803 Oak St, Forest MS 39074

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	State Average
MCT2 Test
2008	Language Arts	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	145.6	149.3
2009	Language Arts	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	145.8	148.7
2010	Language Arts	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	145.9	149
2011	Language Arts	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	146.1	149.8
2012	Language Arts	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148.8	150.2
2013	Language Arts	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	145.7	151
2008	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	145.6	150.6
2009	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148.1	151
2010	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151.4	152.1
2011	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151.3	153.3
2012	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	154.3	154.1
2013	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	152.8	154.2
2008	Language Arts	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	142.2	148.8
2009	Language Arts	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	144.2	149.2
2010	Language Arts	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148.2	149.5
2011	Language Arts	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	144.8	149.6
2012	Language Arts	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	145.9	151
2013	Language Arts	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.5	151.8
2008	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	146.5	150.5
2009	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	147.6	151.1
2010	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.2	151.5
2011	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	146.8	151.7
2012	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	147.9	152.8
2013	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	152.3	154.1
2008	Language Arts	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	144.5	148.5
2009	Language Arts	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	144.2	148.7
2010	Language Arts	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	142.8	148.8
2011	Language Arts	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	145.2	148.9
2012	Language Arts	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	141.4	149.9
2013	Language Arts	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	142.6	150.8
2008	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	146	149.8
2009	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	146.2	150.2
2010	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	146.1	151.3
2011	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149	151.4
2012	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	142.2	152.3
2013	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	144.5	153.2
2008	Language Arts	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	141	147.6
2009	Language Arts	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	144.2	148.8
2010	Language Arts	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	145.3	149.4
2011	Language Arts	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	144.4	149.8
2012	Language Arts	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	147.8	150.3
2013	Language Arts	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	143.8	150.7
2008	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	146.2	149.3
2009	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	144.3	149.9
2010	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148.8	150.5
2011	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	145.3	150.6
2012	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151.1	151.3
2013	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	146.2	152.4
2008	Language Arts	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	147.8	147
2009	Language Arts	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	145.2	147.8
2010	Language Arts	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	147.9	149.7
2011	Language Arts	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	147	149.9
2012	Language Arts	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	143.7	150.7
2013	Language Arts	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.8	151.4
2008	Mathematics	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	153.2	148.7
2009	Mathematics	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151.3	150.1
2010	Mathematics	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.3	151.1
2011	Mathematics	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148.7	152.1
2012	Mathematics	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	141.1	152.3
2013	Mathematics	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	154.8	153.1
2008	Language Arts	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	145.9	146.6
2009	Language Arts	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	147.1	147.8
2010	Language Arts	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	145.8	147.8
2011	Language Arts	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	145.9	149.1
2012	Language Arts	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	144.8	149.9
2013	Language Arts	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	143.6	150
2008	Mathematics	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151.5	148.3
2009	Mathematics	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.2	149.6
2010	Mathematics	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	152.5	151.5
2011	Mathematics	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.3	153.2
2012	Mathematics	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	146.9	153.7
2013	Mathematics	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.3	154.6
MST Test
2008	Science	5th Grade	% met std	26%	40.8%
2009	Science	5th Grade	% met std	20.1%	42.8%
2010	Science	5th Grade	% met std	20.5%	44.9%
2012	Science	5th Grade	% met std	31.2%	53.6%
2013	Science	5th Grade	% met std	39.6%	63.1%
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	29.9%	39.3%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	34.3%	40%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	27.2%	42.9%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	46.3%	56.4%
2013	Science	8th Grade	% met std	40.4%	64.0%
SATP2 Test
2004	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	85.3%	90.7%
2005	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	93.9%	91.6%
2006	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	90.5%	91%
2007	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	94.5%	90.8%
2008	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	76%	71%
2009	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	92.4%	72%
2010	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	52.3%	79.6%
2011	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	79.5%	85.4%
2012	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	71.3%	81.9%
2013	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	83.7%	85.2%
2004	Biology I	End of course	% met std	88%	89.2%
2005	Biology I	End of course	% met std	90.3%	91.8%
2006	Biology I	End of course	% met std	97.4%	93.3%
2007	Biology I	End of course	% met std	95.7%	92.2%
2008	Biology I	End of course	% met std	96.3%	87.9%
2009	Biology I	End of course	% met std	89.9%	87.6%
2010	Biology I	End of course	% met std	76.5%	86.2%
2012	Biology I	End of course	% met std	59.8%	74.7%
2013	Biology I	End of course	% met std	71.6%	78.5%
2004	English II	End of course	% met std	78.7%	83.1%
2005	English II	End of course	% met std	82.9%	82.8%
2006	English II	End of course	% met std	70.9%	78.1%
2007	English II	End of course	% met std	71.1%	77.2%
2008	English II	End of course	% met std	62.7%	69.7%
2009	English II	End of course	% met std	63.1%	69%
2010	English II	End of course	% met std	53.5%	68%
2011	English II	End of course	% met std	46.8%	71.8%
2012	English II	End of course	% met std	65.7%	73.1%
2013	English II	End of course	% met std	61.1%	73%
2004	US History	End of course	% met std	91.5%	95.7%
2005	US History	End of course	% met std	97.4%	96.4%
2006	US History	End of course	% met std	95.3%	95.9%
2007	US History	End of course	% met std	94.2%	93.9%
2008	US History	End of course	% met std	98.4%	94.3%
2009	US History	End of course	% met std	95.5%	96.9%
2010	US History	End of course	% met std	94.9%	93%
2011	US History	End of course	% met std	91.2%	93%
2012	US History	End of course	% met std	57%	72.9%
2013	US History	End of course	% met std	73.8%	81.3%

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School District Fiscal Information

	2012			2011			2010
	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%
Total Revenue:	$12,984,000	$8,525		$13,845,000	$9,109		$12,991,000	$8,392
Federal:	$2,265,000	$1,487	17.4%	$3,430,000	$2,257	24.8%	$2,621,000	$1,693	20.2%
State:	$6,257,000	$4,108	48.2%	$5,890,000	$3,875	42.5%	$6,050,000	$3,908	46.6%
Local:	$4,462,000	$2,930	34.4%	$4,525,000	$2,977	32.7%	$4,320,000	$2,791	33.3%
Total Expenditures:	$12,844,000	$8,433		$13,127,000	$8,636		$12,850,000	$8,301
Total Current Expenditures:	$11,916,000	$7,824		$12,207,000	$8,031		$12,480,000	$8,062
Instructional Expenditures:	$6,853,000	$4,500	57.5%	$6,508,000	$4,282	53.3%	$6,888,000	$4,450	55.2%
Student and Staff Support:	$930,000	$611	7.8%	$1,214,000	$799	9.9%	$1,063,000	$687	8.5%
Administration:	$1,485,000	$975	12.5%	$1,505,000	$990	12.3%	$1,403,000	$906	11.2%
Operations, Food, Other:	$2,648,000	$1,739	22.2%	$2,980,000	$1,961	24.4%	$3,126,000	$2,019	25.0%
Total Capital Outlay:	$510,000	$335		$705,000	$464		$280,000	$181
Construction:	$0	$0		$0	$0		$0	$0
Total Other:	$9,000	$6		$6,000	$4		$6,000	$4
Interest on Debt:	$120,000	$79		$209,000	$138		$84,000	$54

Total Salary:	$6,881,000	$4,518		$6,803,000	$4,476		$7,074,000	$4,570
Instruction/Teacher Salary:	$4,368,000	$2,868	63.5%	$4,264,000	$2,805	62.7%	$4,497,000	$2,905	63.6%
Other Salary:	$2,513,000	$1,650	36.5%	$2,539,000	$1,670	37.3%	$2,577,000	$1,665	36.4%
Total Benefit:	$2,197,000	$1,443		$2,168,000	$1,426		$2,275,000	$1,470
Instruction/Teacher Benefit:	$1,380,000	$906	62.8%	$1,334,000	$878	61.5%	$1,430,000	$924	62.9%
Other Benefit:	$817,000	$536	37.2%	$834,000	$549	38.5%	$845,000	$546	37.1%

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	65.7%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	30.0%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	11.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	41.4%
Teachers with 6-10 Years of Experience:	18.6%
Teachers with 11-20 Years of Experience:	18.6%
Teachers with 21-30 Years of Experience:	15.7%
Teachers with 31 Years of Experience or More:	5.7%

Mean Base Salary:	$37,495.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$32,112.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6-10 Years of Experience:	$35,908.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 11-20 Years of Experience:	$39,802.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 21-30 Years of Experience:	$47,079.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 31 Years of Experience or More:	$47,830.0

* Forest Municipal School District was rated 2 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.