📍 8 Burborne Street, Brooklyn, Forrest County, 39425
South Forrest Attendance Center is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Brooklyn, Forrest County. The school has 583 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Forrest County School District school district. It serves grades Pre-K–8 in a rural setting. The school employs 43.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 13.3:1. 41% of students are proficient in reading. 42% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
South Forrest Attendance Center enrolls 583 students across grades Pre-K–8. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 43.8 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 13.3:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 84% White, 8.4% Two or more races and 5.3% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 487 | 84% |
| Two or more races | 49 | 8.4% |
| Black or African American | 31 | 5.3% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 16 | 2.7% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
580 of the school's 583 students (99%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 378 qualify for free lunch and 202 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
South Forrest Attendance Center is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Distant). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district MS-40, state senate district 45, state house district 104.
South Forrest Attendance Center is one of 6 schools in Forrest County School District, based in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. The district serves 2,124 students district-wide and employs 203 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 583 students, South Forrest Attendance Center is larger than the district average of about 354 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Distant
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