📍 One Scholar Lane, Forest, Bedford County, 24551
Forest Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Forest, Bedford County. The school has 351 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Bedford County Public Schools school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a suburban setting. The school employs 20.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 16.9:1. 87% of students are proficient in reading. 87% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Forest Elementary enrolls 351 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 46% male and 54% female. A teaching staff of 20.8 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 16.9:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 79% White, 6.3% Asian and 5.1% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 278 | 79% |
| Asian | 22 | 6.3% |
| Black or African American | 18 | 5.1% |
| Two or more races | 18 | 5.1% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 15 | 4.3% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
59 of the school's 351 students (17%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 55 qualify for free lunch and 4 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Forest Elementary is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Midsize). Virtual instruction: Supplemental Virtual. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district VA-50, state senate district 23, state house district 23.
Forest Elementary is one of 22 schools in Bedford County Public Schools, based in Bedford, Virginia. The district serves 8,930 students district-wide and employs 678 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 351 students, Forest Elementary is close to the district average of about 406 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Suburb - Midsize