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Forest Municipal School District

Forest, Mississippi · Public school district · #88 of 109 Mississippi districts by enrollment

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1,638

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$9,248

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · 8% below the Mississippi median

15.5

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Mississippi median 13.3

Forest Municipal School District is a public school district based in Forest, Mississippi, serving 1,638 students in 3 schools. By enrollment it ranks #88 of the 109 Mississippi districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 19% of them. Its schools average 546 students each, more than the Mississippi median of 399. It spends about $9,248 per student on day-to-day operations, 8% less than the Mississippi median. It has roughly 15.5 students per teacher.

How Forest Municipal compares

Forest MunicipalMississippi median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$9,248

Mississippi median $10,034 · 8% below · FY2020-21

Instruction spending per student$5,231

Mississippi median $5,828 · 10% below · FY2020-21

Students per school546

Mississippi median 399 · 37% above · 2024-25

Students per teacher15.5

Mississippi median 13.3 · 17% above · 2024-25

Students per counselor546

Mississippi median 382 · 43% above · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$17.9 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 21%State 46%Local 33%

Measure	Forest Municipal	Mississippi median	Year
Current spending per student	$9,248	$10,034	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$5,231	$5,828	FY2020-21
Total spending	$16.6 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$17.9 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	106	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	240	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	15.5	13.3	2024-25
Students per counselor	546	382	2024-25

Spending: NCES school district finance survey (F-33), FY2020-21. Staffing and enrollment: NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25. Via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. The Mississippi median compares districts with 1,000 or more students.

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Peer districts in Mississippi

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District	Students	Schools	Spending per student	Students per teacher	Rank
Bay Waveland School DistrictBay St Louis	1,664	4	$13,294	12.7	#85
Newton County School DistrictDecatur	1,650	4	$10,737	13.4	#86
Columbia School DistrictColumbia	1,639	4	$10,201	13.0	#87
Forest Municipal School DistrictForest · this district	1,638	3	$9,248	15.5	#88
Greene County SchoolsLeakesville	1,621	6	$10,376	13.6	#89

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Milaca Public School DistrictMilaca, MN	1,639	$12,225	15.8
Norwich City School DistrictNorwich, NY	1,639	$19,039	10.8
Lebanon School DistrictWest Lebanon, NH	1,638	$24,888	10.7
Big Beaver Falls Area School DistrictBeaver Falls, PA	1,638	$14,882	13.4

Peers are the districts closest in enrollment, so they can still differ in many other ways. Enrollment, school counts and phone numbers are from the NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25.

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