Pine Belt Times

Of the 10,816 students enrolled in Forrest County schools in 2019-2020, 47.6% were Black or African American, according to the Mississippi Department of Education. This was the most represented ethnicity among Forrest County students.

This is a 2% decrease from the previous school year.

Hattiesburg High School had the highest enrollment of Black or African American students in the 2019-2020 school year.

A snapshot of Forrest County schools showed 47.6% students were Black or African American, 42.1% were White, 4.5% were Hispanic or Latino and 3.5% were Two or More Races.

There are 20 schools in Forrest County.

Mississippi has continually struggled with public education. The most recent Report Card on American Education, from a right-leaning think tank, gave the state a C-. This is consistent with ratings stretching back nearly one decade.

The nonpartisan Education Week also ranked Mississippi schools as C- in their most recent analysis.

School	Asian Enrollment %	Black or African American %	Hispanic of Latino %	Two or More Races %	White %
Dixie Attendance Center	-	30.5	-	5.7	62.4
Earl Travillion Attendance Center	-	77.1	15.6	-	-
Forrest County Agricultural High School	-	26	-	3	68.7
Grace Christian Elementary School	-	96.9	-	-	-
Hattiesburg High School	-	93.6	2.8	1.1	2
Hawkins Elementary School	-	71.8	21	-	-
Lillie Burney Steam Academy	-	86.4	8.1	-	-
N.R. Burger Middle School	-	91.3	5.6	-	2
North Forrest Attendance Center	-	59.1	-	9.5	26.8
North Forrest High School	-	70.1	-	6.4	17.4
Petal Elementary School	-	16.2	5.6	4.8	73.4
Petal High School	-	16.7	5.7	3.2	72.3
Petal Middle School	-	20.9	5.1	3.8	68.5
Petal Primary School	-	14.8	4.1	5	75.3
Petal Upper Elementary School	-	16.4	5	4.6	73.6
Rawls Springs Attendance Center	-	63.9	-	6.8	24.9
Rowan Elementary School	-	95.7	-	2.4	-
South Forrest Attendance Center	-	-	-	8.3	87.3
Thames Elementary School	-	85.3	-	5.2	6.2
Woodley Elementary School	-	73.5	17.9	-	6.3

Some information provided by the Mississippi Department of Education may be incomplete.