Pine Belt Times

Of the 10,655 students enrolled in Forrest County schools in 2021-2022, 78.4% were White, according to the Mississippi Department of Education. This was the most represented ethnicity among Forrest County students.

This is a 36.9% increase over the previous school year.

Petal High School had the highest enrollment of White students in the 2021-2022 school year.

A snapshot of Forrest County schools showed 78.4% students were White and 0.3% were Asian.

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	0	-	-	-	62.9
Earl Travillion Attendance Center	0	-	-	-	-
Forrest County Agricultural High School	0	-	-	-	63.7
Grace Christian Elementary School	0	-	-	-	3.2
Hattiesburg High School	-	-	-	-	2.2
Lillie Burney Steam Academy	0	-	-	-	-
Hawkins Elementary School	0	-	-	-	-
N.R. Burger Middle School	-	-	-	-	-
North Forrest Attendance Center	0	-	-	-	25.9
North Forrest High School	-	-	-	-	16.2
Petal Elementary School	-	-	-	-	75.9
Petal High School	1.2	-	-	-	70
Petal Middle School	-	-	-	-	69.9
Petal Primary School	-	-	-	-	71.1
Petal Upper Elementary School	0	-	-	-	71.7
Rawls Springs Attendance Center	-	-	-	-	28
Rowan Elementary School	0	-	-	-	0
South Forrest Attendance Center	0	-	-	-	83.7
Thames Elementary School	-	-	-	-	4.2
Woodley Elementary School	0	-	-	-	7.3

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