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ExploreForrest County School District

Regular

Suburb

NCES ID: 2801490

Forrest County School District

Hattiesburg, MS

Source: NCES CCD + U.S. Census (open-source sync)

Year: 2025

Coverage: 100.0% (19281/19281)

Dataset refreshed: Feb 24, 2026

Enrollment

2,124

-0.7%YoY

Graduation Rate

85.8%

-2.1%vs. State

Per-Pupil Spending

$17,779

-8.1%vs. State

Student-Teacher Ratio

11.7:1

-14.0%vs. State

Free/Reduced Lunch

100.0%

0.0%vs. State

English Language Learners

2.8%

-82.6%vs. State

Child Poverty Rate

23.7%

-2.5%vs. State

District vs. Benchmarks

Key metrics compared to state and national averages (% of national avg)

Enrollment Trend

5-year enrollment history-2.8%

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