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Forrest City, AR
Public School Ratings




Forrest City Public Schools

Source & Methodology

Analytics built by:  

Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2023 – 2024 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2022
  • Educational Environment: 2023 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated June 2025

Methodology:   Only Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ gives you nationally comparable school ranks based on test scores, so you can directly compare the quality of schools in any location.


Forrest City School District details

Forrest City School District
845 N Rosser
Forrest City, AR 72335

2,128 Students enrolled in District

5 Schools in District

15 Students Per Classroom (State average is 13)

Forrest City School District School Quality Ratings

District Quality Compared to Arkansas

2

(10 is best)

Better than 16.3% of all AR school districts.

District Quality Compared to U.S.

2

(10 is best)

Better than 15.9% of all U.S. school districts.



Public School Test Scores

40 30 20 10 0
21%
32%
20%
34%
22%
30%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math

Schools in this District

School Grades
Central Elementary School
801 Deaderick Rd
Forrest City, AR, 72335
PK-02
Forrest City High School
467 Victoria St
Forrest City, AR, 72335
09-12
Forrest City Jr. High School
1133 N Division St
Forrest City, AR, 72335
07-08
Lincoln Academy School
616 W Broadway Ave
Forest City, AR, 72335
06-06
Stewart Elementary School
625 Irving St
Forrest City, AR, 72335
03-05

School District Enrollment by Group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 4.1% 60.6%
Black 93.5% 20.3%
Hispanic 1.5% 15.4%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 0.7% 1.9%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.2% 1.7%
Economic Groups This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 99.9% 66.1%
Free lunch eligible 99.9% 56.2%
Reduced lunch eligible 0.0% 9.9%

Educational Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $6,823 $14,519,000 37.7%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,263 $2,687,000 7.0%
Staff $1,750 $3,723,000 9.7%
General Administration $514 $1,093,000 2.8%
School Administration $653 $1,389,000 3.6%
Operation $1,410 $3,001,000 7.8%
Transportation $421 $896,000 2.3%
Other $666 $1,418,000 3.7%
Total Support $6,676 $14,207,000 36.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $4,617 $9,825,000 25.5%
Total Expenditures $18,116 $38,551,000 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $6,636 $3,219,481,000 47.0%
Support Expenditures
Student $680 $330,051,000 4.8%
Staff $1,093 $530,084,000 7.7%
General Administration $315 $152,727,000 2.2%
School Administration $601 $291,526,000 4.3%
Operation $1,353 $656,309,000 9.6%
Transportation $429 $208,200,000 3.0%
Other $418 $202,588,000 3.0%
Total Support $4,888 $2,371,485,000 34.6%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,601 $1,262,046,000 18.4%
Total Expenditures $14,124 $6,853,012,000 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $9,169 $453,314,948,000 49.6%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,031 $50,976,033,477 5.6%
Staff $799 $39,519,417,000 4.3%
General Administration $308 $15,224,255,000 1.7%
School Administration $850 $42,029,112,000 4.6%
Operation $1,430 $70,704,769,000 7.7%
Transportation $613 $30,295,759,523 3.3%
Other $623 $30,798,344,000 3.4%
Total Support $5,654 $279,547,690,000 30.6%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,675 $181,697,172,000 19.9%
Total Expenditures $18,499 $914,559,810,000 100.0%

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