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Forrest City Jr. High School

Serves grades 7 - 8

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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 2021 – 2022 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2020
  • Educational Environment: 2021 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2023

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School Overview

Address
1133 N Division St
Forrest City, AR 72335
Phone
(870) 633-3230
District
FORREST CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT
County
ST. FRANCIS COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
292
Classroom Teachers
19

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Arkansas

1

(10 is best)

Better than 4.7% of all AR schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

1

(10 is best)

Forrest City Jr. High School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 7

50 40 30 20 10 0
7%
37%
8%
35%
6%
38%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 8

60 50 40 30 20 10 0
15%
44%
18%
51%
11%
37%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

17.5 15 12.5 10 7.5 5 2.5 0
15
15
13
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 7 140 47.9%
Grade 8 152 52.1%
Total 292 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 5.5% 5.5% 61.8%
Black 91.4% 92.1% 20.3%
Hispanic 1.7% 1.4% 14.5%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 0.7% 0.7% 1.8%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.7% 0.3% 1.6%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 100.0% 100.0% 65.1%
Free lunch eligible 100.0% 100.0% 57.6%
Reduced lunch eligible 0.0% 0.0% 7.5%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 19,752 3,045,637
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 57.2 58
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 6.4% 6.0%
5-19 YEARS OLD 17.3% 19.9%
20-44 YEARS OLD 36.5% 32.2%
45-64 YEARS OLD 25.2% 24.7%
65 OR OLDER 14.6% 17.2%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 6,648 1,171,694
Single Parent Households With Children 13.3% 9.1%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 82.0% 88.2%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 11.7% 24.7%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 3.2% 11.2%
$100,000 - $149,999 6.5% 13.7%
$75,000 - $99,999 7.9% 12.4%
$50,000 - $74,999 14.5% 17.6%
$30,000 - $49,999 23.9% 18.4%
$15,000 - $29,999 19.1% 15.3%
$15,000 or less 24.9% 11.4%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $5,351 $13,350,745 48.6%
Support Expenditures
Student $462 $1,152,690 4.2%
Staff $1,018 $2,539,910 9.2%
General Administration $328 $818,360 3.0%
School Administration $544 $1,357,280 4.9%
Operation $1,268 $3,163,660 11.5%
Transportation $321 $800,895 2.9%
Other $339 $845,805 3.1%
Total Support $4,280 $10,678,600 38.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $1,373 $3,425,635 12.5%
Total Expenditures $11,004 $27,454,980 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $5,727 $2,804,752,896 47.6%
Support Expenditures
Student $549 $268,820,846 4.6%
Staff $746 $365,434,036 6.2%
General Administration $243 $119,218,647 2.0%
School Administration $544 $266,301,512 4.5%
Operation $1,088 $532,680,088 9.0%
Transportation $374 $183,122,164 3.1%
Other $319 $156,438,260 2.7%
Total Support $3,863 $1,891,966,093 32.1%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,444 $1,197,134,852 20.3%
Total Expenditures $12,034 $5,893,783,948 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,794 $384,567,026,223 49.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $841 $41,500,431,613 5.3%
Staff $665 $32,787,987,253 4.2%
General Administration $269 $13,273,339,703 1.7%
School Administration $756 $37,281,585,830 4.8%
Operation $1,191 $58,747,506,944 7.6%
Transportation $504 $24,858,475,672 3.2%
Other $491 $24,247,526,162 3.1%
Total Support $4,716 $232,696,768,378 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,247 $160,183,697,619 20.6%
Total Expenditures $15,757 $777,446,989,564 100.0%