Nathan B. Forrest High School - Jacksonville, Florida/FL

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Nathan B. Forrest High School

5530 Firestone Road, Jacksonville, FL, 32244-1599 -

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Definition of Terms

Nathan B. Forrest High School

School Level

High school

Grades Offered

Grades 9 - 12

County

Duval County, FL

Students & Faculty

Total Students

1757 students

% Male / % Female

50% / 50%

Total Classroom Teachers

82 teachers

Students by Grade

Grade 9 - 651 students

Grade 10 - 450 students

Grade 11 - 414 students

Grade 12 - 242 students

This School

( FL ) School Average

Teacher : Student Ratio

1:21

1:16

Students by Ethnicity

This School

( FL ) School Average

% American Indian	1%	n/a
% Asian	4%	2%
% Hispanic	6%	22%
% Black	53%	28%
% White	37%	47%

Additional Student Information

This School

( FL ) School Average

% Eligible for Free Lunch

25%

42%

% Eligible for Reduced Lunch

% Migrant Students Enrolled

n/a

n/a

( FL ) Statewide Testing Performance

School Statewide Performance

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School District Name

Duval County School District

This School's Agency

( FL ) District Average

Number of Schools Managed	182	20
Number of Students Managed	134,957 students	12,279 students
District Total Revenue	$1,008,899,000	$110,828,000
District Expenditure	$1,009,085,000	$112,427,000
District Revenue / Student	$7,476	$7,795
District Expenditure / Student	$7,477	$7,471
District Graduation Rates	71%	81%

Nathan Bedford Forrest High School is a public high school located on Jacksonville, Florida's Westside. Forrest opened in 1959 in the Wesconnett neighborhood of Jacksonville, at the site of present-day J. E. B. Stuart Middle School. Forrest moved to its current location at Firestone Road in 1966.
The school is named after Nathan Bedford Forrest, a Confederate general during the American Civil War and the first Grand Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan. As of 2006, it is only one of two high schools named after Forrest, the other located in his hometown of Chapel Hill, Tennessee.
When the school was to be opened in 1959, many Jacksonville organizations picked names for the new school, to be voted on at a school board meeting. After many ballots, "Nathan Bedford Forrest High School," picked by the Daughters of the Confederacy, won.
From 1959 and into the 1960s, Forrest High School was an all white school. Beginning in the mid to late 1960s, school district rezoning introduced a more diverse population. Currently, over 1800 students attend Forrest, 51% of whom are African American.
In November 2006, the latest in a long line of petitions to change the name of the high school has been submitted to the Duval County School Board. Students from the Florida Community College at Jacksonville want to have the school renamed due to the perceived racism the school's namesake engenders. The students want the school to be named after Eartha M. M. White, a Jacksonville native and philanthropist.
Forrest fields sports teams in football, baseball, basketball, volleyball and wrestling, among others. The Forrest football team are titled as 2006 Westside Champions beating out Robert E. Lee High School and rival school Edward H. White. The Forrest wrestling team are the 2007 Gateway Conference Champions, which marks the 19th time the school has won this award. The mascot is the Confederate Rebel, modeled in appearance after Colonel Reb, the former mascot of the University of Mississippi.
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About This Zip Code (32244)

School Zip (32244)

(FL) State Average

Population (Approximate)

46,584 people

15,366,089 people

% (age 25+) w/College Degree

23%

27%

Population Average Age

32 years old

38.7 years old

Average Household size

2.7 persons

2.3 persons

Median Household Income

$41,769

$38,451

Avg. # of Rooms in Household

5.4 rooms

5.0 rooms

Median Age of Housing Structure

24 years old

32 years old

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% Owning / % Renting

71% / 29%

67% / 33%

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1. Edward H. White High School - 2120 students - view location
2. Frank H. Peterson Academies High School - 1256 students - view location
3. School Of Success Academy Charter High School - 139 students - view location
4. Orange Park High School - 2538 students - view location
5. Robert E. Lee High School - 1900 students - view location
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