Forrest Hills Elementary School (Closed 2006)

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2505 Sycamore Street

Forrest Hills Elementary School served 337 students in grades KG-5.
Minority enrollment was 80% of the student body (majority Black), which was more than the state average of 39%.
Forrest Hills Elementary School operated within the Forrest City School District.

School Overview

Grades Offered	Grades KG-5
Total Students	337 students

Gender %
Total Classroom Teachers	n/a

Students by Grade

School Comparison

	This School	(AR) School Average
Student : Teacher Ratio	n/a	14:1

Asian	n/a	2%

Hispanic	1%	12%

Black	79%	21%

White	20%	61%

All Ethnic Groups
Diversity Score The chance that two students selected at random would be members of a different ethnic group. Scored from 0 to 1, a diversity score closer to 1 indicates a more diverse student body.	0.34	0.57

Eligible for Free Lunch Families meeting income eligibility guidelines may qualify for free and reduced price meals or free milk. These guidelines are used by schools, institutions, and facilities participating in the National School Lunch Program (and Commodity School Program), School Breakfast Program, Special Milk Program for Children, Child and Adult Care Food Program and Summer Food Service Program.	99%	53%

Eligible for Reduced Lunch Families meeting income eligibility guidelines may qualify for free and reduced price meals or free milk. These guidelines are used by schools, institutions, and facilities participating in the National School Lunch Program (and Commodity School Program), School Breakfast Program, Special Milk Program for Children, Child and Adult Care Food Program and Summer Food Service Program.	n/a	9%

District Comparison

School District Name	Forrest City School District
Number of Schools Managed	5	3
Number of Students Managed	2,946	913

District Total Revenue	$35 MM	$10 MM

District Spending	$34 MM	$9 MM

District Revenue / Student	$10,920	$10,835

District Spending / Student	$10,649	$10,302

School Statewide Testing	View Education Department Test Scores

Source: 2006 (latest year available) NCES, AR Dept. of Education

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