The Forest Municipal School District is a public

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). In addition to almost all of Forest, the district also serves most of Hillsboro, and rural areas in south central Scott County.

Schools

*Forest High School (Grades 9-12) *Hawkins Middle School (Grades 5-8) *Forest Elementary School (Grades K-4)

Demographics

2006-07 school year

There were a total of 1,550 students enrolled in the Forest Municipal School District during the 2006–2007 school year. The gender makeup of the district was 48% female and 52% male. The racial makeup of the district was 65.55% African American, 20.84% White, 13.35% Hispanic, and 0.26% Asian. 73.6% of the district's students were eligible to receive free lunch.

Previous school years

Accountability statistics

References

External links

Forest Municipal School District
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