About Forrest City School District
Forrest City School District is a public school system serving St. Francis County, Arkansas, based in Forrest City. It serves 2,078 students across 5 schools spanning PreK–12, and is classified as a town: distant district. By enrollment it is the #59 largest of Arkansas’s 263 school systems.
Size and structure
Forrest City School District enrolls 2,078 students in 5 schools — an average of about 416 students per school. It serves grades PreK–12 and ranks #59 of 263 statewide by enrollment.
Who the district serves
Student race and ethnicity in Forrest City School District, from the NCES Common Core of Data (2,078 students reported):
For economically-disadvantaged, English-learner, and special-education shares, plus school-by-school detail, see the federal sources in the full-data section.
Teachers & staff
Forrest City School District employs about 153 full-time-equivalent teachers for a student–teacher ratio of 13.6:1 — above the Arkansas average of about 12.5:1. Total district staff is roughly 345.
Counselor and librarian/media counts are not published at the district level in the current NCES release; see the federal full-data links for staffing detail.
How Arkansas funds schools
District-level per-pupil spending and the local/state/federal revenue split for Forrest City School District are published in the federal school-finance files — see the full-data links below for the current figures.
Report card & state results
Arkansas reports every school and district on an A–F report card through My School Info, built on the ESSA School Index (weighted achievement in reading, ELA, math and science, academic growth, English-learner progress, graduation rate and school-quality indicators). Look up Forrest City School District at My School Info.
Accreditation status
Arkansas public districts are accredited by the state itself under the Arkansas Standards for Accreditation (DESE Monitoring & Accreditation), which govern academics, staffing and facilities; some districts also pursue voluntary Cognia accreditation. See the state’s accreditation standards.
Forrest City School District vs. Arkansas
See every Arkansas district side by side in the Arkansas directory.
Look up Forrest City School District’s full data
These official sources carry the district-level detail — finances, discipline, equity, test scores, boundaries. Direct links for this district (via its NCES ID):