County / FIPS 28035
Forrest County
Mississippi
Forrest County runs 21 public schools reporting to NCES. It also has 1 Medicare-certified hospital reporting to CMS, of which 1 carry an overall star rating.
At a glance
Public schools
21
Hospitals
1
With a star rating
1
Land area
466
Federal money
Obligations recorded against a place of performance in Forrest County. An obligation is a legal commitment to pay, not cash out the door — outlays follow later, sometimes by years.
Obligations, FY2025
$625.8M
Per resident
$8,007
Change since FY2021
−0%
Fiscal years covered
5
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| Period | Obligations |
|---|---|
| 2021 | $629M |
| 2022 | $610M |
| 2023 | $545M |
| 2024 | $585M |
| 2025 | $626M |
Figures are nominal — not adjusted for inflation — because USAspending publishes them that way and adjusting them here would mean this site had edited a government figure. The per-resident figure divides by the 2020 decennial count, which is the population USAspending carries; a 2020 denominator against 2025 spending overstates per-head figures wherever a place has grown since. Forrest County ranks 754th of 3,233 on this measure in FY2025.
Hospitals in Forrest County
| Hospital | City | CMS rating |
|---|---|---|
| Forrest General Hospital | Hattiesburg |
Public schools in Forrest County
Enrollment is the most recent year NCES published.
| School | District | City | Enrollment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dixie Attendance Center | Forrest County School District | Hattiesburg | 498 |
| Earl Travillion Attendance Center | Forrest County School District | Hattiesburg | 263 |
| Forrest County Agricultural Hi Sch | Forrest County Ag High School | Brooklyn | 611 |
| Grace Christian Elementary School | Hattiesburg Public School Dist | Hattiesburg | 318 |
| Hattiesburg High School | Hattiesburg Public School Dist | Hattiesburg | 964 |
| Hattiesburg Steam Academy | Hattiesburg Public School Dist | Hattiesburg | 275 |
| Hawkins Elementary School | Hattiesburg Public School Dist | Hattiesburg | 298 |
| N R Burger Middle School | Hattiesburg Public School Dist | Hattiesburg | 529 |
| North Forrest Attendance Center | Forrest County School District | Hattiesburg | 225 |
| North Forrest High School | Forrest County School District | Hattiesburg | 342 |
| Petal Elementary | Petal School Dist | Petal | 634 |
| Petal High School | Petal School Dist | Petal | 1,288 |
| Petal Middle School | Petal School Dist | Petal | 745 |
| Petal Primary School | Petal School Dist | Petal | 1,096 |
| Petal Upper Elementary School | Petal School Dist | Petal | 629 |
| Rawls Springs Attendance Center | Forrest County School District | Hattiesburg | 218 |
| Rowan Elementary School | Hattiesburg Public School Dist | Hattiesburg | 349 |
| South Forrest Attendance Center | Forrest County School District | Brooklyn | 583 |
| Thames Elementary School | Hattiesburg Public School Dist | Hattiesburg | 532 |
| Woodley Elementary School | Hattiesburg Public School Dist | Hattiesburg | 402 |
| Lillie Burney Learning Center | Hattiesburg Public School Dist | Hattiesburg | — |