Forest Hill High School
| Forest Hill High School | |
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2607 Raymond Road , United States | |
| Coordinates | 32°15′40″N 90°16′51″W / 32.26111°N 90.28083°W |
| Information | |
| Type | Public |
| Established | 1915 |
| School district | Jackson Public School District |
| Teaching staff | 63.23 (FTE)[1] |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Enrollment | 94 (2023–2024)[1] |
| Student to teacher ratio | 14.90[1] |
| Color(s) | Navy, red and white [2] |
| Mascot | Patriots[2] |
| Website | www |
Forest Hill High School is a public high school located in Jackson, Mississippi, United States. It serves students from grades 9–12, and is part of the Jackson Public School District. The current principal is Torrey Hampton.[3]
Demographics
[edit]A total of 1,136 students were enrolled in Forest Hill High during the 2006–2007 school year. The gender makeup of the district was 51% female and 49% male. The racial makeup of the school was 96.39% African American, 2.90% White, 0.35% Hispanic, and 0.35% Asian.[4]
Gifted Education/Open Doors
[edit]Gifted courses in grades 9–12 are offered based upon funding and teacher units provided by the state. Currently, Forest Hill High School is the only high school in the Jackson Public School District to offer gifted courses in English/language arts.[citation needed]
History
[edit]Located on 46 acres Forest Hills sits on the original site since 1915. It is the Oldest Consolidated School in Jackson, Mississippi whose origins begin in the 1800's
Feeder pattern
[edit]The following schools feed into Forest Hill High School.[5]
- Middle Schools
- Cardozo Middle School
- Elementary Schools
- Bates Elementary School
- Oak Forest Elementary School
- Timberlawn Elementary School
- Van Winkle Elementary School
Controversy
[edit]On October 5, 2018, the school's band performed at halftime during a game against Brookhaven High School, where two police officers had been shot and killed earlier that week. The band's performance was based on the film John Q., and it simulated police being shot by band members dressed as doctors and nurses. This resulted in general outrage, and the governor, Phil Bryant, condemned the act.[6]
Forest Hill High School also came into controversy in 2020 for having a logo and mascot associated with the Confederate States of America. During a campaign to change and remove Confederate associations, Forest Hill parted ways with the Rebel mascot and the Confederate flag logo, although the school retained its colors of red, navy, and white. At the same time, Jackson's Robert E. Lee Elementary was renamed after Drs. Aaron and Ollye Shirley. Dr. Ollye Shirley, who was president of the Jackson Public School Board of Trustees, received death threats for lobbying for the changes at Forest Hill High School.[7]
External links
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Forest Hill High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved December 15, 2024.
- ^ a b "MHSAA School Directory". Mississippi High School Activities Association. Retrieved 2024-03-09.
- ^ "Forest Hill High School / Homepage".
- ^ "Mississippi Assessment and Accountability Reporting System". Office of Research and Statistics, Mississippi Department of Education. Archived from the original on 2007-03-23.
- ^ Feeder Patterns Archived 2007-10-11 at the Wayback Machine – Jackson Public Schools.
- ^ "Mayor of Brookhaven, other officials react to Forest Hill band performance at Brookhaven High School". WLOX.
- ^ Pickens, E. (2020-12-16). "Jackson schools named for Confederate leaders get new identity". WAPT.
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