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School district · Mississippi · LEAID 2801470

Forest Municipal School Dist

Forest Municipal School Dist is in the smallest third by enrollment among comparable Mississippi districts (1,645 students in the NCES CCD F-33 cohort). Per-pupil spending, enrollment, and budget for Forest Municipal School Dist come from the NCES Common Core of Data F-33 finance survey (FY2023).

$50,914
Est. avg teacher salary

Near benchmark

$14,557
Per-pupil spending
1,645
Students enrolled
49th
Pct. in MS
$50,914

Forest Municipal School Dist is in the smallest third by enrollment among comparable Mississippi districts (1,645 students in the NCES CCD F-33 cohort). Estimated average teacher salary is $50,914, below the national average of $70,245, serving 1,645 students (NCES CCD F-33, FY2023).

  • Smaller enrollment scale: Forest Municipal School Dist is in the smallest third by enrollment among comparable Mississippi districts (1,645 students in the NCES CCD F-33 cohort).
  • 49th percentile for Mississippi
  • 17th percentile nationally
  • 28% of spending reaches instructional salaries
  • Mississippi ranks #45 of 49 on the salary estimate and #33 of 49 on enrollment in the same reliable-district pool.
  • Forest Municipal School Dist ranks #71 of 138 Mississippi districts by estimated teacher salary and #69 of 138 by per-pupil spending. Forrest County Ag High School pay #1 at $76,198 is not Kemper Co School Dist spending #1 at $25,476 per pupil
  • +45.3% estimated-basis panel FY2019→FY2023 (not applied to the FTE figure above)

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Instructional payroll mix vs Mississippi median

Among 138 Mississippi districts that break out F-33 program salary totals, Forest Municipal School Dist's instructional payroll puts 82.1% into regular program , 8.9 points above the state median of 73.2%. Regular-program teachers claim more of the instructional salary pool here than at the median Mississippi district.

Program Forest Municipal MS median Gap
Regular program 82.1% 73.2% +8.9 pp
Special education 14.8% 14.4% +0.3 pp
Vocational programs 0.0% 6.6% -6.6 pp
Other programs 3.1% 4.8% -1.6 pp

Shares are of this district's reported F-33 teacher-salary program totals (Z35–Z38), compared with the median share across 138 in-state peers with a positive program sum. NCES LEAID 2801470 · FY2023.

LEAID 2801470 · NCES CCD F-33 FY2023

Forest Municipal F-33 compensation desk

SALARY-INLINE Near state avg RANK-ST-LOW P49 in state RANK-NAT-LOW P17 national PPE-MID $15K/pupil ENR-SMALL 1,645 students INSTR-LOW 28% instr BASIS-FTE FTE-reported PHOTO-NEAR Near Monroe FY-2023-LIGHT FY2023 book

FY2023: $50,914 estimated average teacher salary · P49 in Mississippi · P17 nationally · 28% instructional salary share. Nearest salary peer: Pearl ($74est. salary).

Salary neighbourhood chart for Forest Municipal

Salary neighbourhood · Forest Municipal

Forest Municipal sits mid-pack among in-state peers; the chart brackets it between the top and bottom pay poles (NCES F-33 FY2023, not a full state reprint).

est. salary
Source NCES CCD F-33 Finance Survey As of FY2023
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National salary distribution for Forest Municipal

Forest Municipal School Dist's estimated salary vs. every US district

NCES F-33 estimate, reliable-salary districts only

$50,914 17th percentile higher than 17% of 10,684 US districts

Show national distribution $30,000–$40,000: 155 US districts (1%). Below this entry. $40,000–$50,000: 1,360 US districts (13%). Below this entry. $50,000–$60,000: 2,382 US districts (22%). This entry sits in this band. $60,000–$70,000: 2,402 US districts (22%). Above this entry. $70,000–$80,000: 1,633 US districts (15%). Above this entry. $80,000–$90,000: 1,097 US districts (10%). Above this entry. $90,000–$100,000: 662 US districts (6%). Above this entry. $100,000–$110,000: 371 US districts (3%). Above this entry. $110,000–$120,000: 249 US districts (2%). Above this entry. $120,000–$130,000: 156 US districts (1%). Above this entry. $130,000–$140,000: 112 US districts (1%). Above this entry. $140,000–$150,000: 57 US districts (1%). Above this entry. $150,000–$160,000: 25 US districts (0%). Above this entry. $160,000–$170,000: 13 US districts (0%). Above this entry. $170,000–$180,000: 10 US districts (0%). Above this entry. $180,000–$190,000: 0 US districts (0%). Above this entry. Forest Municipal School Dist $30,000 $190,000 every reliable-salary US district, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $10K-wide band; taller bars hold more US districts. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source NCES CCD F-33 Finance Survey, FY2023 · FY2023

What stands out about Forest Municipal School Dist

  • Estimated teacher pay here rose +45.3% between FY2019 and FY2023, outpacing Mississippi's statewide +28.6% by 16.7 points, a growth rate faster than 91% of the 136 Mississippi districts with a comparable FY2019 baseline.

This pay stretches further than the headline figure suggests

Nominal district estimate
$50,913.679

The FY2023 salary estimate shown in the hero.

Mississippi price level
86.8 / 100

BEA all-items regional price parity; 100 is the U.S. average.

National-price equivalent
$58,662

+15% versus the nominal figure.

Prices in Mississippi run below the national average, so this salary has roughly the buying power of the national-price equivalent above. A district in a costlier state can advertise a larger nominal salary and still leave a teacher with less.

Regional price parity: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, 2023 all-items RPP by state. The adjustment applies a statewide index to a district figure, so it captures how Mississippi compares nationally, not how this district compares with others in its own state. Compare every state on this basis.

How this salary figure is calculated
Full NCES reading for Forest Municipal School Dist

What the Numbers Say About Forest Municipal School Dist

Forest Municipal School Dist is a small school district in Mississippi, serving 1,645 students at an estimated per-pupil spending of $14,557. Estimated average teacher salary, derived from reported teacher salary expenditure (F-33 items Z35-Z38) divided by teacher FTE, is $50,914, placing the district in the moderately funded tier of NCES F-33 respondents. NCES LEAID 2801470 references the FY2023 Common Core of Data Local Education Agency Finance Survey.

Relative to the Mississippi statewide average of $51,325, teacher pay in Forest Municipal School Dist runs slightly below the state benchmark, a 0.8% gap, and below the national instructional-salary estimate of $70,245 (27.5% differential). Among enrolling districts in Mississippi, it pays more than 49% of them. Mississippi itself ranks #45 of 49 nationally on average teacher compensation, which shapes the funding ceiling districts operate under.

On the budget side, Forest Municipal School Dist reports $23.9M in total expenditure against $25.2M in revenue, with instructional salaries accounting for 28% of spending, a compensation-to-budget ratio that signals how much of each tax dollar reaches classroom educators. Regular-program teacher salary outlay is $4.8M, special-education teacher pay is $0.9M.

How does Forest Municipal School Dist compare?

Estimated average teacher salary versus a peer district, the Mississippi average, and the national average. Pick any in-state district to compare.

Forest Municipal School Dist $50,914
Desoto Co School Dist $50,476
Mississippi avg $51,325
National avg $70,245

Forest Municipal School Dist pays +0.9% more than Desoto Co School Dist · per-pupil $14,557 vs $11,403

Derived from NCES F-33 teacher salary expenditure (Z35-Z38) and CCD Staff Universe teacher FTE (FY2023); a small minority use the documented fallback. Unreliable service entities are excluded.

Data-derived comparison paths

Find comparable Mississippi districts

On pay, Forest Municipal School Dist sits closest to Monroe Co School Dist; on per-pupil investment, its nearest match is North Panola School District. These are not simply nearby districts: each group is selected from the same NCES FY2023 dataset using a matching salary or per-pupil-investment signal and a comparable enrollment range.

Closest on estimated pay
  1. Monroe Co School Dist
  2. Pearl River Co School Dist
  3. Greenville Public Schools
  4. Carroll County School Dist
  5. Cleveland School Dist
  6. Clarksdale Municipal School Dist
  7. Prentiss Co School Dist
  8. Brookhaven School Dist
  9. Stone Co School Dist
  10. Jefferson Co School Dist
  11. Union Co School Dist
Closest on per-pupil investment
  1. North Panola School District
  2. Carroll County School Dist
  3. Benton Co School Dist
  4. Tate Co School Dist
  5. Hinds Co School Dist
  6. Baldwyn School District
  7. Simpson Co School Dist
  8. Kosciusko School District
  9. Greenville Public Schools
  10. Neshoba County School District
  11. Canton Public School Dist

Similar estimated teacher pay

Similar per-pupil investment

Out-of-state districts near Forest Municipal School Dist's smaller enrollment

Two out-of-state peer sets for Forest Municipal School Dist: closest on enrollment (1,645 students here) and closest on estimated average teacher salary ($50,914 here). Rows stay link-disjoint so each axis is a distinct neighborhood.

Similar enrollment

Nearest other districts by NCES student count (floored at ≥200).

Similar estimated salary

Nearest other districts by F-33-derived average teacher salary, distinct from the enrollment row.

Enrollment and salaries from NCES CCD F-33; estimated teacher pay can diverge widely at the same student count because of state funding, cost of living, and local bargaining.

Revenue & Expenditure

$25.2M
Total Revenue
$23.9M
Total Expenditure
$6.6M
Instruction Salaries
28% of total spending

Instructional Salary by Program

$4.8M
Regular Program
$0.9M
Special Education
$0.2M
Other Programs

The teacher salaries behind this page's average are the ones NCES reports for 3 programs in Forest Municipal School Dist: the regular program, special education and other programs. It reports no separate figure for vocational programs. Together they are 88% of everything the district spends on instructional salaries; the other 12% pays instructional aides, paraprofessionals, substitutes and other instructional staff who are not counted as teachers here.

Mississippi Teacher Pay Overview

The highest average among comparably sized Mississippi districts belongs to Forrest County Ag High School at $76,198. Forest Municipal School Dist places 71 of 137 comparably sized districts, squarely in the middle band the state average actually represents. Arkansas and South Dakota are the states closest to Mississippi on BEA's price parity, which makes them the fair comparison; against a costlier state this salary goes further than its number suggests.

View all Mississippi districts →

Other Mississippi Districts

Smaller-district sample from 137 Mississippi peers; bar length shows pay magnitude within this enrollment band.

Yazoo City Municipal School Dist
$49,046
2,029 students
Jefferson Davis Co School Dist
$50,226
1,235 students
Choctaw Co School Dist
$52,066
1,230 students
North Panola School District
$50,267
1,219 students
Franklin Co School Dist
$53,603
1,211 students
Calhoun Co School Dist
$44,607
2,080 students

This is a sample of 6 from 137 Mississippi districts with enrollment and salary data reliable enough to compare in the NCES CCD F-33 survey.

Frequently Asked Questions about Forest Municipal School Dist
What is the average teacher salary in Forest Municipal School Dist?

The average teacher salary in Forest Municipal School Dist is $50,914 (NCES CCD FY2023), from reported teacher salary expenditure (F-33 items Z35-Z38) divided by the district's reported teacher headcount (NCES CCD Staff Universe Survey).

How does Forest Municipal School Dist teacher pay compare to the Mississippi average?

Forest Municipal School Dist pays 0.8% less than the Mississippi state average of $51,325. The district's average is $50,914.

How does Forest Municipal School Dist teacher pay compare to the national average?

Forest Municipal School Dist pays 27.5% below the national average of $70,245. The district average is $50,914.

What is the per-pupil spending in Forest Municipal School Dist?

Forest Municipal School Dist spends approximately $14,557 per student annually (NCES FY2023), covering instructional salaries, support services, and administration.

What percentage of Forest Municipal School Dist's budget goes to teacher salaries?

Instructional salaries account for 28% of Forest Municipal School Dist's total expenditure of $23.9M (NCES FY2023).

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According to the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) F-33 Local Education Agency Finance Survey, PlainTeacher's figures are computed directly, no number is typed in by an editor. Forest Municipal School Dist's salary and finance figures are computed directly from its FY2023 F-33 submission, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error on this page. Data current as of FY2023.