| Forest Hill High School | |
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2607 Raymond Road , United States | |
| Coordinates | 32°15′40″N90°16′51″W / 32.26111°N 90.28083°W /32.26111; -90.28083 |
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| Type | Public |
| Established | 1915 |
| School district | Jackson Public School District |
| Teaching staff | 63.23 (FTE)[1] |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Enrollment | 942 (2023–2024)[1] |
| Student to teacher ratio | 14.90[1] |
| Colors | Navy, red and white [2] |
| Mascot | Patriots[2] |
| Website | www |
Forest Hill High School is apublic high school located inJackson, Mississippi, United States. It serves students fromgrades9–12, and is part of theJackson Public School District. The current principal is Torrey Hampton.[3]
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 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 theJackson Public School District to offer gifted courses in English/language arts.[citation needed]
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 1800s.
The following schools feed into Forest Hill High School.[5]
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 filmJohn 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]
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