Hispanic students represent 46% of Forest Park Middle School enrollment in 2024-25

Forest Park Middle School enrolled 274 Hispanic students for the 2024-25 school year, a decrease of 3.9% from the prior year, reports the Georgia Department of Education.

The school’s total enrollment was 597 students in the 2024-25 school year. Hispanic students constituted 46% of the total, making them the school’s second-largest group.

Forest Park Middle School operates within the Clayton County School District, which is headquartered in Jonesboro.

Forest Park High School had the largest number of Hispanic students in the district among its 65 schools in the 2024-25 school year, enrolling 882 Hispanic students.

The National Center for Education Statistics reported that the racial and ethnic breakdown for Georgia public school students was about 36.4% Black, 35.9% white, 18.1% Hispanic, 4% Asian, 4.6% multiracial, 0.2% American Indian or Alaska Native, and 0.1% Pacific Islander.

Chronic absenteeism continues to impact Georgia schools after the pandemic, with 20.7% of students missing at least 10% of school days in 2024, according to the Georgia Department of Education. Georgia Department of Education launched a statewide response with a real-time attendance dashboard, expanded public outreach efforts, and targeted district supports aimed at increasing student attendance.

In 2025, state lawmakers amended Georgia’s school attendance law to prohibit expulsion based solely on absenteeism. The update also introduced new reporting elements and supports alternative diploma completion routes for students.

By 2026, the average Georgia student-to-teacher ratio was approximately 14:1, below the national 15:1 average.