The Forrest City, AR educational system consists of 6 public schools, 1 private schools and 2 post-secondary schools. Forrest City public schools have average test scores of 13% which is 54% lower than than the Arkansas average and 74% lower than than the national average. The student to teach ratio of Forrest City public schools is 17:1, compared to 14:1 in Arkansas and 16:1 across all of the United States. A total of 67.3% of students have completed 8th grade, 64.6% have completed high school, 8.7% have completed a bachelor’s degree and 0.9% have completed a doctorate degree.