| Forest High School | |
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5000 Southeast Maricamp Road , , 34480 United States | |
| Coordinates | 29°08′39″N 82°03′59″W / 29.1441446°N 82.0664781°W |
| Information | |
| School type | Public secondary |
| Established | 15 August 1969 |
| School district | Marion County Public Schools |
| Superintendent | Diane Gullett |
| CEEB code | 101258 |
| Principal | Lamar Rembert |
| Teaching staff | 95.00 (FTE)[1] |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Enrollment | 2,325 (2022–23)[1] |
| Student to teacher ratio | 24.47[1] |
| Color(s) | Green, Gold & White |
| Mascot | Wildcat |
| Rival | Vanguard High School |
| Accreditation | Florida State Department of Education |
| Website | www |
Forest High School is a school near Ocala, Florida, United States. It has an EMIT (engineering) program. The school's colors are green and gold and the school mascot is the Wildcat. As of 2014, it had an enrollment of some 2,058.
Forest High School moved to its current location on Maricamp Road, southeast of the city limits of Ocala, in 2005. The school was originally on Fort King Street in Ocala, at the 1959 campus of Ocala High School. Prior to 1965, the school was for white students only. In 1965, a group of 34 students from the nearby black school, Howard High School began attending. In 1969 the courts mandated the schools became fully integrated and Howard was closed. Vanguard High School was opened the same year, and the Marion County School Board put to rest the name Ocala High School.[2]
Forest High School is in the Marion County School District.
- ^ a b c "FOREST HIGH SCHOOL". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved April 7, 2024.
- ^ Fillmore, Andy. "Howard High class of 1968 remembers good times, challenges of integration". Ocala Star Banner. Retrieved 13 May 2020.[permanent dead link]