📍 901 E Beech Street, Goldsboro, Wayne County, 27530
Goldsboro High is a State/Public serving high age pupils, located in Goldsboro, Wayne County. The school has 470 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Wayne County Public Schools school district. It serves grades 9–12 in an urban setting. The school employs 38.0 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 12.4:1. 22% of students are proficient in reading. 17% are proficient in maths. The four-year graduation rate is 62%. The school offers a gifted and talented program. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Goldsboro High enrolls 470 students across grades 9–12. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 38.0 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 12.4:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 86% Black or African American, 7.7% Hispanic or Latino and 3.4% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 404 | 86% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 36 | 7.7% |
| Two or more races | 16 | 3.4% |
| White | 12 | 2.6% |
| Asian | 1 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
456 of the school's 470 students (97%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 456 qualify for free lunch and 0 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Goldsboro High is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Small). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district NC-10, state senate district 7, state house district 21.
Goldsboro High is one of 33 schools in Wayne County Public Schools, based in Goldsboro, North Carolina. The district serves 17,150 students district-wide and employs 1,098 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 470 students, Goldsboro High is close to the district average of about 520 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Small