GOZA MIDDLE SCHOOL

GOZA MIDDLE SCHOOL operates as a reasonably sized intermediate school in ARKADELPHIA, Arkansas, one of the schools within ARKADELPHIA SCHOOL DISTRICT. Current enrollment sits at 560 students spanning grades 5 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 464 students per school, that is 21% larger than typical.

ARKADELPHIA SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 4 schools in total, collectively educating 2,285 students. GOZA MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

Demographically, GOZA MIDDLE SCHOOL records that the most-represented group is White (47%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 35% Black, 8% Hispanic, 8% multiracial. By comparison, Clark County as a whole is about 70% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, The school employs 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.9:1. The state averages around 13.9:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 59% of students at GOZA MIDDLE SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Clark County (around 68%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, GOZA MIDDLE SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 37.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 35.2%.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Clark County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $52,034 per year, roughly 26% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. GOZA MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of 7 public schools in Clark County (combined enrollment of about 2,902 students).

Nearest neighbor: ARKADELPHIA HIGH SCHOOL, around 0.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 3 other public schools. On composite proficiency, GOZA MIDDLE SCHOOL comes 5th of 8 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 36.7%.

GOZA MIDDLE SCHOOL operates from a low-density location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count grew 32%: 425 students in 2018 compared to 560 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share fell from 54% to 47%. Class-load math has rose: from 11.4:1 in 2018 to 14.9:1 in 2025.

On allk12, the feed for GOZA MIDDLE SCHOOL typically covers open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.