Gobles High School

As a middle-of-the-pack secondary school in GOBLES, Michigan, Gobles High School hosts 396 students from grades 6 through 12, run under Gobles Public School District.

Across the 3 schools in Gobles Public School District (786 students total), Gobles High School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, Gobles High School logs that 83% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 11% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Van Buren County as a whole.

Looking at school resources, Gobles High School logs 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 21.6:1 average. About 54% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

With demographic context factored in, Gobles High School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 42.3%; this one delivers 40.6%.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Van Buren County put the typical household earns roughly $68,114 per year, about 23% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Across Van Buren County's 45 public schools (combined enrollment of about 14,850 students), Gobles High School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Gobles Virtual Academy, roughly 0.0 miles away. Within five miles, there are 5 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Gobles High School comes 4th of 4 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 48.9%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Five-year trend. Gobles High School's enrollment has declined 6% since 2018, when it stood at 420 (now 396). The White share of enrollment declined from 89% to 83% over that span. Class-load math has pulled in: from 18.0:1 in 2018 to 15.8:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. The community welcomes input from current and former families.