Goldsboro High

Goldsboro High, a close-knit 9-12 campus in Goldsboro, North Carolina, one of the schools within Wayne County Public Schools, educates 412 students, covering grades 9 through 12. That puts it 46% smaller than the typical public school in North Carolina, which averages around 761 students.

Within Wayne County Public Schools, which oversees 33 schools and 17,150 students, Goldsboro High is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Goldsboro High lists that the student body is overwhelmingly Black (89%). The remainder consists of 7% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. By comparison, Wayne County as a whole is about 30% Black, so the school skews meaningfully more Black than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Goldsboro High logs 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 19.6:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 98% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

After controlling for student poverty, Goldsboro High falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 49.0%; this one comes in at 22.4%, -26.6 points off the demographic line.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Wayne County) logs that median household income runs about $59,733, 22% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Wayne County's 36 public schools (combined enrollment of about 18,481 students), Goldsboro High is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Wayne School of Engineering, roughly 0.2 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Goldsboro High. On composite proficiency, Goldsboro High comes 7th of 7 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 60.8%.

The campus sits in a downtown setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Goldsboro High has declined 22%, going from 530 students in 2018 to 412 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 12.1:1 in 2018 to 19.6:1 today.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.