Pisgah High

Pisgah High operates as a moderately sized senior high in Canton, North Carolina, run under Haywood County Schools. Current enrollment sits at 859 students spanning grades 9 through 12.

Across the 15 schools in Haywood County Schools (6,476 students total), Pisgah High accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Pisgah High shows that nearly all students (82%) are White; the rest is composed of 13% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 91% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Pisgah High has 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 21.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 19.6:1, putting Pisgah High higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 100% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Pisgah High is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 48.4%; this one delivers 69.3%, a residual of +20.9 points.

Around the school, census data for Haywood County shows median household earnings sit near $61,912, roughly 30% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. In all, Haywood County runs 16 public schools (combined enrollment of about 7,092 students), of which Pisgah High is one.

Nearest neighbor: Canton Middle, around 0.4 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 7 other public schools cluster around Pisgah High. On composite proficiency, Pisgah High comes 3rd of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 60.6%.

The campus sits in a town-center setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Pisgah High has edged down 15%, going from 1,016 students in 2018 to 859 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 89% to 82% across the same window. Class-load math has loosened: from 16.5:1 in 2018 to 21.4:1 in 2025.

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