Goshen High School

Goshen High School is a cozy high school in Goshen, Alabama, operated by Pike County. The school educates 356 students in grades 7 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 682 students per school, that is 48% smaller than typical.

Pike County comprises 5 schools with combined enrollment of 2,124 students; Goshen High School is among them.

Demographically, Goshen High School shows that 55% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest consists of 39% Black, 2% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

In terms of school funding signals, Goshen High School records 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.2:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.2:1 average. Roughly 61% of students at Goshen High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

With demographic context factored in, Goshen High School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 39.7%, the actual is 32.2%, a residual of -7.5 points.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Pike County put median household income runs about $48,677, about 28% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. Across Pike County's 12 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,951 students), Goshen High School is one campus in the mix.

Goshen Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.3 miles from this campus. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. On composite proficiency, Goshen High School comes 8th of 9 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 35.0%.

Goshen High School operates from a small-town location.

Looking at the recent track record. Goshen High School's enrollment has contracted 16% since 2018, when it stood at 425 (now 356). The White share of enrollment declined from 59% to 55% over that span. Class-load math has fell: from 15.7:1 in 2018 to 14.2:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the Goshen High School community share and discuss fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.