Middle Schools in Letcher County

Letcher County, Kentucky is home to two middle schools: Whitesburg Middle School and Fleming Neon Middle School, both serving grades 6-8. While both schools are performing reasonably well compared to the Letcher County and Kentucky averages, Fleming Neon Middle School stands out with higher rankings, proficiency rates, and a lower student-teacher ratio.

Fleming Neon Middle School has consistently ranked higher in the statewide SchoolDigger rankings, placing 110th out of 320 Kentucky middle schools in the 2024-2025 school year, compared to Whitesburg Middle School's 158th ranking. Additionally, Fleming Neon Middle School has higher proficiency rates in several subject areas, particularly in Mathematics for 7th grade (65% vs. 54% at Whitesburg) and Science for 7th grade (52% vs. 26% at Whitesburg). The school also benefits from a lower student-teacher ratio of 13.8, compared to 15.6 at Whitesburg Middle School.

Both schools have low dropout rates of 1.1% for the 2024-2025 school year, but they share a concern with high chronic absenteeism rates of 25.0%. In terms of test scores, the schools generally perform better than the Letcher County average in most subject areas, but there are some areas where they fall behind the state average. The schools also differ in their free/reduced lunch rates, with Whitesburg Middle School having a higher percentage of students receiving this assistance (66.14%) compared to Fleming Neon Middle School (59.85%).