Middle Schools in Magoffin County

Magoffin County, Kentucky has only one middle school, Herald Whitaker Middle School, which serves students in grades 6-8. The school has consistently ranked in the bottom half of Kentucky middle schools and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger, indicating below-average performance compared to its peers across the state.

Herald Whitaker Middle School faces significant challenges, with proficiency rates in core subjects like Mathematics, Reading, and Writing falling well below the state averages. For example, in the 2024-2025 school year, the school's 7th grade Mathematics proficiency rate was just 20%, compared to the state average of 43%. The school also has a high percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, at 68.27% in the 2023-2024 school year, suggesting that the student population faces significant socioeconomic challenges.

Attendance and dropout rates are also areas of concern for the school. In the 2024-2025 school year, the school had a 25.0% chronic absenteeism rate, which is significantly higher than the state average. Additionally, the school had a 1.1% dropout rate in the same year. While the school has a relatively low student-teacher ratio of 11.3 to 1 and high per-student spending of $18,589 in the 2023-2024 school year, these resources do not appear to be effectively translating into improved student outcomes.