Summary:
ZIP code 41267 has two schools in Martin County: Warfield Elementary School, serving pre-K through grade 6, and Martin County Middle School, serving grades 7–8; together, they enroll 594 students. Chronic absenteeism is high at both schools: 38% at Warfield and 40% at Martin County Middle, compared with 24% statewide in 2025–2026. The most important academic finding is that the schools’ available test results averaged 32% proficient, versus 44% for the matching state results, leaving them 12 points behind on average.
Warfield stands out for grade 5 reading and writing, while Martin County Middle had no reported result above the state in its available 2025–2026 tests. Warfield’s grade 5 reading was 56% proficient versus 51% statewide, and writing was 44% versus 35%. Its other reported results were below the state, including editing and mechanics at 24% versus 48%. Martin County Middle’s math results were 22% in grade 7 and 21% in grade 8, compared with 39% statewide in both grades; its lowest result was grade 8 editing and mechanics, at 17% versus 42%. The schools serve different grades, so their test results do not provide a same-grade comparison.
Results fell more broadly at the middle school, while Warfield’s changes were mixed. All seven comparable Martin County Middle results declined from the prior year, with an average drop of about 12 points; Warfield’s 11 comparable results fell by about 2 points on average, despite grade 5 reading rising 13 points and writing rising 12. SchoolDigger’s latest statewide rankings place Warfield at the 29th percentile and Martin County Middle at the 8th; Warfield’s ranking rose from the 26th percentile in 2023–2024, while the middle school’s fell from the 24th. Both schools reported a 17.4 student-teacher ratio in 2024–2025. That year, 74% of Warfield students and 71% of Martin County Middle students were free/reduced lunch eligible; these figures provide context, not an explanation for school results.
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