Summary:
Three elementary schools in ZIP code 41465 serve PK–6 in Salyersville, Kentucky, and together enroll 1,104 students. Their academic results vary by grade and subject, but attendance is a shared concern: in 2025–26, chronic absenteeism was 49% at Salyersville Grade School, 51% at North Magoffin Elementary and 59% at South Magoffin Elementary, compared with 24% statewide. Each school’s rate was 25 to 35 percentage points above the state rate.
Salyersville has the strongest overall test profile: its matched-grade averages were 42% in math and 52% in reading, compared with state averages of 43% and 51%. North Magoffin averaged 37% in math and 48% in reading, while South Magoffin averaged 33% and 50%, respectively. A shared weakness is grade 4 math: school results were 30%–31%, versus 43% statewide. The grade 5 writing results were also low at Salyersville and North Magoffin, at 21% and 16% versus 35% statewide; South Magoffin’s result is suppressed. There are notable exceptions: South Magoffin had the area’s highest grade 6 reading score, 60%, compared with 52% at North and 49% at Salyersville.
Recent changes differ by school. From 2024–25 to 2025–26, matched-grade math averages rose 13 points at Salyersville, but fell 8 points at North Magoffin and 6 points at South Magoffin. SchoolDigger’s statewide percentile for Salyersville rose from 42 to 52 over 2023–24 to 2025–26, while North Magoffin’s fell from 39 to 31 and South Magoffin’s from 59 to 33. In 2024–25, student–teacher ratios were 13.3, 16.0 and 17.3, respectively; free/reduced lunch eligible rates were 73%, 79% and 78%. These figures offer context, not explanations for differing results. A few grade-level test results are suppressed by the state and are unknown.
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