Summary:
ZIP code 41465 has one high school, Magoffin County High School, serving grades 9–12 and enrolling 538 students. Because it is the only school listed, there is no meaningful school-to-school comparison. The most urgent finding for families is chronic absenteeism: in 2025–2026, it was 77%, compared with 24% statewide and 57% in the Magoffin County district—53 points above the state and 20 above the district.
Among the school’s 2025–2026 test results, Writing was strongest at 42%, while Science was lowest at 12%. However, the biggest shortfall compared with Kentucky was in Mathematics: 16% of students were proficient, versus 40% statewide, a 24-point gap. Editing and Mechanics was closest to the state result, at 36% versus 40%, a 4-point gap. The school was below the state in all six reported subjects; its Writing result was 42% compared with 47% statewide, and Reading was 38% compared with 49%.
Results improved in some subjects over time, and the average gap narrowed modestly across the five subjects with results in both years: from 13 points in 2024–2025 to 11 points in 2025–2026. Editing and Mechanics rose from 28% to 36%, and Writing from 37% to 42%; Reading slipped from 39% to 38%, while the state result rose from 47% to 49%. SchoolDigger ranked the school 204th of 262 in 2025–2026, at the 22nd percentile with one star; its percentile was 27 in 2023–2024 and 20 in 2024–2025. The 2025–2026 graduation rate was 93%, one point below the state, while the dropout rate was 2.2% versus 1.0% statewide. As context, 66% were free/reduced lunch eligible in 2024–2025, and the student–teacher ratio was 14.1 that year.
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