Enrollment
260
Middle
DISTRICT 380 · STATE 558
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MAGOFFIN COUNTY·NCES 210375001618
Herald Whitaker Middle School
221 Hornet Dr, Salyersville, KY 41465 · (606) 349-5190 · Magoffin County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL260 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 12% of Kentucky public middle schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Kentucky public middle schools
Student : Teacher
11.3:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.4:1 · STATE 15.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
68%
177 students
DISTRICT 73% · STATE 63%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 7 | 139 | 53% |
| Grade 8 | 121 | 47% |
Student demographics
7%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 5% · STATE 47% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Herald Whitaker Middle School→Magoffin County High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Magoffin County. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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KSA (K-PREP) 2024-25 . % Proficient/DistinguishedEnglish Language Arts
31.5%
KY avg 47.9%
Math
18.5%
KY avg 42.8%
What this means: On the KSA (K-PREP), Kentucky's statewide test, about 32 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 19 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Kentucky schools, those numbers are about 48 and 43.
Source: KSA (K-PREP). All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
27.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.8%
based on KY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 27% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 40% typical for Kentucky schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Kentucky's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Herald Whitaker Middle School
Herald Whitaker Middle School's state test result (27.0% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Herald Whitaker Middle School this school | 260 | 68.1% | 27.0% |
| Lewis County Middle School Vanceburg | 290 | 69.7% | 34.9% |
| Martin County Middle School Warfield | 262 | 70.6% | 36.3% |
| Edmonson County Middle School Brownsville | 256 | 65.2% | 44.0% |
| James D. Adams Middle School Prestonsburg | 311 | 69.8% | 29.1% |
| Wurtland Middle School Wurtland | 202 | 69.8% | 28.5% |
Matched among Kentucky middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Herald Whitaker Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Kentucky |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 27.0% | #195 of 216 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 18.5% | #206 of 216 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 31.5% | #194 of 217 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 260 | #200 of 221 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.3:1 | #7 of 210 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 6.7% | #203 of 210 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 68.1% | #47 of 219 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -47.7% | #2 of 156 |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
260
-50 (-16%) vs 2020
-52% since 1990-91, when it was 540
Student : Teacher
11.3:1
was 13.5:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 260 | 23 | 11.3:1 | 68% (177) |
| 2023-24 | 249 | 22 | 11.3:1 | 68% (170) |
| 2022-23 | 250 | 22 | 11.4:1 | 72% (181) |
| 2020-21 | 310 | 23 | 13.5:1 | 75% (231) |
| 2017-18 | 497 | 31.7 | 15.7:1 | 76% (380) |
| 2015-16 | 311 | 23 | 13.5:1 | 79% (247) |
| 2010-11 | 329 | 25 | 13.2:1 | 91% (300) |
| 2000-01 | 366 | 27 | 13.6:1 | 80% (291) |
| 1990-91 | 540 | 33 | 16.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Herald Whitaker Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 48% (497 to 260); teachers down 27% (31.7 to 23).
About Herald Whitaker Middle School
As a small middle school, Herald Whitaker Middle School serves students in Salyersville, Kentucky. The school serves grades 7 through 8. Enrollment is 260 students. Middle schools in Kentucky have about 558 students on average; enrollment here is 53% lower.
Herald Whitaker Middle School belongs to Magoffin County, a district of 5 schools and 1,902 students.
Herald Whitaker Middle School is 97% White by enrollment. The rest of enrollment is 2% multiracial. That is in line with Magoffin County, where about 97% of residents are White. The diversity index for Herald Whitaker Middle School is 7%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The school's 23 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.3:1. Middle schools in Kentucky average 15.8:1, 4.5 more students per teacher than here. Income data for the school show 68% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
Among Kentucky public middle schools, Herald Whitaker Middle School outscored 12%, which works out to a D on the allk12 Grade.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Herald Whitaker Middle School is 12.8 points below the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 27.0% actual, 39.8% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Kentucky.
American Community Survey estimates for Magoffin County show that median household income comes to about $33,080, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 13% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 36%. The county's public schools total 5, with about 1,902 students.
A public school less than a tenth of a mile away, Salyersville Grade School, is the closest to Herald Whitaker Middle School. Herald Whitaker Middle School has 3 other public schools within five miles. The nearest schools with test data average 42.8%, higher than Herald Whitaker Middle School's 27.0%.
NCES describes the area around Herald Whitaker Middle School as Rural: Remote, meaning in rural territory far from an urban area.
By 2024-25, enrollment had dropped to 260, from 310 in 2020-21. The ratio of students to teachers went from 13.5:1 to 11.3:1 over the same years.
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Magoffin County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
11,348
Census ACS
Median income
$33,080
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
13%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
36%
Below federal line
Schools in county
5
1,902 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Magoffin County
- Magoffin County High SchoolHigh · 538 students
- Salyersville Grade SchoolElementary · 479 students
- North Magoffin ElementaryElementary · 417 students
- South Magoffin ElementaryElementary · 208 students
Other schools in Salyersville
- Magoffin County High SchoolHigh · 538 students
- Salyersville Grade SchoolElementary · 479 students
- North Magoffin ElementaryElementary · 417 students
- South Magoffin ElementaryElementary · 208 students
Nearby schools
- Salyersville Grade School0.1 mi · 479
- North Magoffin Elementary1.6 mi · 417
- Magoffin County High School2.2 mi · 538
- South Magoffin Elementary6.9 mi · 208
- Highland Elementary School13.8 mi · 392
- Prestonsburg Elementary School15.0 mi · 574
Frequently asked questions
About Herald Whitaker Middle SchoolHow large is Herald Whitaker Middle School?
Herald Whitaker Middle School enrolls approximately 260 students in grades 07-08.
What age range does Herald Whitaker Middle School serve?
Herald Whitaker Middle School serves students from grade 07 through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Herald Whitaker Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Herald Whitaker Middle School is approximately 11.3:1 (23 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Herald Whitaker Middle School?
Herald Whitaker Middle School reports a student body of 97% White, 0% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Herald Whitaker Middle School?
Herald Whitaker Middle School is overseen by Magoffin County in Magoffin County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.