North Magoffin Elementary

As a medium-sized elementary campus in Salyersville, Kentucky, North Magoffin Elementary works with 417 students from grades pre-K through 6, run under Magoffin County.

Across the 5 schools in Magoffin County (1,902 students total), North Magoffin Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, North Magoffin Elementary logs that 99% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. That composition is broadly in line with Magoffin County as a whole.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, North Magoffin Elementary has 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.0:1. The state averages about 15.4:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 79% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, North Magoffin Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 35.8%, the actual is 44.1%, a residual of +8.3 points.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Magoffin County put median household earnings sit near $33,080, roughly 13% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 36%. Across Magoffin County's 5 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,902 students), North Magoffin Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Herald Whitaker Middle School, roughly 1.6 miles away. Within five miles, there are 3 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts North Magoffin Elementary at 2nd of 8; the average score across the group is 37.1%.

North Magoffin Elementary operates from a small-town location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count changed only slightly: 427 students in 2018 compared to 417 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 17.8:1 in 2018 to 16.0:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.