Enrollment
191
Middle
DISTRICT 161 · STATE 558
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LETCHER COUNTY·NCES 210336000904
Whitesburg Middle School
366 Park St, Whitesburg, KY 41858 · (606) 633-2761 · Letcher County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL191 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 66% of Kentucky public middle schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+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
17.2:1
11 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.0:1 · STATE 15.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
65%
124 students
DISTRICT 69% · 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 6 | 63 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 80 | 42% |
| Grade 8 | 48 | 25% |
Student demographics
2%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
Whitesburg Middle School→Letcher County Central High School
Based on grade levels within Letcher County. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
KSA (K-PREP) 2024-25 . % Proficient/DistinguishedEnglish Language Arts
51.0%
KY avg 47.9%
Math
46.7%
KY avg 42.8%
What this means: On the KSA (K-PREP), Kentucky's statewide test, about 51 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 47 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
43.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.9%
based on KY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 43% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 41% 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 Whitesburg Middle School
Whitesburg Middle School's state test result (43.2% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whitesburg Middle School this school | 191 | 64.9% | 43.2% |
| Edmonson County Middle School Brownsville | 256 | 65.2% | 44.0% |
| Elliott County Middle School Sandy Hook | 190 | 70.0% | 23.6% |
| Wurtland Middle School Wurtland | 202 | 69.8% | 28.5% |
| Herald Whitaker Middle School Salyersville | 260 | 68.1% | 27.0% |
| Williamstown Jr. High Williamstown | 172 | 59.3% | 27.7% |
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 Whitesburg Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Kentucky |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 43.2% | #85 of 216 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 46.7% | #68 of 216 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 51.0% | #74 of 217 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 191 | #211 of 221 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 64.9% | #70 of 219 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.3% | #94 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
191
+5 (+3%) vs 2020
-36% since 1990-91, when it was 300
Student : Teacher
17.2:1
was 14.3:1
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 | 191 | 11.1 | 17.2:1 | 65% (124) |
| 2023-24 | 189 | 12.1 | 15.6:1 | 66% (125) |
| 2022-23 | 165 | 11.3 | 14.6:1 | 58% (95) |
| 2020-21 | 186 | 13 | 14.3:1 | 70% (130) |
| 2017-18 | 213 | 13.3 | 16.0:1 | 69% (146) |
| 2015-16 | 170 | 13 | 13.1:1 | 74% (125) |
| 2010-11 | 210 | 14 | 15.0:1 | 65% (137) |
| 2000-01 | 204 | 13 | 15.7:1 | 56% (115) |
| 1990-91 | 300 | 18 | 16.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Whitesburg Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 10% (213 to 191); teachers down 17% (13.3 to 11.1).
About Whitesburg Middle School
Students in Whitesburg, Kentucky, attend Whitesburg Middle School, a very small middle-grades school. There are 191 students enrolled, covering grades 6 through 8. Across middle schools in Kentucky, the average enrollment is about 558.
Whitesburg Middle School is a school in Letcher County. The district has 9 schools and 2,429 students.
White students account for 99% of the school's enrollment. Among Letcher County residents, the White share is about 97%. A diversity index of 2% means there is a 2% chance two randomly chosen students at Whitesburg Middle School are from different groups.
There are 11.1 full-time-equivalent teachers at Whitesburg Middle School, giving a ratio of 17.2:1. Middle schools in Kentucky have an average ratio of 15.8:1. By family income, 65% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
Among Kentucky public middle schools, Whitesburg Middle School outscored 66%, which works out to a B+ on the allk12 Grade.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Whitesburg Middle School is 2.3 points above the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 43.2% actual, 40.9% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Kentucky.
For Letcher County, Census Bureau data show the median household earns about $41,793 a year, 13% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 18% of people live in poverty. Counting Whitesburg Middle School, Letcher County has 11 public schools.
Measured in a straight line, West Whitesburg Elementary School is less than a tenth of a mile from Whitesburg Middle School. The five-mile area around Whitesburg Middle School holds 4 other public schools. Among 8 nearby schools that report test results, Whitesburg Middle School ranks 2nd on proficiency.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Rural: Remote, meaning it is in rural territory far from an urban area.
The school grew from 186 students in 2020-21 to 191 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio went up from 14.3:1 to 17.2:1.
Whitesburg Middle School has a community page on allk12 for topics such as athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Letcher County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
20,808
Census ACS
Median income
$41,793
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
13%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
18%
Below federal line
Schools in county
11
2,882 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Letcher County
- Letcher County Central High SchoolHigh · 692 students
- West Whitesburg Elementary SchoolElementary · 462 students
- Letcher Elementary & Middle SchoolElementary · 322 students
- Martha Jane Potter Elementary SchoolElementary · 273 students
- Cowan Elementary SchoolElementary · 246 students
- Fleming Neon Middle SchoolMiddle · 131 students
Other schools in Whitesburg
- Letcher County Central High SchoolHigh · 692 students
- West Whitesburg Elementary SchoolElementary · 462 students
- Martha Jane Potter Elementary SchoolElementary · 273 students
- Cowan Elementary SchoolElementary · 246 students
- Letcher County Alternative Education CtrHigh · 2 students
- Letcher County Area Technology CenterHigh
Other Whitesburg Middle schools
One other US public school is named Whitesburg Middle. Whitesburg Middle School is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Whitesburg Middle SchoolHuntsville, AL · 535 students
Nearby schools
- West Whitesburg Elementary School0.0 mi · 462
- Letcher County Alternative Education Ctr1.7 mi · 2
- Cowan Elementary School1.8 mi · 246
- Letcher County Central High School2.6 mi · 692
- Arlie Boggs Elementary School5.0 mi · 110
- Martha Jane Potter Elementary School5.9 mi · 273
Frequently asked questions
About Whitesburg Middle SchoolHow large is Whitesburg Middle School?
Whitesburg Middle School enrolls approximately 191 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Whitesburg Middle School serve?
Whitesburg Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Whitesburg Middle School?
Approximately 17.2:1 students per teacher at Whitesburg Middle School.
How diverse is Whitesburg Middle School?
Whitesburg Middle School reports a student body of 99% White, 1% Hispanic, 1% Two or more.
Is Whitesburg Middle School public or private?
Whitesburg Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Letcher County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.