East Kentucky Times

There were 2,129 students enrolled in Magoffin County School District schools in the 2022-23 school year, 0.4% less than the previous year, according to the Kentucky Department of Education.

Of all the students welcomed in the 2022-23 school year, 53% of them were boys, and 47% were girls.

Data also shows that most of the students were white, representing 97.5% of the district's total enrollment.

Magoffin County School District roughly covers five schools within Magoffin County and has a main office in Salyersville.

Among the five schools in Magoffin County School District, Magoffin County High School recorded the highest enrollment of 661 students in the 2022-23 school year.

Despite escaping some of the pandemic's educational disruptions, Kentucky's achievement gaps have remained an issue since 2019. In the eighth-grade reading assessments, for example, Hispanic students scored eight points lower than their white peers, and the gap reached 15 points in math. Black students fared even worse, falling more than 20 points behind and facing a failure rate nearly double that of their white counterparts.

Data also shows that between 2019 and 2023, there was an increase of 260% in the number of available teaching posts in Kentucky schools. This often leads to larger class sizes, combining programs, and retaining staff despite potential negative impacts on teacher working conditions.

School Name	Total Enrollment in 2021-22	Total Enrollment in 2022-23	% change
Magoffin County High School	659	661	0.3%
Salyersville Grade School	534	537	0.6%
North Magoffin Elementary School	445	447	0.4%
Herald Whitaker Middle School	285	260	-9.6%
South Magoffin Elementary School	215	224	4.2%