School district · Kentucky

Daviess County

Daviess County in Kentucky: 24 public schools with 10,948 students and 16.4 students per teacher in the 2024–25 school year. It spent $13,226 per student in FY2024.

Schools: 24
Students: 10,948
Students per teacher: 16.4; KY 15.3 · US 15.1
Spending per student: $13,226; KY $14.6K · US $17.6K

Staff

Full-time equivalents reported by the district. Ratios are students per staff member: lower means more staff for each student, not better results.

Teachers (FTE): 668
Counselors (FTE): 27.0
Students per counselor: 406; KY 320 · US 357
Psychologists (FTE): 8.0; Librarians (FTE): 17.0

Money

Current spending pays for staff, services and supplies; buildings and debt are counted apart. It follows local costs and needs (special education, long bus routes), so it is a comparison, not a grade.

Spending per student, 2015–2024

$9.1K15

$9.2K16

$9.4K17

$10.3K18

$10.5K19

$10.7K20

$11.6K21

$12.5K22

$13.8K23

$13.2K24

Where the money comes from (FY2024)

Federal: 12% · $20.4M
State: 47% · $79.7M
Local: 41% · $69M

Per student (FY2024)

Instruction: $8,240
Support services: $4,078
Buildings and equipment (capital outlay): $20.3M
Long-term debt: $90.5M

Schools

Open public schools of the district in the 2024–25 school year.

Elementary schools: 13Middle schools: 3High schools: 7Other schools: 1

School	Grades	Students	Students / teacher	City or town
Audubon Elementary SchoolFree meals for all	Pre-K–5	408	14.8	Owensboro
Country Heights Elementary SchoolFree meals for all	Pre-K–5	462	16.2	Owensboro
Deer Park Elementary SchoolFree meals for all	Pre-K–5	480	18.8	Owensboro
East View Elementary SchoolFree meals for all	Pre-K–5	440	16.3	Owensboro
F T Burns Elementary SchoolFree meals for all	Pre-K–5	440	16.3	Owensboro
Highland Elementary SchoolFree meals for all	Pre-K–5	440	15.7	Owensboro
Meadow Lands Elementary SchoolFree meals for all	Pre-K–5	479	17.7	Owensboro
Sorgho Elementary SchoolFree meals for all	Pre-K–5	341	13.4	Owensboro
Southern Oaks Elementary SchoolFree meals for all	Pre-K–5	468	16.7	Utica
Tamarack Elementary SchoolFree meals for all	Pre-K–5	564	16.5	Owensboro
Valley Elementary SchoolAlternativeFree meals for all	K–8	19	2.7	Owensboro
West Louisville Elementary SchoolFree meals for all	Pre-K–5	319	15.2	Owensboro
Whitesville Elementary SchoolFree meals for all	Pre-K–5	363	15.8	Whitesville
College View Middle School	6–8	821	15.9	Owensboro
Daviess County Middle School	6–8	870	16.5	Owensboro
F T Burns Middle School	6–8	757	14.9	Owensboro
Apollo High School	9–12	1,265	16.2	Owensboro
Daviess County High School	9–12	1,750	20.6	Owensboro
Heritage Park High SchoolAlternativeFree meals for all	9–12	140	9.3	Owensboro
Owensboro Day TreatmentAlternative	7–12	14	4.7	Owensboro
The Center for Academic ImprovementAlternative	6–12	17	17.0	Owensboro
Valley High SchoolAlternative	9–12	16	16.0	Owensboro
Virtual AcademyAlternativeMostly virtual	6–12	75	75.0	Owensboro
Kentucky TECH - Daviess County CampusCareer and technical	Ungraded	0	—	Owensboro

Sources

Address: 1622 Southeastern Parkway, Owensboro, KY 42303
Phone: (270)852-7000

Website

Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
Annual Survey of School System Finances (U.S. Census Bureau), FY2024. U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances (F-33).