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Daviess County

Owensboro, Kentucky · Public School District · Open

Key statistics

10,948
Students enrolled
24
Public schools
668
Classroom teachers (FTE)
16.4:1
Students per teacher

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data. School year: 2024-25.

Students

By grade

  • Pre-K 395
  • Kindergarten 738
  • Grade 1 819
  • Grade 2 822
  • Grade 3 845
  • Grade 4 792
  • Grade 5 805
  • Grade 6 845
  • Grade 7 802
  • Grade 8 813
  • Grade 9 827
  • Grade 10 810
  • Grade 11 855
  • Grade 12 774
  • Ungraded 6

By race/ethnicity

  • White 76%
  • Hispanic/Latino 9%
  • Two or more races 6%
  • Asian 5%
  • Black or African American 4%
  • American Indian or Alaska Native <1%
  • Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander <1%

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (fall membership), school year 2024-25. Race/ethnicity as reported by the state.

Free and reduced-price lunch

57% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch 6,226 of 10,948 students in the district's schools
  • Free lunch 50%
  • Reduced-price lunch 7%

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data, school year 2024-25. Eligibility as reported by the state. Schools that serve free meals to every student may count all of them as eligible, so figures are not comparable from state to state.

Spending and revenue

$13,226 spent per student on day-to-day operations Kentucky median: $13,611 per student

Spending per student

  • Instruction $8,240
  • Support services $4,078
  • Other (food service, etc.) $908

Where the money comes from

  • Local 41%
  • State 47%
  • Federal 12%

Total revenue $169.0 milliontotal spending $170.8 million

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, School District Finance Survey (F-33), school year 2023-24. Day-to-day spending is NCES's current expenditures: it leaves out construction, equipment, debt and payments to charter or private schools. Per student is per fall enrollment of that year.

District details

Grades served

PK to 12

Locale (NCES)

Suburb: SmallStudents: 54% suburb, 31% rural, 15% city

Total staff (FTE)

1,686

District office

1622 Southeastern Parkway, Owensboro KY 42303

County

Daviess County

Official website

NCES District ID

2101470

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About Daviess County

Description provided by the district or community — not part of the NCES dataset.

The mission of Daviess County Public Schools is to prepare students to succeed for life by meeting the individual needs of students, ensuring quality instruction, and developing a learning community.
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