Regular local school district · Daviess County
Daviess County Public Schools, KY: schools, enrollment and spending
Daviess County Public Schools runs 24 public schools with 10,948 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 16.4 students per teacher is 0.8 higher than the Kentucky figure of 15.6.Listed in NCES data as "Daviess County".
At a glance
- Schools
- 24
- Students
- 10,948
- Teachers (FTE)
- 668
- Students per teacher
- 16.4
- KY: 15.6 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 1622 Southeastern Parkway, Owensboro, KY 42303
- Phone
- (270)852-7000
- County
- Daviess County
- Locale
- Suburb: Small
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 2101470
- State district ID
- KY-030145000
- Total staff (FTE)
- 1,686
- School counselors (FTE)
- 27.0About 405 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 75.0
Students per teacher compared
This district16.4
Kentucky15.6
United States15.3
2020 finance data
From the F-33 School District Finance Survey for fiscal year 2020, in nominal dollars. Enrollment used for per-pupil figures is the finance survey count (11,102), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $147.9 million
- Federal revenue
- $18.4 million
- State revenue
- $76.4 million
- Local revenue
- $53.0 million
- Total spending
- $155.4 million
- Spending per pupil
- $13,999
- Salaries
- $71.9 million46.2% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $104.9 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 12.5%
- State: 51.7%
- Local: 35.9%
Kentucky overall
- Federal: 15.8%
- State: 50.5%
- Local: 33.7%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$13,999
Kentucky$13,951
United States$16,826
Schools in Daviess County Public Schools
By level: 7 high, 3 middle, 13 elementary, 1 ungraded. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Apollo High School | High | 9 to 12 | 1,265 | 16.2 |
| Audubon Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 408 | 15.1 |
| College View Middle School | Middle | 6 to 8 | 821 | 16.1 |
| Country Heights Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 462 | 16.5 |
| Daviess County High School | High | 9 to 12 | 1,750 | 20.6 |
| Daviess County Middle School | Middle | 6 to 8 | 870 | 16.7 |
| Deer Park Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 480 | 19.2 |
| East View Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 440 | 16.3 |
| F T Burns Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 440 | 16.3 |
| F T Burns Middle School | Middle | 6 to 8 | 757 | 15.1 |
| Heritage Park High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 140 | 9.3 |
| Highland Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 440 | 15.7 |
| Kentucky TECH - Daviess County Campus | Ungraded | 15 | 0 | |
| Meadow Lands Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 479 | 17.7 |
| Owensboro Day Treatment | High | 7 to 12 | 14 | 4.7 |
| Sorgho Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 341 | 13.6 |
| Southern Oaks Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 468 | 16.7 |
| Tamarack Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 564 | 16.6 |
| The Center for Academic Improvement | High | 6 to 12 | 17 | 17.0 |
| Valley Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | K to 8 | 19 | 2.7 |
| Valley High School | High | 9 to 12 | 16 | 16.0 |
| Virtual Academy | High | 6 to 12 | 75 | 75.0 |
| West Louisville Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 319 | 15.2 |
| Whitesville Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 363 | 15.8 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Daviess County
- Owensboro Independent School District 5,049 students
More in Kentucky
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Finance figures are 2020 finance data in nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.