Schools · Owensboro
Owensboro, KY schools
Owensboro’s public schools score close to Kentucky’s averages: 41% of students are proficient in reading against 41.3% statewide, and 90% of high schoolers graduate on time against 91.8%. Kids attend one of 6 elementary schools through grade 5, then Daviess County Middle School or Owensboro Middle School or Owensboro Innovation Middle School.
Grades, test scores, graduation, spending and every school, from U.S. Department of Education data.
TownTapestry School GradeNew
C
Owensboro’s School Grade: C
The public schools Owensboro’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 68% of Kentucky’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.
BTest scoresDGraduation
Kentucky school districts we grade (172)Better than 32%
Lower resultsHigher results
Kentucky towns with similar household incomes (205)Better than 23%
High confidence. Built on 7,242 tested students and a graduating class of 766; ordinary year-to-year swings are unlikely to change the grade.
How the School Grade works
- Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on Kentucky’s state tests, each against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown below but don’t count toward the grade. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
- The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids: every district that serves it, weighted by the number of students tested in each. Tests count 60% and graduation 40%.
- Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are lined up against the rest of Kentucky only. A+ top 5%A next 10%A- next 10%B B+ to B−, next 30%C C+ to C−, next 30%D D and D−, bottom 15%
- Individual schools are graded the same way on their own test results, against every public school in Kentucky with 25+ students. Private schools aren’t graded: they don’t take the state tests.
- What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income closely, so a high grade partly reflects who lives in a town. That’s why we also compare towns with similar incomes. Visit, ask other parents, and read neighbor reviews. It’s our own summary of U.S. Department of Education data, not an official rating.
School path
Where Owensboro kids go to school
Grades PK–5
6 elementary schoolsDepends on your address · see the list Daviess County School DistrictGrades 6–8
A-Daviess County Middle School or C+Owensboro Middle School or B-Owensboro Innovation Middle School
Depends on your address Daviess County School DistrictBased on district boundaries from the U.S. Department of Education. Check with the district before you enroll.
Test scores · 2020–21
Close to the state in reading
Reading (grades PK–8, Daviess County)41%
State average 41.3%
Reading (Owensboro Independent)36%
State average 41.3%
Math (grades PK–8, Daviess County)33%
State average 29.6%
Math (Owensboro Independent)27%
State average 29.6%
Graduation · class of 2020
90% graduate on time
Graduation rate
90%
KY: 91.8%
Graduating class
766
students
The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years.
Districts
Two districts serve Owensboro
Daviess County School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 24 schools · 10,948 students
$13,226 per studentKY $14,752C+Owensboro Independent School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 13 schools · 5,035 students
$15,085 per studentKY $14,752C-Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Colleges
Owensboro is home to 3 colleges
Owensboro Community and Technical CollegeCommunity college · Public · Owensboro3,537on campusKentucky Wesleyan CollegeUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Owensboro724on campusBrescia UniversityUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Owensboro424on campus
All 3 colleges in Owensboro →Every school
All 25 schools in Owensboro
Showing 1–25 of 25 schools
Tamarack Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 564 students
A-PublicNewton Parrish Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades K–5 · 545 students
APublicSutton Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades K–5 · 535 students
B+PublicEstes Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 492 students
C-PublicFoust Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades K–5 · 400 students
CPublicCravens Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades K–5 · 396 students
DPublicValley Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades K–8 · 19 students
PublicOwensboro Catholic Elementary K-3Elementary · Grades K–3 · 362 students
PrivateOwensboro Catholic Elementary School 4-6 CampusElementary · Grades 4–6 · 299 students
PrivateMaximilian Montessori AcademyElementary · Grades PK–K · 47 students
PrivateDaviess County Middle SchoolMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 870 students
A-PublicOwensboro Middle SchoolMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 790 students
C+PublicOwensboro Innovation Middle SchoolMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 311 students
B-PublicOwensboro High SchoolHigh · Grades 9–12 · 1,342 students
BPublicHeritage Park High SchoolHigh · Grades 9–12 · 140 students
DPublicEmerson AcademyHigh · Grades 9–12 · 104 students
C-PublicThe Center for Academic ImprovementHigh · Grades 6–12 · 17 students
PublicValley High SchoolHigh · Grades 9–12 · 16 students
PublicOwensboro Day TreatmentHigh · Grades 7–12 · 14 students
PublicOwensboro Innovation AcademyHigh · Grades 9–12
PublicOwensboro Catholic High SchoolHigh · Grades 9–12 · 391 students
PrivateOwensboro Catholic Middle SchoolHigh · Grades 7–8 · 201 students
PrivateHager PreschoolPrekindergarten · Grades PK · 120 students
PublicKentucky TECH - Owensboro CampusUngraded
PublicOwensboro Technical CollegeUngraded
PublicSchool data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES). Ratings are from neighbors on TownTapestry.