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Audubon Elementary School

300 Worthington Road, Owensboro, KY 42301 · (270) 852-7150 · Daviess County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY23-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL408 STUDENTS
Enrollment
408
Elementary
DISTRICT 402 · STATE 421
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.1:1 · STATE 15.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
63%
258 students
DISTRICT 62% · STATE 63%
Community
4
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.

Enrollment by grade, 2024-25

GradeStudentsShare
Pre-K215%
Kindergarten6315%
Grade 16015%
Grade 25914%
Grade 37117%
Grade 46917%
Grade 56516%
Student demographics
53%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 41% · STATE 47% · US 70%
White
27166%
DISTRICT 76% · STATE 71% · US 43%
Hispanic
338%
DISTRICT 9% · STATE 10% · US 30%
Black
338%
DISTRICT 4% · STATE 11% · US 15%
Asian
236%
DISTRICT 5% · STATE 2% · US 6%
Two+
4712%
DISTRICT 6% · STATE 6% · US 5%
Pacific Islander
10%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 0% · US 0%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Male
20149%
Female
20751%

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Test scores

KSA (K-PREP) 2024-25 . % Proficient/Distinguished
English Language Arts
62.7%
KY avg 47.9%
Math
43.0%
KY avg 42.8%

What this means: On the KSA (K-PREP), Kentucky's statewide test, about 63 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 43 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Kentucky schools, those numbers are about 48 and 43.

Source: KSA (K-PREP). All students, all grades. See all years and grades →

BeatsExpectations

Demographically-adjusted score · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
49.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.6%
based on KY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.7pp
above demographic expectation

What this means: About 49% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 42% typical for Kentucky schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Kentucky's top nor bottom 10%.

BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →

Where Audubon Elementary School ranks

Among elementary schools
MeasureThis schoolIn KentuckyIn Daviess County
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
49.2%#248 of 669#9 of 17
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
43.0%#349 of 668#14 of 17
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
62.7%#130 of 674#4 of 17
Enrollment
ranked largest first
408#416 of 744#12 of 18
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
14.8:1#342 of 674#5 of 17
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
52.9%#201 of 674#7 of 17
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
63.2%#416 of 721#8 of 17
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked steepest decline first
-16.7%#157 of 437#6 of 8
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list.

4-year change

SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25
Enrollment
408
-35 (-8%) vs 2020
-3% since 2000-01, when it was 419
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
was 15.8:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-2540827.514.8:163% (258)
2023-244162715.4:165% (272)
2022-233873012.9:165% (250)
2020-214432815.8:153% (234)
2017-1849028.717.1:156% (275)
2015-165222818.6:164% (334)
2010-115142917.7:163% (324)
2000-014191922.1:161% (257)
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Audubon Elementary School.

About Audubon Elementary School

Audubon Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school in Kentucky, with an address in Owensboro. It is open to students in pre-K through 5 and enrolls 408 students.

Daviess County has 23 schools and 10,948 students, and Audubon Elementary School is one of those schools.

About 66% of the student body at Audubon Elementary School is White. Other groups make up 12% multiracial, 8% Hispanic, 8% Black, and 6% Asian. County-wide, 86% of Daviess County residents are White. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 53%.

Its ratio of 14.8:1 is based on 27.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. It is about the same as the 15.4:1 average for elementary schools in Kentucky. In all, 63% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That is in line with the 61% average for public schools in Daviess County.

In Kentucky, Audubon Elementary School is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 49.2% actual against a predicted 41.6%.

Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Daviess County show that median household income comes to about $68,214, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 26% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 12%. Daviess County counts 37 public schools with about 15,983 students.

Valley Elementary School is about 1.1 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Audubon Elementary School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Audubon Elementary School's average proficiency of 49.2% compares with 41.9% for its nearest scored neighbors.

By NCES locale, the school is Suburb: Small, or in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population under 100,000.

Enrollment fell by 8% across 4 years, from 443 in 2020-21 to 408 in 2024-25.

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Daviess County at a glance

View full county profile
Population
103,648
Census ACS
Median income
$68,214
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
26%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
37
15,983 students

Quick facts

School name
Audubon Elementary School
District
Daviess County
Address
300 Worthington Road, Owensboro, KY 42301
Phone
(270) 852-7150
County
Daviess County
Level
Elementary
Grade range
PK–05
Total enrollment
408
Teachers (FTE)
28
Student–teacher ratio
14.8:1
Free and reduced lunch
258 (63%)
Locale
23-Suburb: Small
NCES ID
210147000054
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

Related schools

Other schools in Daviess County
Other schools in Owensboro
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Frequently asked questions

About Audubon Elementary School
How many students attend Audubon Elementary School?
Audubon Elementary School enrolls approximately 408 students in grades PK-05.
Is Audubon Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Audubon Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Audubon Elementary School have?
Audubon Elementary School employs 28 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.8:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Audubon Elementary School?
At Audubon Elementary School, the student body is approximately 66% White, 8% Hispanic, 8% Black, 6% Asian, 12% Two or more.
What district is Audubon Elementary School in?
Audubon Elementary School is part of Daviess County.
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