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Enrollment
440
Elementary
DISTRICT 402 · STATE 421
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DAVIESS COUNTY·NCES 210147000311
F T Burns Elementary School
4514 Goetz Drive, Owensboro, KY 42301 · (270) 852-7170 · Daviess County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY23-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL440 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 79% of Kentucky public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Kentucky public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
16.3:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.1:1 · STATE 15.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
73%
321 students
DISTRICT 62% · STATE 63%
Community
5
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
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 46 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 68 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 59 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 84 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 62 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 54 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 67 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (68) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (67).
Student demographics
63%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 41% · STATE 47% · US 70%
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
Test scores
KSA (K-PREP) 2024-25 . % Proficient/DistinguishedEnglish Language Arts
53.0%
KY avg 47.9%
Math
61.3%
KY avg 42.8%
What this means: On the KSA (K-PREP), Kentucky's statewide test, about 53 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 61 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 · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
53.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.0%
based on KY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+15.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 54% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 38% 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 →
Schools most like F T Burns Elementary School
F T Burns Elementary School's state test result (53.8% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| F T Burns Elementary School this school | 440 | 73.0% | 53.8% |
| Newton Parrish Elementary School Owensboro | 545 | 66.4% | 58.2% |
| Briarwood Elementary School Bowling Green | 685 | 69.5% | 52.3% |
| Oakland Elementary Oakland | 432 | 75.0% | 26.4% |
| Edna L. Toliver Intermediate School Danville | 520 | 72.5% | 30.8% |
| Bridgeport Elementary School Frankfort | 402 | 65.4% | 41.6% |
Matched among Kentucky elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where F T Burns Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Kentucky | In Daviess County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 53.8% | #172 of 669 | #4 of 17 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 61.3% | #100 of 668 | #2 of 17 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 53.0% | #278 of 674 | #10 of 17 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 440 | #353 of 744 | #10 of 18 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.3:1 | #534 of 674 | #12 of 17 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.2% | #128 of 674 | #4 of 17 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 73.0% | #219 of 721 | #4 of 17 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -19.7% | #112 of 437 | #5 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. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
440
-17 (-4%) vs 2020
-30% since 1990-91, when it was 625
Student : Teacher
16.3:1
was 15.2:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 440 | 27 | 16.3:1 | 73% (321) |
| 2023-24 | 446 | 30 | 14.9:1 | 74% (328) |
| 2022-23 | 479 | 30 | 16.0:1 | 74% (353) |
| 2020-21 | 457 | 30 | 15.2:1 | 68% (312) |
| 2017-18 | 548 | 32.3 | 17.0:1 | 76% (418) |
| 2015-16 | 552 | 33 | 16.7:1 | 73% (404) |
| 2010-11 | 548 | 33 | 16.6:1 | 71% (390) |
| 2000-01 | 481 | 22 | 21.9:1 | 49% (236) |
| 1990-91 | 625 | 33 | 18.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for F T Burns Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 20% (548 to 440); teachers down 16% (32.3 to 27).
About F T Burns Elementary School
F T Burns Elementary School, located in Owensboro, Kentucky, is a mid-sized elementary school. Students in pre-K through 5 make up the school's enrollment of 440 students.
Daviess County enrolls 10,948 students in 23 schools, including F T Burns Elementary School.
More than half of the students at F T Burns Elementary School are White (56%). The rest of enrollment is 17% Hispanic, 11% multiracial, 8% Black, and 6% Asian. Census estimates put the White share of Daviess County's population at about 86%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, F T Burns Elementary School scores 63%.
The school's 27 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.3:1. The average for elementary schools in Kentucky is 15.4:1, so this school has more students per teacher. At F T Burns Elementary School, 73% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. Across public schools in Daviess County, the average is 61%.
F T Burns Elementary School holds an A- allk12 Grade, placing it above 79% of Kentucky public elementary schools.
On BeatsExpectations, F T Burns Elementary School is 15.8 points above its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Kentucky schools.
The school is in Daviess County, where the median household earns about $68,214 a year, about 26% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 12%. F T Burns Elementary School shares Daviess County with 36 other public schools.
F T Burns Middle School sits about 0.1 miles from F T Burns Elementary School. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. The nearest schools with test data average 47.9%, lower than F T Burns Elementary School's 53.8%.
Under the NCES locale system, F T Burns Elementary School is Suburb: Small.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment decreased from 457 to 440, a 4% decline. There were more students per teacher in 2024-25 (16.3:1) than in 2020-21 (15.2:1).
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Daviess County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
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
Related schools
Other schools in Daviess County
- Daviess County High SchoolHigh · 1,750 students
- Apollo High SchoolHigh · 1,265 students
- Daviess County Middle SchoolMiddle · 870 students
- College View Middle SchoolMiddle · 821 students
- F T Burns Middle SchoolMiddle · 757 students
- Tamarack Elementary SchoolElementary · 564 students
Other schools in Owensboro
- Daviess County High SchoolHigh · 1,750 students
- Owensboro High SchoolHigh · 1,342 students
- Apollo High SchoolHigh · 1,265 students
- Daviess County Middle SchoolMiddle · 870 students
- College View Middle SchoolMiddle · 821 students
- Owensboro Middle SchoolMiddle · 790 students
Nearby schools
- F T Burns Middle School0.1 mi · 757
- Tamarack Elementary School0.6 mi · 564
- Apollo High School0.7 mi · 1,265
- Heritage Park High School1.0 mi · 140
- The Center for Academic Improvement1.0 mi · 17
- Owensboro Innovation Middle School1.3 mi · 311
Frequently asked questions
About F T Burns Elementary SchoolHow many students attend F T Burns Elementary School?
F T Burns Elementary School enrolls approximately 440 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does F T Burns Elementary School serve?
F T Burns Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at F T Burns Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at F T Burns Elementary School is approximately 16.3:1 (27 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at F T Burns Elementary School?
Student demographics at F T Burns Elementary School are roughly 56% White, 17% Hispanic, 8% Black, 6% Asian, 11% Two or more.
Is F T Burns Elementary School public or private?
F T Burns Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Daviess County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.