Foust Elementary School

As a reasonably sized elementary campus in Owensboro, Kentucky, Foust Elementary School instructs 400 students from grades K through 5, part of Owensboro Independent.

Across the 10 schools in Owensboro Independent (5,035 students total), Foust Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Foust Elementary School lists that 43% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder reads as 22% Hispanic, 20% Black, 14% multiracial. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 86%.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Foust Elementary School has 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.4:1, putting Foust Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. About 89% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Daviess County runs at roughly 61%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Foust Elementary School sits in the top 10% of Kentucky schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 32.0%; actual is 48.5%, +16.5 points clear of the demographic baseline.

In the area at large, Daviess County reports that the typical household earns roughly $68,214 per year, 26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 12%. Foust Elementary School is one of 37 public schools in Daviess County (combined enrollment of about 15,983 students).

Nearest neighbor: Hager Preschool, around 0.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Foust Elementary School comes 2nd of 6 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 37.8%.

Geographically, the school is in a city-core area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Foust Elementary School has expanded 8%, going from 371 students in 2018 to 400 in 2025. Asian enrollment moved from 14% to 1% across the same window.

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