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Alumni: what's one memory from Foust Elementary School that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
400
Elementary
DISTRICT 415 · STATE 421
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·OWENSBORO INDEPENDENT·NCES 210459001132
Foust Elementary School
601 Foust Ave, Owensboro, KY 42301 · (270) 686-1060 · Daviess County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL400 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 71% of Kentucky public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
12.1:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.3:1 · STATE 15.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
89%
356 students
DISTRICT 75% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 80 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 64 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 87 | 22% |
| Grade 3 | 67 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 57 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 45 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (80) is 78% larger than its 5th grade class (45).
Student demographics
71%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · 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
48.7%
KY avg 47.9%
Math
54.3%
KY avg 42.8%
What this means: On the KSA (K-PREP), Kentucky's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 54 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of KY schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
48.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.0%
based on KY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+16.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 49% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 32% typical for Kentucky schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 16 points, placing it in Kentucky's top 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 Foust Elementary School
Foust Elementary School's state test result (48.5% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Foust Elementary School this school | 400 | 89.0% | 48.5% |
| Newport Intermediate School Newport | 374 | 88.2% | 22.8% |
| Newport Primary School Newport | 369 | 87.0% | N/A |
| Cravens Elementary School Owensboro | 396 | 88.4% | 28.4% |
| Estes Elementary School Owensboro | 492 | 90.4% | 30.5% |
| Ninth District Elementary Covington | 324 | 83.6% | 28.6% |
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 Foust Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Kentucky | In Daviess County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 48.5% | #260 of 669 | #11 of 17 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 54.3% | #179 of 668 | #6 of 17 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.7% | #365 of 674 | #13 of 17 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 400 | #433 of 744 | #13 of 18 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.1:1 | #51 of 674 | #1 of 17 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.7% | #53 of 674 | #1 of 17 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 89.0% | #23 of 721 | #2 of 17 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +7.8% | #112 of 233 | #5 of 9 |
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
400
-7 (-2%) vs 2020
-24% since 1990-91, when it was 526
Student : Teacher
12.1:1
was 12.3:1
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 | 400 | 33 | 12.1:1 | 89% (356) |
| 2023-24 | 412 | 33 | 12.5:1 | 91% (376) |
| 2022-23 | 411 | 33.4 | 12.3:1 | 88% (362) |
| 2020-21 | 407 | 33 | 12.3:1 | 82% (335) |
| 2017-18 | 371 | 29.5 | 12.6:1 | 98% (365) |
| 2015-16 | 420 | 28 | 15.0:1 | 93% (392) |
| 2010-11 | 326 | 25 | 13.0:1 | 94% (306) |
| 2000-01 | 301 | 15 | 20.1:1 | 99% (298) |
| 1990-91 | 526 | 32 | 16.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Foust Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 8% (371 to 400); teachers up 12% (29.5 to 33).
About Foust Elementary School
Foust Elementary School is an elementary school in Owensboro, Kentucky, and it is part of Owensboro Independent. Enrollment totals 400 students across kindergarten through 5.
Foust Elementary School sits within Owensboro Independent, which has 10 schools and 5,035 students.
No group is above 50% at Foust Elementary School; the largest is White, at 43%. Beyond that, enrollment is 22% Hispanic, 20% Black, and 14% multiracial. The White share of the county population is higher, at 86%. The diversity index for Foust Elementary School is 71%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
With 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 12.1:1. Elementary schools in Kentucky have an average ratio of 15.4:1. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at Foust Elementary School, 89% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That rate is above the 61% average among public schools in Daviess County.
Foust Elementary School earns a B+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 71% of Kentucky public elementary schools.
Given its lunch-eligibility share, the predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results for Foust Elementary School is 32.0%. It actually posts 48.5%, which is 16.5 points higher and in the top 10% of Kentucky schools.
In Daviess County, where the school is located, the median household earns about $68,214 a year, 26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Daviess County number 37, with about 15,983 students.
Among nearby public schools, Hager Preschool is closest at less than a tenth of a mile. Foust Elementary School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. The nearest schools with test data average 37.8%, lower than Foust Elementary School's 48.5%.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as City: Small, meaning it is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
The school's size has been steady, with 407 students in 2020-21 and 400 in 2024-25.
Foust Elementary School has a community page on allk12 for topics such as pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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 Owensboro Independent
- Owensboro High SchoolHigh · 1,342 students
- Owensboro Middle SchoolMiddle · 790 students
- Newton Parrish Elementary SchoolElementary · 545 students
- Sutton Elementary SchoolElementary · 535 students
- Estes Elementary SchoolElementary · 492 students
- Cravens Elementary SchoolElementary · 396 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
- Hager Preschool0.0 mi · 120
- Emerson Academy0.4 mi · 104
- Cravens Elementary School0.8 mi · 396
- Owensboro High School1.3 mi · 1,342
- Sutton Elementary School1.4 mi · 535
- Owensboro Middle School1.5 mi · 790
Frequently asked questions
About Foust Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Foust Elementary School?
Foust Elementary School enrolls approximately 400 students in grades KG-05.
Is Foust Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Foust Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at Foust Elementary School?
Approximately 12.1:1 students per teacher at Foust Elementary School.
How diverse is Foust Elementary School?
Foust Elementary School reports a student body of 43% White, 22% Hispanic, 20% Black, 1% Asian, 14% Two or more.
What district is Foust Elementary School in?
Foust Elementary School is part of Owensboro Independent.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.