Hager Preschool

Hager Preschool is a very small elementary school in Owensboro, Kentucky, administered by Owensboro Independent. It reported 120 students in pre-K in 2024-25. By comparison, elementary schools in Kentucky enroll about 421 students on average.

Hager Preschool is among 10 schools run by Owensboro Independent, which serves 5,035 students.

White students make up 42% of enrollment at Hager Preschool, the largest share of any group. Other reported shares: 22% Black, 19% multiracial, 15% Hispanic, and 3% Asian. That compares with about 86% White among all Daviess County residents. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 72%.

The school has 12.1 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 9.9 students per teacher. Statewide, elementary schools in Kentucky average 15.4:1. Of all students at Hager Preschool, 87% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Daviess County average 61%.

For the population of Daviess County, median household income comes to about $68,214, 26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 12% of people live in poverty. Daviess County's 37 public schools enroll about 15,983 students and include Hager Preschool.

The closest school to Hager Preschool is Foust Elementary School, located less than a tenth of a mile away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Hager Preschool.

NCES lists the school's locale as City: Small. That means it sits inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.

Compared with 2020-21, when it had 120 students, enrollment in 2024-25 was about the same at 120. Its ratio of students to teachers was 12.0:1 in 2020-21, and 9.9:1 in 2024-25.

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