Newton Parrish Elementary School

Newton Parrish Elementary School is a middle-of-the-pack elementary-level community in Owensboro, Kentucky, operated by Owensboro Independent. The school works with 545 students in grades K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 421 students per school, that is 29% bigger than typical.

Within Owensboro Independent, which oversees 10 schools and 5,035 students, Newton Parrish Elementary School is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Newton Parrish Elementary School records that the largest single group is White, at 64% of enrollment. The remainder comes out to 13% multiracial, 10% Hispanic, 8% Black, 5% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 86% White, putting the school's mix noticeably less White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, The school employs 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.9:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 66% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

After controlling for student poverty, Newton Parrish Elementary School ranks in the top 10% of Kentucky public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 40.4%; Newton Parrish Elementary School posts 58.2%, +17.9 points above that line.

Across the wider county, census data for Daviess County shows the typical household earns roughly $68,214 per year, about 26% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 12%. In all, Daviess County runs 37 public schools (combined enrollment of about 15,983 students), of which Newton Parrish Elementary School is one.

The closest other public school is Owensboro Innovation Middle School, roughly 0.6 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Newton Parrish Elementary School comes 2nd of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 46.2%.

Geographically, the school is in an urban area.

Looking at the recent track record. Newton Parrish Elementary School's enrollment has grew 28% since 2018, when it stood at 425 (now 545). Over the same period, the White share fell from 70% to 64%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 17.0:1 in 2018 to 14.9:1 in 2025.

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