Owensboro High School

Owensboro High School is a well-populated high school in Owensboro, Kentucky, part of Owensboro Independent. The school teaches 1,342 students in grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 558 students per school, that is 141% bigger than typical.

Owensboro Independent comprises 10 schools with combined enrollment of 5,035 students; Owensboro High School is among them.

On the student-mix side, Owensboro High School lists that White students make up the majority at 56%. Beyond that, the school lists 16% Hispanic, 13% Black, 12% multiracial, 3% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 86% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, On paper, Owensboro High School has 81 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.6:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 63% of students at Owensboro High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

With demographic context factored in, Owensboro High School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 41.8%, the actual is 33.3%, a residual of -8.6 points.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Daviess County) reports that median household income runs about $68,214, about 26% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Daviess County's 37 public schools (combined enrollment of about 15,983 students), Owensboro High School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Emerson Academy, roughly 0.9 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Owensboro High School ranks 5th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 44.1%.

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

Looking at the recent track record. Owensboro High School's enrollment has climbed 3% since 2018, when it stood at 1,307 (now 1,342). White enrollment moved from 65% to 56% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 17.6:1 in 2018 to 16.6:1 today.

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