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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the Owensboro Middle School administration to hear?
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Enrollment
790
Middle
DISTRICT 551 · STATE 558
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·OWENSBORO INDEPENDENT·NCES 210459002305
Owensboro Middle School
1300 Booth Ave, Owensboro, KY 42301 · (270) 686-1130 · Daviess County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL790 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 14% of Kentucky public middle schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats 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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
12.7:1
62 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.5:1 · STATE 15.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
72%
566 students
DISTRICT 75% · STATE 63%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 250 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 276 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 264 | 33% |
Student demographics
68%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
33.0%
KY avg 47.9%
Math
32.7%
KY avg 42.8%
What this means: On the KSA (K-PREP), Kentucky's statewide test, about 33 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 33 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
28.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.5%
based on KY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 28% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 38% typical for Kentucky schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Kentucky's top nor bottom 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 Owensboro Middle School
Owensboro Middle School's state test result (28.4% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Owensboro Middle School this school | 790 | 71.6% | 28.4% |
| F T Burns Middle School Owensboro | 757 | 64.3% | 43.5% |
| Hopkinsville Middle School Hopkinsville | 741 | 69.0% | 32.3% |
| Farnsley Middle Louisville | 919 | 68.7% | 26.8% |
| Carrithers Middle Louisville | 545 | 63.9% | 27.5% |
| John W. Bate Middle School Danville | 358 | 67.3% | 41.1% |
Matched among Kentucky middle 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 Owensboro Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Kentucky |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 28.4% | #186 of 216 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 32.7% | #160 of 216 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 33.0% | #190 of 217 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 790 | #35 of 221 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.7:1 | #14 of 210 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.0% | #24 of 210 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 71.6% | #30 of 219 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +10.5% | #23 of 49 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
790
-42 (-5%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
12.7:1
was 13.6:1
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 | 790 | 62 | 12.7:1 | 72% (566) |
| 2023-24 | 786 | 61 | 12.9:1 | 77% (607) |
| 2022-23 | 807 | 63 | 12.8:1 | 74% (594) |
| 2020-21 | 832 | 61 | 13.6:1 | 69% (573) |
| 2017-18 | 715 | 47.8 | 15.0:1 | 73% (524) |
| 2015-16 | 722 | 46 | 15.7:1 | 70% (504) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Owensboro Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 10% (715 to 790); teachers up 30% (47.8 to 62).
About Owensboro Middle School
Owensboro Middle School is a medium-sized middle school in Owensboro, Kentucky. The latest federal count shows 790 students in grades 6 through 8. Against the 558-student average for middle schools in Kentucky, enrollment here is 42% higher.
Owensboro Independent runs Owensboro Middle School along with 9 other schools, enrolling 5,035 students in total.
Owensboro Middle School's enrollment is 50% White. Next come 17% Hispanic, 16% Black, 11% multiracial, and 5% Asian. That compares with about 86% White among all Daviess County residents. The chance that two students picked at random at Owensboro Middle School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 68%.
The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 12.7:1, with 62 full-time-equivalent teachers. Among middle schools in Kentucky, the typical ratio is 15.8:1. Lunch subsidy eligibility at Owensboro Middle School is 72%. That rate is above the 61% average among public schools in Daviess County.
Owensboro Middle School is graded D by allk12, scoring above 14% of Kentucky public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Compared with Kentucky schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Owensboro Middle School's results are 10.1 points below predicted: 28.4% against 38.5%.
County data help place the school in context: in Daviess County, median household income is about $68,214, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 26%, and roughly 12% of residents are in poverty. Owensboro Middle School is among the 37 public schools in Daviess County.
Owensboro Innovation Middle School is the closest public school, about 0.2 miles away in a straight line. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. On state test proficiency, Owensboro Middle School ranks 6th in a group of 6 nearby schools.
NCES lists the school's locale as City: Small. That means it sits inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
The 2024-25 enrollment of 790 was 5% lower than in 2020-21, when it was 832.
If you have questions about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week at Owensboro Middle School, you can post them here. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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
- Newton Parrish Elementary SchoolElementary · 545 students
- Sutton Elementary SchoolElementary · 535 students
- Estes Elementary SchoolElementary · 492 students
- Foust Elementary SchoolElementary · 400 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
- F T Burns Middle SchoolMiddle · 757 students
Nearby schools
- Owensboro Innovation Middle School0.2 mi · 311
- Sutton Elementary School0.4 mi · 535
- Newton Parrish Elementary School0.8 mi · 545
- Owensboro High School0.9 mi · 1,342
- Tamarack Elementary School1.0 mi · 564
- Emerson Academy1.2 mi · 104
Frequently asked questions
About Owensboro Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Owensboro Middle School?
Owensboro Middle School enrolls approximately 790 students in grades 06-08.
Is Owensboro Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Owensboro Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at Owensboro Middle School?
Approximately 12.7:1 students per teacher at Owensboro Middle School.
How diverse is Owensboro Middle School?
Owensboro Middle School reports a student body of 50% White, 17% Hispanic, 16% Black, 5% Asian, 11% Two or more.
Who oversees Owensboro Middle School?
Owensboro Middle School is overseen by Owensboro Independent in Daviess County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.