Sorgho Elementary School

Sorgho Elementary School operates as a modestly sized elementary school in Owensboro, Kentucky, operated by Daviess County. Current enrollment sits at 341 students spanning grades pre-K through 5.

Within Daviess County, which oversees 23 schools and 10,948 students, Sorgho Elementary School is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Sorgho Elementary School records that the largest single group is White, at 66% of enrollment. The remainder reads as 17% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 6% Black, 3% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 86% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, The school currently runs with 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.4:1, putting Sorgho Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 62% of students at Sorgho Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

With demographic context factored in, Sorgho Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 42.2%; this one delivers 40.1%.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Daviess County put median household earnings sit near $68,214, 26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 12%. Across Daviess County's 37 public schools (combined enrollment of about 15,983 students), Sorgho Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Audubon Elementary School, roughly 1.9 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Sorgho Elementary School at 4th of 5; the average score across the group is 42.9%.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Sorgho Elementary School has fell 27%, going from 464 students in 2018 to 341 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share decreased from 82% to 66%. Class-load math has pulled in: from 16.6:1 in 2018 to 13.4:1 in 2025.

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