Valley High School

Valley High School is a 9-12 campus of micro-enrollment scale in Owensboro, Kentucky, run under Daviess County, serveing 16 students in grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 558 students per school, that is 97% smaller than typical.

Valley High School is one of 23 schools operated by Daviess County, a district that works with 10,948 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Valley High School shows that 88% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest breaks down as 6% Hispanic, 6% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school employs 1 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.0:1. The state averages about 16.6:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 75% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Daviess County runs at roughly 61%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

In the broader community, Daviess County reports that median household income runs about $68,214, roughly 26% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Valley High School is one of 37 public schools in Daviess County (combined enrollment of about 15,983 students).

Valley Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Valley High School.

Valley High School operates from an outlying location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count climbed 14%: 14 students in 2018 compared to 16 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 14% to 0% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 14.0:1 in 2018 to 16.0:1 today.

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