West Louisville Elementary School

West Louisville Elementary School is an intimate K-5 school in Owensboro, Kentucky, part of Daviess County. The school works with 319 students in grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 421 students per school, that is 24% smaller than typical.

Daviess County runs 23 schools in total, collectively educating 10,948 students. West Louisville Elementary School is one of those campuses.

Demographically, West Louisville Elementary School logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (86%). The remainder consists of 10% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the income-and-resources front, The school lists 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.2:1. The state averages about 15.4:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 55% of students at West Louisville Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, West Louisville Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 44.6%; this one delivers 40.7%.

In the broader community, Daviess County reports that median household income runs about $68,214, 26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. Across Daviess County's 37 public schools (combined enrollment of about 15,983 students), West Louisville Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Sorgho Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 4.9 miles from this campus. Within ten miles, there are 8 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. On composite proficiency, West Louisville Elementary School comes 3rd of 5 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 40.3%.

The school occupies an outlying site.

Looking at the recent track record. West Louisville Elementary School's enrollment has decreased 13% since 2018, when it stood at 368 (now 319). The White share of enrollment declined from 91% to 86% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 16.7:1 in 2018 to 15.2:1 in 2025.

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