Whitesville Elementary School

Whitesville Elementary School, a mid-tier elementary-level community in Whitesville, Kentucky, run under Daviess County, works with 363 students, covering grades pre-K through 5.

Whitesville Elementary School is one of 23 schools operated by Daviess County, a district that caters to 10,948 students overall.

On demographics, Whitesville Elementary School lists that the student body is overwhelmingly White (93%). The remainder breaks down as 3% multiracial, 2% Hispanic.

In terms of school funding signals, Whitesville Elementary School reports 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.8:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 46% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Daviess County runs at roughly 61%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Whitesville Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 48.0%, the actual is 51.4%, a residual of +3.4 points.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Daviess County shows the typical household earns roughly $68,214 per year, 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), Whitesville Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Country Heights Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 8.8 miles from this campus. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Whitesville Elementary School at 4th of 8; the average score across the group is 51.5%.

Whitesville Elementary School operates from a countryside location.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Whitesville Elementary School has showed little movement, going from 356 students in 2018 to 363 in 2025. Class-load math has narrowed: from 18.7:1 in 2018 to 15.8:1 in 2025.

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