Daviess County Middle School

Summary:

Daviess County Middle School is a public middle school serving 813 students in grades 6-8 in Owensboro, Kentucky. Part of the Daviess County School District, which is ranked 61 out of 159 districts in the state, Daviess County Middle School has consistently been ranked among the top middle schools in Kentucky with a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger for the past several years.

Daviess County Middle School stands out for its exceptional academic performance, consistently outperforming the state and district averages on the Kentucky Summative Assessment (KSA) in core subjects like Mathematics, Reading, Science, and Writing. For example, in 2023-2024, 55% of 6th graders at the school were proficient or better in Mathematics, compared to 49% for the Daviess County School District and 42% for the state. The school also performs exceptionally well across various student subgroups, ranking highly in the state for the performance of female, male, Hispanic, multi-racial, and low socioeconomic status students.

When compared to nearby middle schools in the Daviess County and Owensboro Independent districts, Daviess County Middle School outperforms schools like F.T. Burns Middle School, College View Middle School, Owensboro Middle School, and Owensboro Innovation Middle School on most academic metrics, including proficiency rates in core subjects. This exceptional performance, combined with the school's consistent improvement over time and its ability to effectively support diverse student populations, make Daviess County Middle School a standout institution in the region.


Detail:

Public 6-8

 3901 Fairview Dr
       Owensboro, KY  42303-2118


(270) 852-7600

District: Daviess County

SchoolDigger Rank:
42nd of 324 Kentucky Middle Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $33,749 Help


Students who attend Daviess County Middle School usually attend:

High:    Daviess County High School

Feeder schools for Daviess County Middle School:

Elementary:    East View Elementary School
    Highland Elementary School
    Meadow Lands Elementary School
    Whitesville Elementary School

Student/teacher ratio:  16.6 Help
Number of students:  841

Racial breakdown:

White:
83.9%
Hispanic:
5.8%
Asian:
4.3%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  57.8% Help


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Compare Details Daviess County Middle School ranks better than 87% of middle schools in Kentucky. It also ranks first among 3 ranked middle schools in the Daviess County School District! (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 79.77. (See more...)
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Student Body
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Compare Details Daviess County Middle School has the largest middle school student body size in the Daviess County School District. Racial makeup is: White (83.9%), Hispanic (5.8%), Asian (4.3%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 57.8% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Daviess County Middle School is 16.6, which is the highest among 3 middle schools in the Daviess County School District! (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Daviess County Middle School is $33,749, which is the highest among 3 middle schools in the Daviess County School District!
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Daviess County Middle School:

SchoolDigger ranks Daviess County Middle School 42nd of 324 Kentucky public middle schools. (See Daviess County Middle School in the ranking list.)

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Daviess County:

SchoolDigger ranks Daviess County 61st of 159 Kentucky school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Daviess County Middle School

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Rank History for all students at Daviess County Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools KY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2007 84.41 31st 284 89.1%
2008 87.42 22nd 287 92.3%
2009 79.62 40th 289 86.2%
2010 82.08 31st 299 89.6%
2011 71.83 76th 304 75.0%
2012 76.07 45th 319 85.9%
2013 82.59 26th 335 92.2%
2014 79.13 38th 335 88.7%
2015 78.83 40th 337 88.1%
2016 74.88 48th 331 85.5%
2017 75.40 48th 330 85.5%
2018 67.41 81st 322 74.8%
2019 71.20 72nd 335 78.5%
2021 75.79 33rd 282 88.3%
2022 82.05 33rd 320 89.7%
2023 78.93 50th 327 84.7%
2024 79.77 42nd 324 87.0%
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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Daviess County Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools KY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 71.42 14th 85 83.5%
2019 50.05 47th 87 46.0%
2022 50.45 49th 98 50.0%
2023 68.68 17th 95 82.1%
2024 77.55 11th 99 88.9%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Daviess County Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools KY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2024 61.33 3rd 9 66.7%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Daviess County Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools KY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 71.98 58th 294 80.3%
2023 38.96 66th 124 46.8%
2024 46.85 50th 130 61.5%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Daviess County Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools KY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 63.32 81st 285 71.6%
2019 68.39 58th 303 80.9%
2021 74.38 25th 224 88.8%
2022 78.69 30th 310 90.3%
2023 75.46 50th 309 83.8%
2024 78.21 36th 311 88.4%
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Rank History for Female students at Daviess County Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools KY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 60.17 100th 290 65.5%
2019 67.29 75th 299 74.9%
2021 65.22 50th 233 78.5%
2022 74.18 46th 299 84.6%
2023 74.82 51st 295 82.7%
2024 81.11 33rd 300 89.0%
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Rank History for Disabled students at Daviess County Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools KY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 54.39 64th 219 70.8%
2019 50.84 79th 226 65.0%
2022 51.35 32nd 111 71.2%
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Rank History for Male students at Daviess County Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools KY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 68.89 68th 293 76.8%
2019 70.90 62nd 303 79.5%
2021 76.68 25th 222 88.7%
2022 82.84 31st 304 89.8%
2023 80.12 38th 307 87.6%
2024 74.97 51st 304 83.2%
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Rank History for Asian students at Daviess County Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools KY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2024 30.85 16th 25 36.0%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Daviess County Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools KY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 72.67 18th 116 84.5%
2019 69.47 21st 120 82.5%
2022 56.02 49th 120 59.2%
2023 83.61 8th 119 93.3%
2024 74.11 17th 123 86.2%
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Rank History for White students at Daviess County Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools KY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 59.18 87th 253 65.6%
2019 66.38 68th 266 74.4%
2021 73.74 33rd 213 84.5%
2022 80.01 37th 314 88.2%
2023 75.46 57th 320 82.2%
2024 77.08 48th 316 84.8%
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Data source: test scores: Kentucky Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

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Data source: Kentucky Department of Education

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Enrollment information for Daviess County Middle School

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 935 6 4 0 0 n/a n/a 0 945
1989 1006 5 1 0 0 n/a n/a 0 1012
1990 1015 7 2 1 0 n/a n/a 0 1025
1991 1028 8 2 0 0 n/a n/a 0 1038
1992 1091 5 2 1 1 n/a n/a 0 1100
1993 1210 7 1 1 0 n/a n/a 0 1219
1994 1266 13 6 1 0 n/a n/a 0 1286
1995 779 10 6 2 0 n/a n/a 0 797
1996 779 10 6 2 0 n/a n/a 0 797
1997 771 3 5 1 0 n/a n/a -1 779
1998 728 4 0 0 0 n/a n/a 4 736
1999 736 5 0 2 0 n/a n/a 5 748
2000 725 0 0 3 0 n/a n/a 4 732
2001 761 4 3 4 2 n/a n/a 0 774
2002 771 11 3 3 2 n/a n/a 0 790
2003 771 11 3 3 2 n/a n/a 0 790
2004 769 12 4 5 1 n/a n/a 0 791
2005 763 8 6 8 0 n/a n/a 0 785
2006 762 11 4 8 0 n/a n/a 0 785
2007 713 11 3 10 0 n/a n/a 4 741
2008 726 12 1 12 0 n/a n/a 7 758
2009 718 13 1 10 0 n/a n/a 8 750
2010 747 14 2 12 1 n/a n/a 11 787
2011 754 17 6 14 1 0 14 0 806
2012 791 14 7 18 1 0 17 0 848
2013 819 14 5 21 0 1 13 0 873
2014 809 13 10 22 0 1 14 0 869
2015 791 13 6 24 0 1 15 0 850
2016 752 16 7 28 0 1 20 0 824
2017 739 7 13 43 2 0 26 0 830
2018 728 15 23 43 2 0 31 0 842
2019 731 14 22 51 2 0 39 0 859
2020 745 14 22 55 2 0 40 0 878
2021 717 14 24 67 1 0 38 0 861
2022 692 12 24 64 3 0 32 0 827
2023 676 18 26 53 3 0 37 0 813
2024 706 12 36 49 3 0 35 0 841

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Daviess County Middle School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 945 48.4 19.5 n/a
1989 1012 48.8 20.7 n/a
1990 1025 51.3 19.9 n/a
1991 1038 52.5 19.7 n/a
1992 1100 55.4 19.8 n/a
1993 1219 62.4 19.5 n/a
1994 1286 67.4 19.1 n/a
1995 797 45.2 17.6 n/a
1996 797 45.2 17.6 n/a
1997 779 46.7 16.7 25.1
1998 736 46.0 16.0 22.3
1999 748 47.0 15.9 30.4
2000 732 46.6 15.7 29.8
2001 774 46.7 16.6 32.6
2002 790 52.3 15.1 54.1
2003 790 52.3 15.1 54.1
2004 791 52.6 15.0 n/a
2005 785 51.0 15.4 n/a
2006 785 52.5 15.0 38.5
2007 741 56.0 13.2 37.6
2008 758 48.6 15.6 37.4
2009 750 50.3 14.9 38.3
2010 787 80.6 9.7 43.2
2011 806 52.3 15.4 50.2
2012 848 52.1 16.2 44.2
2013 873 50.0 17.4 46.8
2014 869 53.0 16.3 46.8
2015 850 53.0 16.0 44.5
2016 824 53.0 15.5 48.4
2017 830 49.7 16.6 49.2
2018 842 50.7 16.5 49
2019 859 50.7 16.9 47.6
2020 878 49.6 17.6 49.9
2021 861 51.6 16.6 50.9
2022 827 51.6 16.0 53.2
2023 813 51.6 15.7 54.9
2024 841 50.6 16.6 57.8

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Daviess County Middle School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 945 48.4 19.5 n/a
1989 1012 48.8 20.7 n/a
1990 1025 51.3 19.9 n/a
1991 1038 52.5 19.7 n/a
1992 1100 55.4 19.8 n/a
1993 1219 62.4 19.5 n/a
1994 1286 67.4 19.1 n/a
1995 797 45.2 17.6 n/a
1996 797 45.2 17.6 n/a
1997 779 46.7 16.7 25.1
1998 736 46.0 16.0 22.3
1999 748 47.0 15.9 30.4
2000 732 46.6 15.7 29.8
2001 774 46.7 16.6 32.6
2002 790 52.3 15.1 54.1
2003 790 52.3 15.1 54.1
2004 791 52.6 15.0 n/a
2005 785 51.0 15.4 n/a
2006 785 52.5 15.0 38.5
2007 741 56.0 13.2 37.6
2008 758 48.6 15.6 37.4
2009 750 50.3 14.9 38.3
2010 787 80.6 9.7 43.2
2011 806 52.3 15.4 50.2
2012 848 52.1 16.2 44.2
2013 873 50.0 17.4 46.8
2014 869 53.0 16.3 46.8
2015 850 53.0 16.0 44.5
2016 824 53.0 15.5 48.4
2017 830 49.7 16.6 49.2
2018 842 50.7 16.5 49
2019 859 50.7 16.9 47.6
2020 878 49.6 17.6 49.9
2021 861 51.6 16.6 50.9
2022 827 51.6 16.0 53.2
2023 813 51.6 15.7 54.9
2024 841 50.6 16.6 57.8

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
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Per Pupil Expenditures for Daviess County Middle School

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YearPersonnel Expenditures from Federal FundsNon-Personnel Expenditures from Federal FundsTotal Expenditures from Federal FundsPersonnel Expenditures from State and Local FundsNon-Personnel Expenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2018 $353 (3.2%) $30 (0.3%) $383 (3.4%) $9,177 (81.9%) $1,100 (9.8%) $10,520 (93.9%) $11,204
2019 $317 (1.7%) $44 (0.2%) $361 (2.0%) $8,816 (48.0%) $1,343 (7.3%) $10,159 (55.3%) $18,371
2020 $331 (2.9%) $89 (0.8%) $420 (3.6%) $9,118 (78.6%) $1,272 (11.0%) $10,390 (89.6%) $11,600
2021 $360 (1.5%) $508 (2.1%) $868 (3.5%) $9,410 (38.1%) $977 (4.0%) $10,387 (42.0%) $24,720
2022 $851 (2.5%) $502 (1.5%) $1,353 (4.0%) $10,087 (29.9%) $1,521 (4.5%) $11,608 (34.4%) $33,749

Data source: Kentucky Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Daviess County Middle School

The coronavirus has had a profound impact on education in America. Learning shifted online overnight, attendance numbers dwindled, and enrollment decreased. SchoolDigger.com is making it easier for you to better assess how COVID-19 has impacted your school. Through the collection of pre-pandemic (2019) and current data, SchoolDigger.com is sharing test scores, enrollment numbers and school demographics from schools across the country – and we make it easy to see how impacted schools compare locally and statewide.

Rankings

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Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
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Post pandemic (2022-2023)
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Ranks 72nd of 335 Middle schoolsRanks 50th of 327 Middle schools
 6.2%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students859813
 5.4%
African American1418
 28.6%
American Indian23
 50%
Asian2226
 18.2%
Hispanic5153
 3.9%
Pacific Islander00
White731676
 7.5%
Two or More Races3937
 5.1%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients47.6%54.9%
 7.2%


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Frequently Asked Questions about Daviess County Middle School

In the 2023-24 school year, 841 students attended Daviess County Middle School.

Daviess County Middle School ranks 42nd of 324 Kentucky middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

Students at Daviess County Middle School are 84% White, 6% Hispanic, 4% Asian, 4% Two or more races, 1% African American.

Students who attend Daviess County Middle School usually go on to attend Daviess County High School


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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Kentucky Department of Education.

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