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Daviess County Public Schools
District details
School board members: 5
Students: 11,005 (2023-2024)
Schools: 24 (2023-2024)
Website: Link

Daviess County Public Schools is a school district in Kentucky (Daviess County). During the 2024 school year, 11,005 students attended one of the district's 24 schools.

This page provides information regarding school board members, election rules, finances, academics, policies, and more details about the district.

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• 2016
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Daviess County Board of Education District 3

General election

General election for Daviess County Board of Education District 3

Tammy McCubbins Rice ran in the general election for Daviess County Board of Education District 3 on November 5, 2024.

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Daviess County Board of Education District 4

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Frank G. Riney III ran in the general election for Daviess County Board of Education District 4 on November 5, 2024.

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Daviess County Board of Education District 5

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Timothy Hicks, John M. Pippin III, and Dale Stewart ran in the general election for Daviess County Board of Education District 5 on November 5, 2024.

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Daviess County Board of Education District 2

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General election for Daviess County Board of Education District 2

Incumbent Dianne Burns Mackey won election in the general election for Daviess County Board of Education District 2 on November 8, 2016.

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Daviess County Board of Education District 3

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Incumbent C. Todd Anderson won election in the general election for Daviess County Board of Education District 3 on November 8, 2016.

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Daviess County Board of Education District 4

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Incumbent Frank Riney III won election in the general election for Daviess County Board of Education District 4 on November 8, 2016.

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Daviess County Board of Education District 1

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Incumbent Mike Clark won election in the general election for Daviess County Board of Education District 1 on November 4, 2014.

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Daviess County Board of Education District 2

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General election for Daviess County Board of Education District 2

Incumbent Tom Payne won election in the general election for Daviess County Board of Education District 2 on November 4, 2014.

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Election rules

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Election dates and frequency

See also: Rules governing school board election dates and timing

School board general elections in Kentucky are held on the Tuesday after the first Monday in November every two years in even-numbered years. State law on school boards authorizes independent school districts to hold school board elections on the first Saturday in May. No districts, however, were using that date in May as of 2023. State election calendars and the state association of school boards only listed and referenced the November election date.

See law: Kentucky Statutes Section 160.200 and Section 118.025

Recent or upcoming election dates for all public school districts in the state

Below are the recent/upcoming dates for all public school districts in the state. There may be exceptions to these dates for specific districts because of local charters and district-specific exceptions and carve-outs.

• Filing deadline date: June 2, 2026
• General election date: November 3, 2026

Election system

School board members in Kentucky are elected through nonpartisan general elections without primaries.

See law: Kentucky Statutes Section 160.240

Party labels on the ballot

See also: Rules governing party labels in school board elections

School board elections in Kentucky are nonpartisan, which means party labels do not appear on the ballot for school board candidates. The section of Kentucky Statute on school board elections states, "The candidate names shall be presented to the voters in the form prescribed by the general election law, except that no party emblem or distinguishing mark shall be used, save the words 'School Candidates.'" The same chapter of statute also states, "No election officer or other person within an election booth shall tell or indicate to a voter the political affiliation of any candidate."

See law: Kentucky Statutes Section 160.250 and Section 160.230

Winning an election

The candidate or candidates that receive the most votes in the nonpartisan general election are elected to office.

See law: Kentucky Statutes Section 160.260

Term length and staggering

School board members in Kentucky have four-year terms.

See law: Kentucky Statutes Section 160.210 and Section 160.200

As close to half of the members of each school board as possible are elected every two years. For five-member boards, this means that either three or two members are up for regular election every two years.

See law: Kentucky Statutes Section 160.210 and Section 160.260

Representation: at large vs. by sub-district

County school districts in Kentucky elect school board members from divisions (by sub-district). Only voters residing in each division cast votes for the board member residing in and representing that division.

Independent school districts in Kentucky elect school board members at large from the entire district.

See law: Kentucky Statutes Section 160.210 and Section 160.260 and Kentucky Statutes Section 160.210

Filing deadlines and swearing-in dates

School board candidates must file nomination petitions by the first Tuesday after the first Monday in June before the November election.

See law: Kentucky Statutes Section 118.365 and Section 118.315

School board candidates can submit a nominating petition beginning on the first Wednesday after the first Monday in November in the year preceding the election. School board candidates cannot begin collecting nominating petition signatures until that date.

See law: Kentucky Statutes Section 118.365 and Section 118.315

Kentucky Statute does not specify when school board members are to be officially sworn into office except that it must be after election results certificates are issued.

See law: Kentucky Statutes Section 160.170

 

About the district

School board

Daviess County Public Schools consists of five members serving four-year terms. To find information about school board meetings, click here.

List of school board members

Name	Seat	Year assumed office	Year term ends
Trey Pippin	District 5
Tammy Rice	District 3
James Morgan	District 1	2019
Tom Payne	District 2	2014
Frank Riney III	District 4	1977

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Overlapping state house districts

Daviess County Public Schools

Office Name	Current Officeholder	Party	% School District Covered	% Other District Covered
Kentucky House of Representatives District 7	Suzanne Miles	Republican Party	49%	99%
Kentucky House of Representatives District 14	Scott Lewis	Republican Party	41%	19%
Kentucky House of Representatives District 13	D.J. Johnson	Republican Party	11%	89%

The table was limited to the lower chamber because it provides the most granularity. State house districts tend to be more numerous and therefore smaller than state senate or U.S. House districts. This provides an impression of the partisan affiliations in the area.

Budget

The following statistics were published by the National Center for Education Statistics, which is a part of the U.S. Department of Education.

• Revenue
• Expenditures

Revenue, 2021-2022

SOURCE	AMOUNT	AMOUNT PER STUDENT	PERCENT
Federal:	$28,896,000	$2,561	17%
Local:	$58,612,000	$5,196	35%
State:	$79,500,000	$7,047	48%
Total:	$167,008,000	$14,804

Expenditures, 2021-2022

TYPE	AMOUNT	AMOUNT PER STUDENT	PERCENT
Total Expenditures:	$182,745,000	$16,199
Total Current Expenditures:	$141,533,000	$12,546
Instructional Expenditures:	$91,155,000	$8,080	50%
Student and Staff Support:	$11,504,000	$1,019	6%
Administration:	$13,001,000	$1,152	7%
Operations, Food Service, Other:	$25,873,000	$2,293	14%
Total Capital Outlay:	$36,469,000	$3,232
Construction:	$31,459,000	$2,788
Total Non El-Sec Education & Other:	$931,000	$82
Interest on Debt:	$3,812,000	$337

Academic performance

Each year, state and local education agencies use tests and other standards to assess student proficiency. Although the data below was published by the U.S. Department of Education, proficiency measurements are established by the states. As a result, proficiency levels are not comparable between different states and year-over-year proficiency levels within a district may not be comparable because states may change their proficiency measurements. To protect student privacy, percentages are reported as ranges for groups of 300 students or fewer. If five or fewer students were included in a data set, the data will display as "PS."

• Mathematics
• Reading/language arts
• Graduation rates

The following table shows the percentage of district students who scored at or above the proficiency level each school year:

School year	All (%)	Asian/Pacific Islander (%)	Black (%)	Hispanic (%)	Native American (%)	Two or More Races (%)	White (%)
2020-2021	33	25-29	10-14	20	>=50	25-29	36
2018-2019	50	45-49	20-24	35	>=50	35-39	53
2017-2018	51	45-49	25-29	40	>=50	40-44	53
2016-2017	51	45-49	25-29	38	PS	40-44	54
2015-2016	56	45-49	25-29	45-49	PS	50-54	58
2014-2015	52	45-49	30-34	35-39	PS	50-54	54
2013-2014	54	55-59	30-34	35-39	PS	50-54	56
2012-2013	50	65-69	25-29	35-39	PS	40-44	52
2011-2012	49	65-69	25-29	35-39	PS	45-49	50
2010-2011	70	>=90	50-54	60-64	PS	65-69	71

The following table shows the percentage of district students who scored at or above the proficiency level each school year:

School year	All (%)	Asian/Pacific Islander (%)	Black (%)	Hispanic (%)	Native American (%)	Two or More Races (%)	White (%)
2020-2021	41	30-34	20-24	28	<50	30-34	44
2018-2019	57	45-49	30-34	47	>=50	45-49	60
2017-2018	59	40-44	40-44	49	>=50	50-54	62
2016-2017	59	35-39	30-34	46	PS	55-59	62
2015-2016	63	45-49	35-39	50-54	PS	55-59	65
2014-2015	62	55-59	35-39	45-49	PS	60-64	65
2013-2014	62	60-64	35-39	45-49	PS	55-59	64
2012-2013	60	65-69	30-34	40-44	PS	55-59	62
2011-2012	57	60-64	30-34	40-44	PS	50-54	58
2010-2011	79	80-89	60-64	75-79	PS	65-69	80

The following table shows the graduation rate of district students each school year:

School year	All (%)	Asian/Pacific Islander (%)	Black (%)	Hispanic (%)	Native American (%)	Two or More Races (%)	White (%)
2019-2020	90	60-79	>=80	70-79		70-79	93
2018-2019	92	80-89	80-89	80-89	PS	>=80	93
2017-2018	94	>=50	>=80	>=80	PS	>=80	94
2016-2017	90	60-79	>=80	>=80		60-79	91
2015-2016	91	>=50	>=90	>=80		>=80	91
2014-2015	92	>=50	>=80	>=80		>=50	93
2013-2014	93	>=50	80-89	>=50		>=80	94
2012-2013	92	>=50	>=80	60-79		>=50	93

Students

The following statistics were published by the National Center for Education Statistics, which is a part of the U.S. Department of Education.

• Enrollment
• Demographics

Year	Enrollment	Year-to-year change (%)
2023-2024	11,005	-1.4
2022-2023	11,164	-1.0
2021-2022	11,281	1.6
2020-2021	11,102	-8.5
2019-2020	12,048	2.2
2018-2019	11,779	0.1
2017-2018	11,770	-0.3
2016-2017	11,804	-0.1
2015-2016	11,814	1.1
2014-2015	11,684	1.1
2013-2014	11,560	1.5
2012-2013	11,381	-0.4
2011-2012	11,426	1.0
2010-2011	11,310	-0.4
2009-2010	11,355	0.6
2008-2009	11,289	-0.2
2007-2008	11,315	3.8
2006-2007	10,881	-6.5
2005-2006	11,583	-3.1
2004-2005	11,943	7.2
2003-2004	11,084	2.7
2002-2003	10,786	1.6
2001-2002	10,613	2.6
2000-2001	10,332	0.4
1999-2000	10,293	0.0

Racial Demographics, 2023-2024

RACE	Daviess County Public Schools (%)	Kentucky K-12 STUDENTS (%)
American Indian/Alaska Native	0.3	0.1
Asian or Asian/Pacific Islander	5.0	2.1
Black	3.9	10.7
Hispanic	8.4	9.5
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	0.1	0.2
Two or More Races	5.6	5.3
White	76.7	72.0

Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here.

Staff

The following statistics were published by the National Center for Education Statistics, which is a part of the U.S. Department of Education.

• Teachers
• Administrators
• Other staff

As of the 2023-2024 school year, Daviess County Public Schools had 678.60 full-time classroom teachers. The student-teacher ratio was 16.22.

Teachers, 2023-2024 school year

TYPE	NUMBER OF TEACHERS
Prekindergarten:	15.00
Kindergarten:	36.00
Elementary:	361.00
Secondary:	158.50
Total:	678.60

Daviess County Public Schools employed 8.00 district administrators and 71.00 school administrators as of the 2023-2024 school year.

Administrators, 2023-2024 school year

TYPE	NUMBER OF ADMINISTRATORS
District Administrators:	8.00
District Administrative Support:	29.00
School Administrators:	71.00
School Administrative Support:	76.00

Other staff, 2023-2024 school year

TYPE	NUMBER OF OTHER STAFF
Instructional Aides:	240.00
Instruc. Coordinators & Supervisors:	42.00
Total Guidance Counselors:	29.00
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	0.00
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	0.00
Librarians/Media Specialists:	17.00
Library/Media Support:	4.00
Student Support Services:	70.00
Other Support Services:	392.00

Schools

The following statistics were published by the National Center for Education Statistics, which is a part of the U.S. Department of Education.

Daviess County Public Schools operates 24 schools. They are listed below in alphabetical order.

List of schools

SCHOOL NAME	NUMBER OF STUDENTS	GRADES
Apollo High School	1,350	9-12
Audubon Elementary School	416	PK-5
College View Middle School	789	6-8
Country Heights Elementary School	467	PK-5
Daviess County High School	1,694	9-12
Daviess County Middle School	841	6-8
Deer Park Elementary School	491	PK-5
East View Elementary School	444	PK-5
F T Burns Elementary School	446	PK-5
F T Burns Middle School	756	6-8
Heritage Park High School	142	9-12
Highland Elementary School	444	PK-5
Kentucky Tech - Daviess County Campus	0	UG-UG
Meadow Lands Elementary School	471	PK-5
Owensboro Day Treatment	14	7-12
Sorgho Elementary School	378	PK-5
Southern Oaks Elementary School	469	PK-5
Tamarack Elementary School	542	PK-5
The Center For Academic Improvement	24	6-12
Valley Elementary School	25	KG-8
Valley High School	9	9-12
Virtual Academy	91	6-12
West Louisville Elementary School	331	PK-5
Whitesville Elementary School	371	PK-5

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