The Center for Academic Improvement
Owensboro · KY · Daviess County · Public · K-12 combined
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Heritage Park High School → Apollo High School → Owensboro Innovation Academy → Owensboro Catholic High School → Emerson Academy → Owensboro High School → Valor Traditional Academy → Daviess County High School →📋 At a glance
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Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How The Center for Academic Improvement compares for families
What families should know about The Center for Academic Improvement.
- ▸ LocallyKY sits right at the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math — local school quality will set your kid apart.
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Heritage Park High School, Apollo High School, Owensboro Innovation Academy and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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🏛️ Federal Title I context
High-poverty school
Title I Schoolwide eligible
≥75% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. These schools qualify for the highest tier of federal Title I funding and typically receive extra wraparound services. Academic outcomes vary widely — check the state assessment + grad-rate tiles.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, free/reduced-price lunch eligibility. The actual Title I designation is a district decision and may differ from eligibility — but the federal eligibility math is what we show here. We don't claim to assert whether the district formally chose to enroll this school in Title I.
Chronic absenteeism
Why this matters to enrollment: Chronic absence is the most reliable early indicator that a student will leave a school — either by transferring out, dropping out, or matriculating to a charter or private alternative. At this level, today's absentees become next year's enrollment loss and the year-after's revenue loss. For school leaders: an Enrollment Trend Audit traces this dynamic forward →
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020–2021. Rate = students chronically absent ÷ 2024 total enrollment.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of -6.8%/year, projecting from 2024's 17 students:
A small or specialty program — naive trend math doesn't capture the school's full picture. Read the trend as directional, not predictive.
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Nearby high schools — the local competition
The closest high schools families here also consider, and where their enrollment is heading.
| School | Type | Miles | HS enrollment | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heritage Park High School Owensboro |
Public | 0.0 | 140 | -45.9% |
| Apollo High School Owensboro |
Public | 0.5 | 1,263 | -12.4% |
| Owensboro Innovation Academy Owensboro |
Public | 1.2 | — | — |
| Owensboro Catholic High School Owensboro |
Private | 1.7 | 423 | -5.4% |
| Emerson Academy Owensboro |
Public | 2.2 | 104 | +70.5% |
| Owensboro High School Owensboro |
Public | 2.2 | 1,341 | +2.4% |
| Valor Traditional Academy Louisville |
Private | 2.9 | 116 | -10.8% |
| Daviess County High School Owensboro |
Public | 3.3 | 1,746 | +0.5% |