F T Burns Middle School

Summary:

F T Burns Middle School is a public middle school in Owensboro, Kentucky, serving 710 students in grades 6-8 and part of the Daviess County School District.

While the Daviess County School District is ranked 61 out of 159 districts in Kentucky, F T Burns Middle School has consistently underperformed compared to the district and state averages in academic assessments. The school's proficiency rates in subjects like Mathematics, Reading, Science, and Social Studies have been lower than the Daviess County and Kentucky state averages. Its statewide ranking has also declined from 69th out of 337 Kentucky middle schools in 2014-2015 to 173rd out of 324 in 2023-2024. The school's performance varies significantly across different student subgroups, with the Asian, African American, and Special Education subgroups performing particularly poorly. Additionally, F T Burns Middle School has a high percentage of students from low-socioeconomic backgrounds, with 66.9% receiving free or reduced-price lunch, which can contribute to the school's academic challenges.

Interestingly, the nearby Daviess County Middle School and Owensboro Innovation Middle School consistently outperform F T Burns Middle School in academic assessments, with higher proficiency rates in most subject areas and grade levels. Daviess County Middle School, in particular, stands out as a high-performing school, ranking in the top 50 middle schools in Kentucky in recent years. In contrast, Owensboro Middle School, another nearby school, has performed even worse than F T Burns Middle School, ranking in the bottom quarter of Kentucky middle schools.


Detail:

Public 6-8

 4610 Goetz Drive
       Owensboro, KY  42301


(270) 852-7400

District: Daviess County

SchoolDigger Rank:
173rd of 324 Kentucky Middle Schools


Students who attend F T Burns Middle School usually attend:

High:    Apollo High School

Feeder schools for F T Burns Middle School:

Elementary:    F T Burns Elementary School
    Sorgho Elementary School
    Tamarack Elementary School
    West Louisville Elementary School

Student/teacher ratio:  14.7 Help
Number of students:  710

Racial breakdown:

White:
67.0%
Hispanic:
10.6%
Asian:
8.0%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  66.9% Help


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F T Burns Middle School:

SchoolDigger ranks F T Burns Middle School 173rd of 324 Kentucky public middle schools. (See F T Burns 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 F T Burns Middle School

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Rank History for all students at F T Burns Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools KY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2007 76.13 53rd 284 81.3%
2008 76.22 55th 287 80.8%
2009 75.65 54th 289 81.3%
2010 74.63 61st 299 79.6%
2011 60.18 118th 304 61.2%
2012 67.30 79th 319 75.2%
2013 76.59 41st 335 87.8%
2014 65.73 91st 335 72.8%
2015 70.52 69th 337 79.5%
2016 64.23 98th 331 70.4%
2017 58.89 118th 330 64.2%
2018 50.88 147th 322 54.3%
2019 33.30 246th 335 26.6%
2021 31.91 193rd 282 31.6%
2022 46.65 159th 320 50.3%
2023 57.30 129th 327 60.6%
2024 44.26 173rd 324 46.6%
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Rank History for Multi-racial students at F T Burns Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools KY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 47.33 43rd 85 49.4%
2019 29.03 69th 87 20.7%
2022 59.81 26th 98 73.5%
2023 75.63 12th 95 87.4%
2024 46.33 47th 99 52.5%
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Rank History for Special Education students at F T Burns Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools KY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 32.66 223rd 294 24.1%
2023 28.17 97th 124 21.8%
2024 32.75 83rd 130 36.2%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at F T Burns Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools KY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 52.79 124th 285 56.5%
2019 27.97 244th 303 19.5%
2021 33.72 147th 224 34.4%
2022 51.19 129th 310 58.4%
2023 60.10 104th 309 66.3%
2024 45.78 157th 311 49.5%
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Rank History for Female students at F T Burns Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools KY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 49.32 149th 290 48.6%
2019 29.62 236th 299 21.1%
2021 31.19 167th 233 28.3%
2022 38.57 187th 299 37.5%
2023 58.22 105th 295 64.4%
2024 47.05 154th 300 48.7%
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Rank History for Disabled students at F T Burns Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools KY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 57.11 55th 219 74.9%
2019 31.93 168th 226 25.7%
2022 29.42 82nd 111 26.1%
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Rank History for Male students at F T Burns Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools KY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 46.29 155th 293 47.1%
2019 31.20 227th 303 25.1%
2021 32.14 145th 222 34.7%
2022 48.25 136th 304 55.3%
2023 54.95 125th 307 59.3%
2024 40.98 172nd 304 43.4%
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Rank History for Asian students at F T Burns Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools KY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 29.29 27th 35 22.9%
2019 22.67 18th 23 21.7%
2022 24.07 16th 23 30.4%
2023 33.10 16th 24 33.3%
2024 28.34 19th 25 24.0%
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Rank History for African American students at F T Burns Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools KY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 58.05 33rd 96 65.6%
2019 27.94 79th 96 17.7%
2022 60.81 28th 84 66.7%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at F T Burns Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools KY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 37.55 77th 116 33.6%
2019 31.95 88th 120 26.7%
2022 36.89 79th 120 34.2%
2023 43.87 68th 119 42.9%
2024 49.06 61st 123 50.4%
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Rank History for White students at F T Burns Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools KY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 48.37 126th 253 50.2%
2019 30.37 199th 266 25.2%
2021 29.66 157th 213 26.3%
2022 43.12 167th 314 46.8%
2023 57.63 119th 320 62.8%
2024 48.52 150th 316 52.5%
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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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Enrollment information for F T Burns Middle School

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 974 20 5 1 0 n/a n/a 0 1000
1989 1029 33 7 0 0 n/a n/a 0 1069
1990 1042 26 4 1 0 n/a n/a 0 1073
1991 1088 30 4 1 1 n/a n/a 0 1124
1992 1150 33 3 1 1 n/a n/a 0 1188
1993 1119 34 2 2 5 n/a n/a 0 1162
1994 1141 33 2 7 2 n/a n/a 0 1185
1995 795 16 5 0 0 n/a n/a 0 816
1996 795 16 5 0 0 n/a n/a 0 816
1997 743 15 2 0 1 n/a n/a 0 761
1998 762 19 0 1 0 n/a n/a 4 786
1999 741 35 0 4 0 n/a n/a 6 786
2000 747 28 0 4 1 n/a n/a 9 789
2001 747 25 5 5 0 n/a n/a 1 783
2002 764 27 8 12 0 n/a n/a 0 811
2003 764 27 8 12 0 n/a n/a 0 811
2004 788 35 6 10 0 n/a n/a 0 839
2005 779 37 5 4 0 n/a n/a 0 825
2006 809 32 7 8 0 n/a n/a 0 856
2007 744 38 9 13 0 n/a n/a 10 814
2008 734 50 9 16 0 n/a n/a 9 818
2009 712 50 7 23 0 n/a n/a 19 811
2010 708 51 8 25 0 n/a n/a 35 827
2011 717 44 3 29 0 2 37 0 832
2012 700 40 5 23 0 2 32 0 802
2013 654 38 9 35 1 3 35 0 775
2014 660 33 19 33 0 3 43 0 791
2015 662 41 17 44 0 4 40 0 808
2016 663 48 23 41 0 5 55 0 835
2017 651 58 24 47 0 5 54 0 839
2018 661 56 33 58 0 1 53 0 862
2019 637 48 35 56 0 1 46 0 823
2020 645 40 40 63 2 4 38 0 832
2021 607 40 41 62 1 2 44 0 797
2022 549 45 47 62 1 6 47 0 757
2023 476 44 57 75 2 4 52 0 710

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 F T Burns Middle School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 1000 52.5 19.0 n/a
1989 1069 57.0 18.7 n/a
1990 1073 59.0 18.1 n/a
1991 1124 62.0 18.1 n/a
1992 1188 64.7 18.3 n/a
1993 1162 65.9 17.6 n/a
1994 1185 68.6 17.3 n/a
1995 816 52.8 15.5 n/a
1996 816 52.8 15.5 n/a
1997 761 51.0 14.9 24.6
1998 786 50.8 15.5 22.5
1999 786 50.7 15.5 30.3
2000 789 50.4 15.7 31.2
2001 783 50.5 15.5 32.5
2002 811 50.2 16.2 54
2003 811 50.2 16.2 54
2004 839 51.6 16.3 n/a
2005 825 51.8 15.9 n/a
2006 856 55.7 15.4 5.7
2007 814 59.0 13.8 44.3
2008 818 55.6 14.7 58.8
2009 811 57.0 14.2 48.4
2010 827 41.5 19.9 54.5
2011 832 56.6 14.6 57.6
2012 802 52.0 15.3 53
2013 775 50.8 15.2 56.4
2014 791 50.8 15.5 57
2015 808 50.0 16.1 51.4
2016 835 52.0 16.0 57.5
2017 839 50.5 16.6 57.9
2018 862 51.5 16.7 58.9
2019 823 51.5 15.9 59.7
2020 832 52.0 16.0 62.3
2021 797 52.0 15.3 60.5
2022 757 53.0 14.2 61.2
2023 710 48.0 14.7 66.9

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 F T Burns Middle School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 1000 52.5 19.0 n/a
1989 1069 57.0 18.7 n/a
1990 1073 59.0 18.1 n/a
1991 1124 62.0 18.1 n/a
1992 1188 64.7 18.3 n/a
1993 1162 65.9 17.6 n/a
1994 1185 68.6 17.3 n/a
1995 816 52.8 15.5 n/a
1996 816 52.8 15.5 n/a
1997 761 51.0 14.9 24.6
1998 786 50.8 15.5 22.5
1999 786 50.7 15.5 30.3
2000 789 50.4 15.7 31.2
2001 783 50.5 15.5 32.5
2002 811 50.2 16.2 54
2003 811 50.2 16.2 54
2004 839 51.6 16.3 n/a
2005 825 51.8 15.9 n/a
2006 856 55.7 15.4 5.7
2007 814 59.0 13.8 44.3
2008 818 55.6 14.7 58.8
2009 811 57.0 14.2 48.4
2010 827 41.5 19.9 54.5
2011 832 56.6 14.6 57.6
2012 802 52.0 15.3 53
2013 775 50.8 15.2 56.4
2014 791 50.8 15.5 57
2015 808 50.0 16.1 51.4
2016 835 52.0 16.0 57.5
2017 839 50.5 16.6 57.9
2018 862 51.5 16.7 58.9
2019 823 51.5 15.9 59.7
2020 832 52.0 16.0 62.3
2021 797 52.0 15.3 60.5
2022 757 53.0 14.2 61.2
2023 710 48.0 14.7 66.9

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 F T Burns 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 $217 (1.9%) $29 (0.3%) $246 (2.2%) $9,178 (81.5%) $1,206 (10.7%) $10,625 (94.3%) $11,265
2019 $129 (1.1%) $46 (0.4%) $176 (1.5%) $9,183 (79.5%) $1,551 (13.4%) $10,734 (93.0%) $11,545
2020 $141 (1.2%) $90 (0.7%) $231 (1.9%) $9,483 (77.9%) $1,360 (11.2%) $10,842 (89.0%) $12,178
2021 $271 (2.2%) $509 (4.0%) $780 (6.2%) $9,793 (77.8%) $998 (7.9%) $10,791 (85.8%) $12,581
2022 $771 (5.0%) $513 (3.4%) $1,284 (8.4%) $10,778 (70.4%) $1,733 (11.3%) $12,511 (81.7%) $15,312

Data source: Kentucky Department of Education
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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 246th of 335 Middle schoolsRanks 129th of 327 Middle schools
 34%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students823710
 13.7%
African American4844
 8.3%
American Indian02
Asian3557
 62.9%
Hispanic5675
 33.9%
Pacific Islander14
 300%
White637476
 25.3%
Two or More Races4652
 13%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients59.7%66.9%
 7.2%


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Frequently Asked Questions about F T Burns Middle School

Students who attend F T Burns Middle School usually go on to attend Apollo High School

F T Burns Middle School ranks 173rd of 324 Kentucky middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

Students at F T Burns Middle School are 67% White, 11% Hispanic, 8% Asian, 7% Two or more races, 6% African American.

In the 2022-23 school year, 710 students attended F T Burns Middle 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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