Public schools in Bardstown, KY

Bardstown has 12 public schools with a 2024-25 address in the city: 3 high, 2 middle, 3 elementary, 4 other, enrolling 5,624 students. They are run by 2 districts and agencies; Bardstown City Schools runs 6 of them.

NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25: schools open that year with enrollment · method

The 2 districts and agencies that run Bardstown's public schools

Each district decides who can enroll where; its page holds its schools, spending and teachers.

DistrictSchools in BardstownDistrict students, fall 2022Spending per student, FY23
Bardstown City Schools62,716$15,648
The Nelson County Schools64,511$14,451

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25: school location city and operating agency; NCES F-33 fiscal year 2022-23: district fall membership and current spending per student. Schools on a city's edge can serve students from outside it.

3 high schools in Bardstown, 2,088 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Nelson County High School75616.244.7%The Nelson County Schools
Bardstown High School70318.245.2%Bardstown City Schools
Thomas Nelson High School62919.437.7%The Nelson County Schools

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

2 middle schools in Bardstown, 1,185 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Old Kentucky Home Middle School59419.241.6%The Nelson County Schools
Bardstown Middle School59116.748.4%Bardstown City Schools

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

3 elementary schools in Bardstown, 1,869 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Bardstown Elementary School84715.651.8%Bardstown City Schools
Foster Heights Elementary School58813.748.3%The Nelson County Schools
Bardstown Primary School43415.553.2%Bardstown City Schools

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

4 other schools in Bardstown, 482 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Bardstown Early Childhood Center26326.352.5%Bardstown City Schools
Nelson County Early Learning Center15039.544.0%The Nelson County Schools
The Academy at Horizons384.873.7%The Nelson County Schools
Bardstown Alternative School316.983.9%Bardstown City Schools

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

How Bardstown's public schools compare with Kentucky's

The median Bardstown school has 16.4 students per full-time teacher, more than the Kentucky median of 15.0. 50% of its schools ran a schoolwide Title I program in 2021-22, against 66% across the state. Its median school enrolls 590 students (state 437).

Bardstown against Kentucky, schools open in 2024-25 with students
BardstownKentucky
Median students per teacher16.415.0
Median school size (students)590437
Schools with a schoolwide Title I program (2021-22)50%66%
Schools where every student eats free (CEP)100%90%
Charter schools0%0%

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch program, charter status; the 12 Bardstown schools and the 1,381 Kentucky schools open that year with students); Title I status CCD 2021-22. Students per teacher counts 2024-25 teachers and ratios from 3 to 99.

What to look at next in Bardstown

  1. Bardstown City SchoolsRuns 6 of Bardstown's 12 public schools and spent $15,648 per student in fiscal year 2022-23.$15,648
  2. Nelson County High School, the largest high school in Bardstown756 students in 2024-25, 16.2 per teacher.756
  3. Compare Bardstown City Schools with The Nelson County SchoolsBardstown's two largest operators side by side: enrollment, spending and schools.
  4. The largest public schools in KentuckyKentucky's 50 largest schools open in 2024-25, by enrollment.
  5. Find the school district for a Bardstown addressA home's district, not its city, decides which public schools it can enroll in.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (schools and their operating agencies); NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23 (spending per student).

Choosing among them: how to choose a school district with the federal data, and what a Title I school is.

Other cities in Kentucky

  1. Louisville157 schools
  2. Lexington74 schools
  3. Bowling Green36 schools
  4. Owensboro31 schools
  5. Ashland18 schools
  6. Elizabethtown17 schools
  7. Frankfort17 schools
  8. Paducah17 schools

Questions about schools in Bardstown

  1. How many public schools are in Bardstown, KY?
    12 public schools with an address in Bardstown were open in 2024-25: 3 high, 2 middle, 3 elementary, 4 other, enrolling 5,624 students.
  2. What is the largest high school in Bardstown?
    Nelson County High School, with 756 students in 2024-25 (The Nelson County Schools).
  3. Which districts run Bardstown's schools?
    Bardstown City Schools (6 schools), The Nelson County Schools (6 schools). A school's district, not its city, decides who can enroll.

These figures are for information and are not a substitute for the district's enrollment office, which confirms the school a home is assigned to.

Sources

Source: NCES Common Core of Data School directory, membership, staff and lunch files · 2024-25

Source: NCES Common Core of Data Public school search (the official record of each school) · 2024-25

Compiled from official source data by .