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Nelson County High School, Bardstown, KY

CEP schoolNelson County High School is a public high school in Bardstown, part of Nelson County Public Schools. It enrolled 756 students in 2024-25, with 16.4 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students
756
Teachers (FTE)
46.0
Students per teacher
16.4
Grades
9 to 12

This school's ratio is 1.1 higher than the district figure of 15.3. The Kentucky average across schools is 15.6. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school16.4
District15.3
Kentucky15.6
United States15.3

School details

Address
1070 Bloomfield Rd, Bardstown, KY 40004
Phone
(502)349-7010
District
Nelson County Public Schools
County
Nelson County
Level
High
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
No
Locale
Town: Distant
NCES school ID
210441001096
Location from NCES coordinates. Map data OpenStreetMap contributors. Open larger map

School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.
Free lunch
338
Reduced-price lunch
54
Free or reduced-price lunch
39251.9% of enrollment.
Direct certification
299Students certified through programs such as SNAP, without an application.
Community Eligibility Provision
Yes (CEP school)

Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.

Related schools

Other high schools in Nelson County Public Schools

High schools elsewhere in Bardstown

We publish official enrollment and staffing data, not ratings or test scores.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.