Regular local school district · Nelson County
Bardstown Independent School District, KY: schools, enrollment and spending
Bardstown Independent School District runs 6 public schools with 2,869 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 16.9 students per teacher is 1.3 higher than the Kentucky figure of 15.6.Listed in NCES data as "Bardstown Independent".
At a glance
- Schools
- 6
- Students
- 2,869
- Teachers (FTE)
- 170
- Students per teacher
- 16.9
- KY: 15.6 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 308 N Fifth St, Bardstown, KY 40004
- Phone
- (502)331-8800
- County
- Nelson County
- Locale
- Town: Distant
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 2100270
- State district ID
- KY-090017000
- Total staff (FTE)
- 465
- School counselors (FTE)
- 5.0About 574 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 20.0
Students per teacher compared
This district16.9
Kentucky15.6
United States15.3
2020 finance data
From the F-33 School District Finance Survey for fiscal year 2020, in nominal dollars. Enrollment used for per-pupil figures is the finance survey count (2,652), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $37.5 million
- Federal revenue
- $5.1 million
- State revenue
- $18.3 million
- Local revenue
- $14.0 million
- Total spending
- $43.0 million
- Spending per pupil
- $16,227
- Salaries
- $18.4 million42.8% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $40.1 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 13.7%
- State: 48.8%
- Local: 37.5%
Kentucky overall
- Federal: 15.8%
- State: 50.5%
- Local: 33.7%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$16,227
Kentucky$13,951
United States$16,826
Schools in Bardstown Independent School District
By level: 1 high, 1 middle, 2 elementary, 1 other, 1 prekindergarten. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Bardstown Alternative SchoolCEP school | Other | K to 12 | 31 | 7.8 |
| Bardstown Early Childhood CenterCEP school | Prekindergarten | PK | 263 | 26.3 |
| Bardstown Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | 2 to 5 | 847 | 15.7 |
| Bardstown High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 703 | 18.5 |
| Bardstown Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 591 | 16.9 |
| Bardstown Primary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | K to 1 | 434 | 15.5 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Nelson County
- Nelson County Public Schools 4,227 students
More in Kentucky
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Finance figures are 2020 finance data in nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.