Regular local school district · Hardin County
Hardin County Public Schools, KY: schools, enrollment and spending
Hardin County Public Schools runs 27 public schools with 14,583 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 15.4 students per teacher is about the same as the Kentucky figure of 15.6.Listed in NCES data as "Hardin County".
At a glance
- Schools
- 27
- Students
- 14,583
- Teachers (FTE)
- 950
- Students per teacher
- 15.4
- KY: 15.6 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 65 W A Jenkins Rd, Elizabethtown, KY 42701
- Phone
- (270)769-8800
- County
- Hardin County
- Locale
- Suburb: Small
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 2102490
- State district ID
- KY-047231000
- Total staff (FTE)
- 2,257
- School counselors (FTE)
- 37.0About 394 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 93.0
Students per teacher compared
This district15.4
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 (14,655), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $183.4 million
- Federal revenue
- $24.5 million
- State revenue
- $102.8 million
- Local revenue
- $56.1 million
- Total spending
- $191.0 million
- Spending per pupil
- $13,035
- Salaries
- $87.3 million45.7% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $160.5 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 13.3%
- State: 56.1%
- Local: 30.6%
Kentucky overall
- Federal: 15.8%
- State: 50.5%
- Local: 33.7%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$13,035
Kentucky$13,951
United States$16,826
Schools in Hardin County Public Schools
By level: 5 high, 5 middle, 13 elementary, 4 other. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Bluegrass Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 583 | 15.3 |
| Cecilia Valley Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 490 | 14.4 |
| Central Hardin High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 1,831 | 19.5 |
| College View CampusCEP school | Other | K to 12 | 210 | 6.2 |
| Creekside Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 474 | 15.8 |
| Early College and Career Center | High | 9 to 12 | 0 | |
| East Hardin Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 775 | 18.0 |
| G C Burkhead Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 634 | 13.8 |
| Hardin County Day Treatment CenterCEP school | High | 6 to 12 | 8 | 2.7 |
| HCS Virtual AcademyCEP school | Other | K to 12 | 123 | 123.0 |
| Heartland Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 564 | 14.1 |
| James T Alton Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 612 | 16.5 |
| John Hardin High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 868 | 16.1 |
| Lakewood Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 463 | 15.4 |
| Lincoln Trail Behavioral Health SystemsCEP school | Other | 1 to 12 | 63 | 10.5 |
| Lincoln Trail Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 653 | 15.9 |
| Meadow View Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 514 | 14.7 |
| New Highland Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 505 | 15.3 |
| North Hardin High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 1,593 | 18.3 |
| North Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 567 | 17.2 |
| North Park Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to K | 604 | 15.9 |
| Radcliff Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | 1 to 5 | 386 | 13.8 |
| Rineyville Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 554 | 15.0 |
| Spectrum Care Academy | Other | 2 to 9 | 3 | 3.0 |
| Vine Grove Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | 1 to 5 | 493 | 15.4 |
| West Hardin Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 476 | 15.4 |
| Woodland Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | 1 to 5 | 537 | 14.9 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Hardin County
- Elizabethtown Independent School District 2,459 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.