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Nelson County High School

Serves grades 9 - 12

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2021 – 2022 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2020
  • Educational Environment: 2021 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2023

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School Overview

Address
1070 Bloomfield Rd
Bardstown, KY 40004
Phone
(502) 349-7010
District
NELSON COUNTY
County
NELSON COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
735
Classroom Teachers
37

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Kentucky

3

(10 is best)

Better than 30.1% of all KY schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

4

(10 is best)

Nelson County High School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 10

50 40 30 20 10 0
34%
41%
39%
45%
29%
38%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

25 20 15 10 5 0
20
17
15
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 9 203 27.6%
Grade 10 175 23.8%
Grade 11 180 24.5%
Grade 12 172 23.4%
Total 735 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 95.0% 94.7% 77.4%
Black 1.8% 1.1% 11.4%
Hispanic 2.4% 3.7% 8.8%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 0.7% 0.4% 2.1%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.1% 0.1% 0.3%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 52.9% 51.2% 56.7%
Free lunch eligible 46.8% 46.4% 53.5%
Reduced lunch eligible 6.1% 4.8% 3.2%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 32,921 4,512,310
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 80.3 113
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 5.2% 5.9%
5-19 YEARS OLD 20.1% 19.2%
20-44 YEARS OLD 29.4% 32.2%
45-64 YEARS OLD 29.2% 25.9%
65 OR OLDER 16.0% 16.8%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 12,897 1,769,102
Single Parent Households With Children 7.7% 8.6%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 93.5% 88.2%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 20.5% 26.5%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 10.6% 12.3%
$100,000 - $149,999 19.7% 15.2%
$75,000 - $99,999 17.7% 12.8%
$50,000 - $74,999 17.7% 17.4%
$30,000 - $49,999 15.7% 16.9%
$15,000 - $29,999 13.2% 13.6%
$15,000 or less 5.4% 11.7%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $6,055 $28,664,370 54.2%
Support Expenditures
Student $469 $2,220,246 4.2%
Staff $667 $3,157,578 6.0%
General Administration $293 $1,387,062 2.6%
School Administration $794 $3,758,796 7.1%
Operation $812 $3,844,008 7.3%
Transportation $566 $2,679,444 5.1%
Other $300 $1,420,200 2.7%
Total Support $3,901 $18,467,334 34.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $1,214 $5,747,076 10.9%
Total Expenditures $11,170 $52,878,780 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,046 $4,609,602,067 50.9%
Support Expenditures
Student $619 $405,005,201 4.5%
Staff $645 $421,785,988 4.7%
General Administration $263 $172,079,193 1.9%
School Administration $721 $471,575,432 5.2%
Operation $989 $646,782,713 7.1%
Transportation $657 $429,660,080 4.7%
Other $330 $215,939,607 2.4%
Total Support $4,223 $2,762,921,742 30.5%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,560 $1,674,996,930 18.5%
Total Expenditures $13,829 $9,047,659,705 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,794 $384,567,026,223 49.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $841 $41,500,431,613 5.3%
Staff $665 $32,787,987,253 4.2%
General Administration $269 $13,273,339,703 1.7%
School Administration $756 $37,281,585,830 4.8%
Operation $1,191 $58,747,506,944 7.6%
Transportation $504 $24,858,475,672 3.2%
Other $491 $24,247,526,162 3.1%
Total Support $4,716 $232,696,768,378 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,247 $160,183,697,619 20.6%
Total Expenditures $15,757 $777,446,989,564 100.0%