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There were 501 fifth grade students enrolled in Nelson County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 12.3% less than the previous year, according to the Kentucky Department of Education.

Bardstown Elementary School welcomed most of the fifth grade students in the county, registering 183 students.

Within Nelson County schools, the highest student population was found in ninth grade, with the smallest class sizes seen in fifth grade.

Statewide, Nelson County ranked 23rd in enrollment numbers. It was also ranked 23rd the year before.

Despite escaping some of the pandemic's educational disruptions, Kentucky's achievement gaps have remained an issue since 2019. In the eighth-grade reading assessments, for example, Hispanic students scored eight points lower than their white peers, and the gap reached 15 points in math. Black students fared even worse, falling more than 20 points behind and facing a failure rate nearly double that of their white counterparts.

School	# of 5th Grade Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
Bardstown Elementary School	183	21.9%	837
Foster Heights Elementary School	111	15.8%	703
Coxs Creek Elementary School	82	16.9%	484
Bloomfield Elementary School	47	16%	294
The New Haven School	38	9.3%	409
Boston School	35	8.4%	417
Bardstown Alternative School	3	3.9%	77
The Academy at Horizons	2	1.7%	117