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There were 559 sixth grade students enrolled in Nelson County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 3.3% more than the previous year, according to the Kentucky Department of Education.

Bardstown Middle School welcomed most of the sixth grade students in the county, registering 206 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 6th Grade Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
Bardstown Middle School	206	34.2%	603
Old Kentucky Home Middle School	128	33.3%	384
Bloomfield Middle School	114	30.4%	375
The New Haven School	52	12.7%	409
Boston School	47	11.3%	417
The Academy at Horizons	12	10.3%	117