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There were 4,899 students enrolled in Nelson County School District schools in the 2022-23 school year, 0.3% more than the previous year, according to the Kentucky Department of Education.

Of all the students welcomed in the 2022-23 school year, 54.4% of them were boys, and 45.6% were girls.

Data also shows that most of the students were white, representing 91.2% of the district's total enrollment.

Nelson County School District roughly covers 11 schools within Nelson County and has a main office in Bardstown.

Among the 11 schools in Nelson County School District, Nelson County High School recorded the highest enrollment of 813 students in the 2022-23 school year.

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.

Data also shows that between 2019 and 2023, there was an increase of 260% in the number of available teaching posts in Kentucky schools. This often leads to larger class sizes, combining programs, and retaining staff despite potential negative impacts on teacher working conditions.

School Name	Total Enrollment in 2021-22	Total Enrollment in 2022-23	% change
Nelson County High School	781	813	4.1%
Thomas Nelson High School	726	704	-3.1%
Foster Heights Elementary School	718	703	-2.1%
Coxs Creek Elementary School	487	484	-0.6%
Boston School	379	417	10%
The New Haven School	364	409	12.4%
Old Kentucky Home Middle School	391	384	-1.8%
Bloomfield Middle School	384	375	-2.4%
Bloomfield Elementary School	286	294	2.8%
Nelson County Early Learning Center	256	199	-28.6%
The Academy at Horizons	114	117	2.6%