Total enrollment
13,007
+282 (+2%) vs SY 2020-21
25 schools in Bullitt County
Kentucky · 13,007 students · 7 cities
For families inside Bullitt County, public-school options total 25 K-12 schools, with enrollment near 13,007 (13 elementary, 6 middle, and 5 high).
4-year change in Bullitt County
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25School count
24
-1 (-4%) vs SY 2020-21
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, enrollment-weighted demographic averages
How Bullitt County ranks
Among districts| Measure | This district | In Kentucky | In the US |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 33.6% | #118 of 139 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 13,007 | #7 of 158 | #671 of 9,234 |
| Number of schools ranked most first | 24 | #6 of 158 | N/A |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.4:1 | #146 of 158 | #7,353 of 9,044 |
| Free or reduced-price lunch share ranked highest first | 49.7% | #138 of 158 | #4,211 of 8,164 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 27.8% | #57 of 137 | #5,020 of 6,853 |
Districts need at least 2 schools and 500 students to be ranked. Test proficiency is ranked within the state only, since each state gives a different test. Each rank links to the full list.
Inside Bullitt County
State test results across the district's 22 scored schools run from Pleasant Grove Elementary School at 48.2% proficient to Zoneton Middle School at 20.2%, a gap of 28.0 points. That is the 34th widest gap among 101 Kentucky districts with four or more scored schools.
Since 2017-18, the 24 district schools that reported both years went from 13,329 to 13,007 students (down 2%) and from 749 to 749 full-time teachers (unchanged), as of 2024-25.
Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across each school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25; schools with fewer than 100 students and schools serving specialized populations are left out. Staffing figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data and count only schools that reported students and teachers in both years.
About Bullitt County
Across 25 schools, Bullitt County hosts about 13,007 students in Kentucky. By footprint it is an average-sized district.
On the school-mix side, Bullitt County covers 13 elementary, 6 middle, 5 high schools, and 1 combined or other.
On a per-school basis, Bullitt County runs about 520 students per school, 11% noticeably above the state mean of roughly 467.
Five-year track record. Combined enrollment now sits at 13,007 students, stayed largely flat from the 12,725 reported in SY 2020-21. The school count fell from 25 to 24 across the same 4-year window.
In the discussion threads here, the community for Bullitt County discusses comparison threads between local schools and program reviews. Anyone with firsthand knowledge of these schools is welcome to weigh in.