Nelson County Early Learning Center

Nelson County Early Learning Center is a small elementary school located in Bardstown, Kentucky. The latest federal count shows 150 students in pre-K. Against the 421-student average for elementary schools in Kentucky, enrollment here is 64% lower.

Nelson County Early Learning Center is part of a district of 12 schools: Nelson County, with 4,178 students.

Nelson County Early Learning Center's enrollment is 85% White. After that, the student body is 7% Hispanic and 5% multiracial. The school's diversity index is 28%, meaning two students picked at random have a 28% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.

Nelson County Early Learning Center employs 3.8 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 39.5:1. This ratio sits 24.1 above the 15.4:1 average for elementary schools in Kentucky. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 50% in 2024-25. That tracks the 53% average for public schools in Nelson County.

Federal survey data for Nelson County show that the median household income is $69,562, roughly 24% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. There are 20 public schools in Nelson County, enrolling about 7,047 students in all.

Nearby, Bardstown High School is about 1.0 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles.

In the federal locale system, Nelson County Early Learning Center is coded Town: Distant, for schools in a town some distance from an urbanized area.

Enrollment is down 17% from 2020-21, when Nelson County Early Learning Center had 181 students, to 2024-25, when it had 150. The ratio was 12.9:1 in 2020-21 and 39.5:1 in 2024-25.

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