County / FIPS 21179
Nelson County
Kentucky
Nelson County runs 19 public schools reporting to NCES. It also has 1 Medicare-certified hospital reporting to CMS, of which 1 carry an overall star rating.
At a glance
Public schools
19
Hospitals
1
With a star rating
1
Land area
419
Federal money
Obligations recorded against a place of performance in Nelson County. An obligation is a legal commitment to pay, not cash out the door — outlays follow later, sometimes by years.
Obligations, FY2025
$333.0M
Per resident
$7,126
Change since FY2021
+24%
Fiscal years covered
5
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| Period | Obligations |
|---|---|
| 2021 | $268M |
| 2022 | $260M |
| 2023 | $273M |
| 2024 | $305M |
| 2025 | $333M |
Figures are nominal — not adjusted for inflation — because USAspending publishes them that way and adjusting them here would mean this site had edited a government figure. The per-resident figure divides by the 2020 decennial count, which is the population USAspending carries; a 2020 denominator against 2025 spending overstates per-head figures wherever a place has grown since. Nelson County ranks 1164th of 3,233 on this measure in FY2025.
Hospitals in Nelson County
| Hospital | City | CMS rating |
|---|---|---|
| Chi Saint Joseph Flaget Memorial Hospital | Bardstown |
Public schools in Nelson County
Enrollment is the most recent year NCES published.
| School | District | City | Enrollment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bardstown Early Childhood Center | Bardstown Independent | Bardstown | 271 |
| Bardstown Elementary School | Bardstown Independent | Bardstown | 795 |
| Bardstown High School | Bardstown Independent | Bardstown | 655 |
| Bardstown Middle School | Bardstown Independent | Bardstown | 575 |
| Bardstown Primary School | Bardstown Independent | Bardstown | 386 |
| Bloomfield Elementary School | Nelson County | Bloomfield | 250 |
| Bloomfield Middle School | Nelson County | Bloomfield | 352 |
| Boston School | Nelson County | Boston | 361 |
| Coxs Creek Elementary School | Nelson County | Coxs Creek | 446 |
| Foster Heights Elementary School | Nelson County | Bardstown | 674 |
| Nelson County Early Learning Center | Nelson County | Bardstown | 141 |
| Nelson County High School | Nelson County | Bardstown | 784 |
| Old Kentucky Home Middle School | Nelson County | Bardstown | 368 |
| The New Haven School | Nelson County | New Haven | 345 |
| Thomas Nelson High School | Nelson County | Bardstown | 669 |
| Bardstown Alternative School | Bardstown Independent | Bardstown | 31 |
| The Academy at Horizons | Nelson County | Bardstown | 30 |
| Nelson County Area Technology Center | Kentucky Tech System | Bardstown | — |
| The Up Center | Nelson County | Bardstown | — |