Mount Zion Covered Bridge · Photo: Chris Light · CC BY-SA 4.0Chaplin’s public schools
Nelson County School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Chaplin. Each school below is shown with its own results.
Tests spring 2022, when 100% of students in Kentucky’s tested grades sat them, and the class of 2023’s graduation rate (U.S. Department of Education). How TownRatings grades schools
Chaplin’s schools, in brief
School by school
3 of Chaplin’s 9 district schools with test results score above the middle of Kentucky’s 1,177 public schools. Boston School places highest (better than 74%); Foster Heights Elementary School lowest (11%). See the path ↓
Which school depends on your street
Five elementary schools serve Chaplin, graded from D to B+, so it’s worth checking the specific school. Then four middle schools and two high schools: Nelson County High School and Thomas Nelson High School. See the path ↓
Written from the figures on this page. Tests are from 2021–22, graduation from the class of 2023; each school’s own letter uses 2020–21 results.
Where will my kid go?
Pick a grade. These are the public schools in Chaplin, with each school’s own grade.
Pre-K in Chaplin · depends on your address
Boston School
Grades PK–8 · 251 students · 15:1 students per teacher · in Boston
Nelson County Early Learning Center
Grades PK · 150 students · in Bardstown
9th grade in Chaplin · depends on your address
Nelson County High School
Grades 9–12 · 756 students · 16:1 students per teacher · in Bardstown
Thomas Nelson High School
Grades 9–12 · 629 students · 19:1 students per teacher · in Bardstown
10th grade in Chaplin · depends on your address
Nelson County High School
Grades 9–12 · 756 students · 16:1 students per teacher · in Bardstown
Thomas Nelson High School
Grades 9–12 · 629 students · 19:1 students per teacher · in Bardstown
Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Nelson County School District.
The district
Spending and class size are shown but don’t count toward the grade. Each district’s own page has every school.
Well below the state in reading
Chaplin vs. its neighbors
Schools grades for the Kentucky towns that share Chaplin’s borders.
| Town | Schools | Main districts |
|---|---|---|
| Chaplin | — | Nelson County |
Every school in Chaplin
9 schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with Kentucky’s other public schools (the newest school-level results we have).
Questions about Chaplin’s schools
Are Chaplin’s schools good?
There’s no Schools grade for Chaplin. Nelson County School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Chaplin. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 3 of its 9 district schools with test results score above the middle of Kentucky’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.
What school district is Chaplin in?
Nelson County School District.
Where do Chaplin kids go to high school?
One of two high schools, depending on your address: Nelson County High School and Thomas Nelson High School.
Parents talk
What Chaplin families are saying about school.
Looking for colleges? Colleges near Chaplin → They have their own page.
School data: state test results (2021–22, with participation) and four-year graduation rates (class of 2023) reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express); each school’s own letter uses its 2020–21 results (EDFacts via the Urban Institute); schools and enrollment from NCES (2024–25; private schools 2023–24); spending from the Census Bureau’s school finance survey (FY2024). Stars are from neighbors.