Editing Hardin County, Kentucky (section)

==Education==
===K-12===

Two public school districts operate in the county.<ref name=Censusmap>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st21_ky/schooldistrict_maps/c21093_hardin/DC20SD_C21093.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220705190753/https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st21_ky/schooldistrict_maps/c21093_hardin/DC20SD_C21093.pdf |archive-date=July 5, 2022 |url-status=live|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Hardin County, KY|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|accessdate=July 4, 2022}} - [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st21_ky/schooldistrict_maps/c21093_hardin/DC20SD_C21093_SD2MS.txt Text list] - "Fort Knox Dependent Schools" refers to the DoDEA schools. - For more detailed boundaries of the independent school districts see: {{cite web|url=https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/lrc/publications/ResearchReports/RR415.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201210175230/https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/lrc/publications/ResearchReports/RR415.pdf |archive-date=December 10, 2020 |url-status=live |title=Appendix B: Maps Of Independent School Districts In Operation In FY 2014-FY 2015 Using 2005 Tax District Boundaries – Elizabethtown ISD |work=Research Report No. 415 – Kentucky's Independent School Districts: A Primer |publisher=Office of Education Accountability, Legislative Research Commission |location=Frankfort, KY |page=105 (PDF p. 119/174)|date=September 15, 2015 }}</ref>
* The [[Hardin County Schools]], headquartered in a portion of Radcliff that has an Elizabethtown mailing address, serve K–12 students in most of the county, with the exception of (most of) Elizabethtown and Fort Knox. The district operates 13 elementary schools, five middle schools, and three high schools, plus one alternative school for middle and high school grades. In July 2020, the former [[West Point Independent School District]], which operated a single K–8 school serving the West Point area (cut off from the rest of the county by [[Fort Knox]]), closed and merged into the Hardin County district after long-term declines in enrollment.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://quicksie983.com/2020/02/19/west-point-agrees-to-merger/ |title=West Point agrees to merger |publisher=[[WQXE]] |location=Elizabethtown, KY |language=en-US |date=February 19, 2020| access-date=February 20, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.wdrb.com/news/west-point-schools-to-shut-down-merge-with-hardin-county/article_d258b95e-5454-11ea-bb7e-77b5673af7d6.html |title=West Point schools to shut down, merge with Hardin County school district |first=Sara |last=Sidery |publisher=WDRB |date=February 20, 2020 |access-date=February 24, 2020}}</ref>
* The [[Elizabethtown Independent Schools]] serve students in most of the city of Elizabethtown; however, some areas are instead served by the Hardin County district. The district operates three elementary schools, one middle school, and [[Elizabethtown High School|one high school]]. Before the closure of the West Point district, that area's high school students attended Elizabethtown High under a contract between the two districts. West Point students that had attended Elizabethtown High under that contract may complete their high school education there; the last such students are expected to graduate in 2023.

[[Fort Knox]] however is assigned to the [[Department of Defense Education Activity]] (DoDEA),<ref name=Censusmap/> which, through its Domestic Dependent Elementary and Secondary Schools subagency, operates four [https://web.archive.org/web/20080515231513/http://www.am.dodea.edu/knox/FKCSCO/index.htm schools on the Fort Knox base] for [[Military brat (U.S. subculture)|military dependents]]. DDESS has one elementary school (grades K-5), one intermediate school (1–5), one middle school (6–8), and one high school (9–12) on base. After the Army inactivated a combat brigade, resulting in the relocation of 3,500 soldiers and their families from the base, DoDEA closed four other schools—three elementary schools and one intermediate school—at the end of the 2013–14 school year. At that time, DoDEA also restructured the grades at all of the remaining schools except the high school.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.armytimes.com/article/20140305/NEWS/303050003/4-schools-Fort-Knox-close |title=4 schools at Fort Knox to close |first=Karen |last=Jowers |newspaper=[[Army Times]] |date=March 5, 2014 |access-date=June 9, 2014}}</ref> A new $16-million [[Fort Knox High School]], a two-story, state-of-the-art facility that united the existing vocational school with the current gymnasium, creating a connected campus was completed in 2008, with dedication on August 7, 2008. The remaining parts of the old high school were then demolished.<ref>[http://www.am.dodea.edu/knox/FKCSCO/Pages/NewHSProject.htm The new Fort Knox High School] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081012100425/http://www.am.dodea.edu/knox/FKCSCO/Pages/NewHSProject.htm |date=October 12, 2008 }}</ref>

Five private schools also operate in the county, St. James Catholic School ([[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Louisville]]), Gloria Dei Lutheran School (LCMS), Elizabethtown Christian Academy, North Hardin Christian School, and Hardin Christian Academy.

===Postsecondary education===
Elizabethtown is home to [[Elizabethtown Community and Technical College]], a member of the [[Kentucky Community and Technical College System]].
* [http://www.elizabethtown.kctcs.edu Elizabethtown Community and Technical College &ndash; Home Page]