Welcome to St. Joseph School, a National Blue Ribbon School of Excellence

St. Joseph School in historic Bardstown is a vibrant, vital Catholic school that includes preschool, elementary, and middle school grades. The mission of St. Joseph School, as an integral part of St. Joseph Parish, is to provide an environment of academic excellence for all students based on Catholic values and traditions. St. Joseph School is committed to help the students develop the spiritual, intellectual, physical, and emotional skills needed to become responsible citizens and lifelong learners. St. Joseph School was recently recognized as a National Blue Ribbon School of Excellence by the U.S. Department of Education. To achieve Blue Ribbon status, St. Joseph students performed in the top 15% in the nation on Reading and Mathematics standardized tests.  That makes St. Joseph one of the best schools in Kentucky and nationwide and gives us another reason to be “St. Joseph Proud”!