📍 11101 N Wells Bypass Rd, Mount Vernon, Jefferson County, 62864
Mount Vernon High School is a State/Public serving high age pupils, located in Mount Vernon, Jefferson County. The school has 1,210 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Rowdy Fatheree. It is part of the Mt Vernon Twp HSD 201 school district. It serves grades 9–12 in a rural setting. The school employs 94.0 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 12.9:1. 16% of students are proficient in reading. 13% are proficient in maths. The school offers 14 AP courses, dual enrollment, a gifted and talented program. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Mount Vernon High School enrolls 1,210 students across grades 9–12. The student body is 49% male and 51% female. A teaching staff of 94.0 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 12.9:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 71% White, 15% Black or African American and 9.2% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 858 | 71% |
| Black or African American | 176 | 15% |
| Two or more races | 111 | 9.2% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 56 | 4.6% |
| Asian | 9 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
658 of the school's 1,210 students (54%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Mount Vernon High School is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Fringe). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district IL At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 58, state house district 115.
Mount Vernon High School is one of 1 schools in Mt Vernon Twp HSD 201, based in Mount Vernon, Illinois. The district serves 1,233 students district-wide and employs 93 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 1,210 students, Mount Vernon High School is close to the district average of about 1,233 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Fringe
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