📍 731 Palisades Rd SW, Mount Vernon, Linn County, 52314
Mount Vernon High School is a State/Public serving high age pupils, located in Mount Vernon, Linn County. The school has 468 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Steve Brand. It is part of the Mount Vernon Comm School District school district. It serves grades 9–12 in a small-town setting. The school employs 28.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 16.6:1. 85% of students are proficient in reading. 82% are proficient in maths. The four-year graduation rate is 97%. The school offers 5 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 468 students across grades 9–12. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 28.1 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 16.6:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 91% White, 5.6% Two or more races and 1.7% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 427 | 91% |
| Two or more races | 26 | 5.6% |
| Black or African American | 8 | 1.7% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 6 | 1.3% |
| Asian | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
67 of the school's 468 students (14%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 51 qualify for free lunch and 16 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. 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 small-town setting (NCES locale: Town, Fringe). Virtual instruction: Supplemental Virtual. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district IA-20, state senate district 48, state house district 95.
Mount Vernon High School is one of 3 schools in Mount Vernon Comm School District, based in Mount Vernon, Iowa. The district serves 1,438 students district-wide and employs 95 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 468 students, Mount Vernon High School is close to the district average of about 479 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Town - Fringe
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