📍 5418 Chapel Hill Rd, Raleigh, Wake County, 27607
Mount Vernon is an Alternative/PRU serving elementary age pupils, located in Raleigh, Wake County. The school has 68 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Wake County Schools school district. It serves grades K–8 in an urban setting. The school employs 25.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 2.7:1. 17% of students are proficient in reading. 8% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Mount Vernon enrolls 68 students across grades K–8. The student body is 81% male and 19% female. A teaching staff of 25.6 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 2.7:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 60% Black or African American, 21% Hispanic or Latino and 13% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 41 | 60% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 14 | 21% |
| White | 9 | 13% |
| Two or more races | 4 | 5.9% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
65 of the school's 68 students (96%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 65 qualify for free lunch and 0 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 is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Large). 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 NC-20, state senate district 16, state house district 49.
Mount Vernon is one of 197 schools in Wake County Schools, based in Cary, North Carolina. The district serves 163,325 students district-wide and employs 10,663 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 68 students, Mount Vernon is smaller than the district average of about 829 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Large