📍 300 Yellow Jacket Drive, Mount Vernon, Knox County, 43050
Mount Vernon High School is a State/Public serving high age pupils, located in Mount Vernon, Knox County. The school has 1,036 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Mount Vernon City school district. It serves grades 9–12 in a small-town setting. The school employs 54.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 19.1:1. 70% of students are proficient in reading. 37% are proficient in maths. The four-year graduation rate is 92%. The school offers 3 AP courses, dual enrollment. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Mount Vernon High School enrolls 1,036 students across grades 9–12. The student body is 50% male and 50% female. A teaching staff of 54.3 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 19.1:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 88% White, 5.6% Two or more races and 4% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 915 | 88% |
| Two or more races | 58 | 5.6% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 41 | 4% |
| Black or African American | 10 | <1% |
| Asian | 9 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 2 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
420 of the school's 1,036 students (41%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 384 qualify for free lunch and 36 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, Distant). 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 OH At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 19, state house district 68.
Mount Vernon High School is one of 8 schools in Mount Vernon City, based in Mount Vernon, Ohio. The district serves 3,374 students district-wide and employs 204 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 1,036 students, Mount Vernon High School is larger than the district average of about 422 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Town - Distant
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