📍 505 Texas Hwy 37, Mount Vernon, Franklin County, 75457
Mt Vernon Middle is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Mount Vernon, Franklin County. The school has 472 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Ashley Bates. It is part of the Mount Vernon Isd school district. It serves grades 5–8 in a rural setting. The school employs 35.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 13.2:1. 43% of students are proficient in reading. 52% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Mt Vernon Middle enrolls 472 students across grades 5–8. The student body is 49% male and 51% female. A teaching staff of 35.6 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 13.2:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 63% White, 28% Hispanic or Latino and 5.1% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 299 | 63% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 131 | 28% |
| Two or more races | 24 | 5.1% |
| Black or African American | 14 | 3% |
| Asian | 3 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
338 of the school's 472 students (72%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 312 qualify for free lunch and 26 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.
Mt Vernon Middle is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Remote). 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 TX-10, state senate district 1, state house district 1.
Mt Vernon Middle is one of 3 schools in MOUNT VERNON ISD, based in MOUNT VERNON, Texas. The district serves 1,608 students district-wide and employs 120 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 472 students, Mt Vernon Middle is close to the district average of about 536 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Remote