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Mount Vernon Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Alexandria, Alexandria city. The school has 880 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Alexandria City Public Schools school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in an urban setting. The school employs 53 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 16.6:1. 45% of students are proficient in reading. 34% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Mount Vernon Elementary enrolls 880 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 53 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 16.6:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 56% Hispanic or Latino, 36% White and 4.4% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 493 | 56% |
| White | 317 | 36% |
| Two or more races | 39 | 4.4% |
| Black or African American | 22 | 2.5% |
| Asian | 9 | 1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
398 of the school's 880 students (45%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 374 qualify for free lunch and 24 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 Elementary is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Midsize). Virtual instruction: Supplemental Virtual. 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 VA-80, state senate district 30, state house district 45.
Mount Vernon Elementary is one of 19 schools in Alexandria City Public Schools, based in Alexandria, Virginia. The district serves 16,575 students district-wide and employs 1,163 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 880 students, Mount Vernon Elementary is close to the district average of about 872 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Midsize
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