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Mount Vernon High School

Serves grades 9 - 12

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2023 – 2024 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2022
  • Educational Environment: 2023 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated June 2025

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School Overview

Address
700 Harriett St
Mount Vernon, IN 47620
Phone
(812) 838-4356
District
MSD Mount Vernon
County
POSEY COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
576
Classroom Teachers
55

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Indiana

6

(10 is best)

Better than 57.3% of all IN schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

7

(10 is best)

Mount Vernon High School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 11

60 50 40 30 20 10 0
39%
37%
48%
50%
29%
24%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

17.5 15 12.5 10 7.5 5 2.5 0
10
13
16
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 9 134 23.3%
Grade 10 142 24.7%
Grade 11 136 23.6%
Grade 12 162 28.1%
Total 576 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 92.1% 94.1% 66.7%
Black 3.1% 2.5% 14.3%
Hispanic 4.1% 2.9% 15.5%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 0.4% 0.3% 3.2%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.4% 0.3% 0.3%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 34.4% 40.9% 48.2%
Free lunch eligible 32.1% 37.5% 42.4%
Reduced lunch eligible 2.3% 3.4% 5.7%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 15,227 6,862,199
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 65.5 190
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 5.5% 6.0%
5-19 YEARS OLD 18.7% 20.2%
20-44 YEARS OLD 28.3% 32.6%
45-64 YEARS OLD 26.4% 24.8%
65 OR OLDER 21.0% 16.4%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 6,297 2,681,537
Single Parent Households With Children 6.6% 8.7%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 94.6% 90.2%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 25.4% 28.8%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 23.5% 15.5%
$100,000 - $149,999 17.7% 17.2%
$75,000 - $99,999 10.9% 13.9%
$50,000 - $74,999 19.4% 17.9%
$30,000 - $49,999 11.7% 16.1%
$15,000 - $29,999 9.5% 11.0%
$15,000 or less 7.3% 8.4%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,095 $14,623,000 43.6%
Support Expenditures
Student $743 $1,531,000 4.6%
Staff $1,303 $2,686,000 8.0%
General Administration $296 $610,000 1.8%
School Administration $661 $1,362,000 4.1%
Operation $2,562 $5,281,000 15.7%
Transportation $999 $2,059,000 6.1%
Other $200 $412,000 1.2%
Total Support $6,764 $13,941,000 41.5%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,422 $4,991,000 14.9%
Total Expenditures $16,281 $33,555,000 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $6,851 $7,075,542,000 45.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $728 $751,765,000 4.8%
Staff $595 $614,487,000 4.0%
General Administration $257 $265,847,000 1.7%
School Administration $793 $818,899,000 5.3%
Operation $1,403 $1,448,931,000 9.3%
Transportation $685 $707,574,000 4.6%
Other $437 $451,574,000 2.9%
Total Support $4,899 $5,059,077,000 32.5%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,300 $3,408,304,000 21.9%
Total Expenditures $15,050 $15,542,923,000 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $9,169 $453,314,948,000 49.6%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,031 $50,976,033,477 5.6%
Staff $799 $39,519,417,000 4.3%
General Administration $308 $15,224,255,000 1.7%
School Administration $850 $42,029,112,000 4.6%
Operation $1,430 $70,704,769,000 7.7%
Transportation $613 $30,295,759,523 3.3%
Other $623 $30,798,344,000 3.4%
Total Support $5,654 $279,547,690,000 30.6%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,675 $181,697,172,000 19.9%
Total Expenditures $18,499 $914,559,810,000 100.0%

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