Is Mt. Vernon Elementary a good school?

Mt. Vernon Elementary ranks 2631 st of 5862 California elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

How many students attend Mt. Vernon Elementary?

In the 2022-23 school year, 350 students attended Mt. Vernon Elementary.

What is the racial makeup of Mt. Vernon Elementary?

Students at Mt. Vernon Elementary are 76% Hispanic, 11% African American, 5% White, 5% Two or more races, 2% Asian.

What schools do graduates of Mt. Vernon Elementary attend?

Students who attend Mt. Vernon Elementary usually go on to attend: High : Mount Miguel High

Mt. Vernon Elementary

Summary:

Mt. Vernon Elementary is a public elementary school in Lemon Grove, California, serving 350 students in grades K-6 and part of the Lemon Grove District.

Mt. Vernon Elementary stands out as a high-performing school, consistently outperforming the Lemon Grove district and the state of California in English Language Arts and Mathematics proficiency rates across all grade levels. For example, in the 2023-2024 school year, Mt. Vernon's English Language Arts proficiency rate was 43.98%, compared to 35.59% for Lemon Grove and 47.04% for California. The school's performance is particularly strong in 5th grade English Language Arts, where the proficiency rate was 53.66%, compared to 37.17% for Lemon Grove and 47.37% for California. Additionally, Mt. Vernon's Hispanic students and English Language Learner students consistently outperform their counterparts in the district and state.

While Mt. Vernon has seen a significant increase in chronic absenteeism, from 11.6% in 2018-2019 to 30.1% in 2022-2023, the school still outperforms nearby San Altos Elementary and Lemon Grove Academy Elementary in both English Language Arts and Mathematics proficiency rates. This success is even more notable given that Mt. Vernon has a relatively high percentage of students from low-income backgrounds, with 50.57% of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch in 2022-2023.

Detail:

Public K-6

8350 Mount Vernon St.
Lemon Grove, CA 91945-3336

(619) 825-5613

District: Lemon Grove

SchoolDigger Rank:
2631^st of 5,862 California Elementary Schools

Students who attend Mt. Vernon Elementary usually attend:

High:

Mount Miguel High

Student/teacher ratio: 25.0

Number of students: 350

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

76.0%

African American:

11.4%

White:

5.1%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 50.6%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Mt. Vernon Elementary ranks better than 55.1% of elementary schools in California. It also ranks first among 5 ranked elementary schools in the Lemon Grove School District! (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 48.65. (See more...)

Compare Details Mt. Vernon Elementary is not ranked due for the most recent year due to insufficient test score data. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2019 the calculated Average Standard Score was 28.82. (See more...)

Chronic absenteeism in a high school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.

Student Body

Compare Details Racial makeup is: Hispanic (76%), African American (11.4%), White (5.1%). (See more...)

Compare Details 50.6% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. This is the lowest percentage in the Lemon Grove School District. (See more...)

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Mt. Vernon Elementary is 25, which is the highest among 5 elementary schools in the Lemon Grove School District! (See more...)

Compare Mt. Vernon Elementary employs 14 full-time teachers.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Mt. Vernon Elementary:

SchoolDigger ranks Mt. Vernon Elementary 2631^st of 5862 California public elementary schools. (See Mt. Vernon Elementary in the ranking list.)

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Lemon Grove:

SchoolDigger ranks Lemon Grove 973^rd of 1568 California school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Mt. Vernon Elementary

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Rank History for all elementary school students at Mt. Vernon Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2004	46.41	2340^th	4809	51.3%
2005	38.63	2798^th	4822	42.0%
2006	38.48	2797^th	4818	41.9%
2007	18.88	4384^th	5113	14.3%
2008	19.00	4399^th	5113	14.0%
2009	16.06	4672^nd	5193	10.0%
2010	26.16	4135^th	5314	22.2%
2011	32.13	3828^th	5377	28.8%
2012	30.74	3889^th	5390	27.8%
2013	42.66	3141^st	5530	43.2%
2015	46.84	2631^st	5611	53.1%
2016	39.79	3088^th	5614	45.0%
2017	29.41	3883^rd	5692	31.8%
2018	36.70	3361^st	5662	40.6%
2019	27.63	4135^th	5789	28.6%
2022	42.70	2926^th	5883	50.3%
2023	39.18	3194^th	5874	45.6%
2024	48.65	2631^st	5862	55.1%

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Rank History for elementary school English Language Learner students at Mt. Vernon Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	54.19	1062^nd	3246	67.3%
2019	46.00	1444^th	3275	55.9%
2022	55.61	938^th	3311	71.7%
2023	51.94	1094^th	3250	66.3%
2024	59.95	723^rd	3160	77.1%

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Rank History for elementary school Low Socio Economic Status students at Mt. Vernon Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	36.74	3255^th	5084	36.0%
2019	32.83	3655^th	5173	29.3%
2022	50.06	2271^st	5264	56.9%
2023	40.54	3024^th	5374	43.7%
2024	50.31	2373^rd	5511	56.9%

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Rank History for elementary school Female students at Mt. Vernon Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	33.60	3507^th	5413	35.2%
2019	32.22	3652^nd	5492	33.5%
2022	35.60	3283^rd	5635	41.7%
2023	44.53	2726^th	5617	51.5%
2024	47.10	2579^th	5605	54.0%

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Rank History for elementary school Male students at Mt. Vernon Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	40.22	3034^th	5431	44.1%
2019	24.28	4251^st	5510	22.8%
2022	51.07	2390^th	5663	57.8%
2023	32.99	3541^st	5650	37.3%
2024	49.34	2499^th	5636	55.7%

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Rank History for elementary school Hispanic students at Mt. Vernon Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	48.73	2308^th	4830	52.2%
2019	33.35	3439^th	4963	30.7%
2022	58.53	1713^th	5084	66.3%
2023	48.96	2298^th	5098	54.9%
2024	60.75	1645^th	5102	67.8%

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Data source: test scores: California Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

Rank History for Mt. Vernon Elementary

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Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	CA State Percentile
2015	64.96	765^th	2477	69.1%
2016	43.52	1287^th	2497	48.5%
2017	56.11	957^th	2508	61.8%
2018	51.31	1059^th	2480	57.3%
2019	28.82	1829^th	2715	32.6%

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Data source: test scores: California Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

Data source: California Department of Education

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Enrollment information for Mt. Vernon Elementary

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1988	264	48	39	71	1	n/a	n/a	0	423
1989	291	41	37	64	1	n/a	n/a	0	434
1990	276	54	51	62	1	n/a	n/a	0	444
1991	292	42	41	79	0	n/a	n/a	0	454
1992	277	42	46	88	1	n/a	n/a	0	454
1993	267	45	55	89	1	n/a	n/a	0	457
1994	246	58	62	83	1	n/a	n/a	0	450
1995	232	57	64	115	1	n/a	n/a	0	469
1996	232	57	64	115	1	n/a	n/a	0	469
1997	224	69	50	122	5	n/a	n/a	0	470
1998	217	69	55	129	2	n/a	n/a	0	472
1999	206	57	51	137	2	n/a	n/a	0	453
2000	167	77	59	136	6	n/a	n/a	4	449
2001	183	71	62	141	4	n/a	n/a	6	467
2002	129	82	59	151	6	n/a	n/a	0	427
2003	129	82	59	151	6	n/a	n/a	0	427
2004	106	81	42	164	5	n/a	n/a	0	398
2005	101	82	37	170	7	n/a	n/a	1	398
2006	86	89	33	187	6	n/a	n/a	4	405
2007	69	86	24	195	2	n/a	n/a	37	413
2008	60	70	24	187	1	n/a	n/a	0	342
2009	48	48	23	209	0	3	83	0	414
2010	55	64	33	275	0	3	35	0	465
2011	64	76	33	324	5	5	32	0	539
2012	56	66	32	335	2	8	36	0	535
2013	61	82	31	335	2	6	42	0	559
2014	33	72	32	320	1	4	31	0	493
2015	30	81	33	368	2	6	38	0	558
2016	28	80	36	419	2	6	41	0	612
2017	32	72	32	411	1	7	43	0	598
2018	38	74	43	404	7	8	5	0	579
2019	33	53	24	392	3	3	31	0	539
2020	22	54	21	375	3	1	24	0	500
2021	20	40	15	296	4	0	16	0	391
2022	21	41	11	276	2	0	18	0	369
2023	18	40	7	266	3	0	16	0	350

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Mt. Vernon Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	423	18.0	23.5	n/a
1989	434	19.0	22.8	n/a
1990	444	19.0	23.3	n/a
1991	454	18.0	25.2	n/a
1992	454	18.3	24.8	34.4
1993	457	20.0	22.9	39.8
1994	450	18.4	24.5	38.7
1995	469	18.7	25.1	45.2
1996	469	18.7	25.1	45.2
1997	470	20.8	22.6	50
1998	472	25.0	18.9	51.1
1999	453	23.8	19.0	59.8
2000	449	22.8	19.7	52.4
2001	467	24.0	19.5	51.6
2002	427	21.0	20.3	52.2
2003	427	21.0	20.3	52.2
2004	398	19.5	20.4	62.8
2005	398	21.0	19.0	70.5
2006	405	19.0	21.3	68.3
2007	413	21.0	19.7	73.9
2008	342	24.0	14.3	81.6
2009	414	18.0	20.7	74.2
2010	465	19.0	24.4	73.1
2011	539	n/a	n/a	99.4
2012	535	19.3	27.6	n/a
2013	559	20.0	27.9	73.5
2014	493	19.0	25.9	74.4
2015	558	21.0	26.5	75.8
2016	612	24.0	25.5	73.2
2017	598	22.4	26.6	70.6
2018	579	23.5	24.6	66.3
2019	539	22.5	23.9	62.9
2020	500	n/a	n/a	63.4
2021	391	18.0	21.7	70.3
2022	369	16.0	23.0	68.8
2023	350	14.0	25.0	50.6

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Mt. Vernon Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	423	18.0	23.5	n/a
1989	434	19.0	22.8	n/a
1990	444	19.0	23.3	n/a
1991	454	18.0	25.2	n/a
1992	454	18.3	24.8	34.4
1993	457	20.0	22.9	39.8
1994	450	18.4	24.5	38.7
1995	469	18.7	25.1	45.2
1996	469	18.7	25.1	45.2
1997	470	20.8	22.6	50
1998	472	25.0	18.9	51.1
1999	453	23.8	19.0	59.8
2000	449	22.8	19.7	52.4
2001	467	24.0	19.5	51.6
2002	427	21.0	20.3	52.2
2003	427	21.0	20.3	52.2
2004	398	19.5	20.4	62.8
2005	398	21.0	19.0	70.5
2006	405	19.0	21.3	68.3
2007	413	21.0	19.7	73.9
2008	342	24.0	14.3	81.6
2009	414	18.0	20.7	74.2
2010	465	19.0	24.4	73.1
2011	539	n/a	n/a	99.4
2012	535	19.3	27.6	n/a
2013	559	20.0	27.9	73.5
2014	493	19.0	25.9	74.4
2015	558	21.0	26.5	75.8
2016	612	24.0	25.5	73.2
2017	598	22.4	26.6	70.6
2018	579	23.5	24.6	66.3
2019	539	22.5	23.9	62.9
2020	500	n/a	n/a	63.4
2021	391	18.0	21.7	70.3
2022	369	16.0	23.0	68.8
2023	350	14.0	25.0	50.6

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.

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