Best Public Schools in Mount Vernon, NY

Summary:

The city of Mount Vernon, New York is home to 18 schools serving students from elementary through high school, all part of the Mount Vernon School District. While the district as a whole faces significant challenges, with a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger, a few standout schools demonstrate stronger academic performance and outcomes.

Lincoln School, an elementary school, ranks 662 out of 2,445 elementary schools in New York and has a 4-star rating, with strong proficiency rates in English Language Arts and Math. At the high school level, Mount Vernon Steam Academy and Denzel Washington School-Arts both perform better than the district average, with higher proficiency rates in core subjects.

However, the district as a whole faces significant challenges, with low graduation rates, high dropout and chronic absenteeism, and test scores that lag behind state averages. Disparities in funding and resources across schools likely contribute to these systemic issues, which will require a comprehensive approach to address. Targeted interventions and investments will be crucial to raising student achievement and ensuring equitable opportunities for all students in the Mount Vernon School District.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2024)				Ranking (2023)				Regents Common Core Algebra I (2024)	Regents Chemistry (2024)	Regents Common Core Algebra II (2024)	Regents Common Core English Language Arts (2024)	Regents Common Core Geometry (2024)	Regents Earth Science (2024)	Regents Global History and Geography (2024)	Regents Living Environment (2024)	Regents Physics (2024)	Regents U.S. History and Government (2024)	Regents Algebra I (2024)	NY State Assessments English Language Arts (2024)						NY State Assessments Math (2024)						NY State Assessments Science (2024)		% Completely Immunized (2020)	% Polio (2020)	% Measles (2020)	% Mumps (2020)	% Rubella (2020)	% Diphtheria (2020)	% Hepatitis B (2020)	% Varicella (2020)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2023)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	SchoolDigger Rating (2024)	Average Standard Score (2023)	Statewide Rank (2023)	State Percentile (2023)	Rank Change from Previous Year	Regents Common Core Algebra I End of Course	Regents Chemistry End of Course	Regents Common Core Algebra II End of Course	Regents Common Core English Language Arts End of Course	Regents Common Core Geometry End of Course	Regents Earth Science End of Course	Regents Global History and Geography End of Course	Regents Living Environment End of Course	Regents Physics End of Course	Regents U.S. History and Government End of Course	Regents Algebra I End of Course	NY State Assessments English Language Arts 3rd Grade	NY State Assessments English Language Arts 4th Grade	NY State Assessments English Language Arts 5th Grade	NY State Assessments English Language Arts 6th Grade	NY State Assessments English Language Arts 7th Grade	NY State Assessments English Language Arts 8th Grade	NY State Assessments Math 3rd Grade	NY State Assessments Math 4th Grade	NY State Assessments Math 5th Grade	NY State Assessments Math 6th Grade	NY State Assessments Math 7th Grade	NY State Assessments Math 8th Grade	NY State Assessments Science 5th Grade	NY State Assessments Science 8th Grade	% Completely Immunized All Grades	% Polio All Grades	% Measles All Grades	% Mumps All Grades	% Rubella All Grades	% Diphtheria All Grades	% Hepatitis B All Grades	% Varicella All Grades	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Amani Public Charter School	Public, Charter	5-8	60 S 3rd Ave	Mount Vernon	10550	Westchester County	Amani Public Charter School	Yes	No	No	Yes	(914) 668-2553	332	29	11.4	66.9%	2 (0.6%)	307 (92.5%)	17 (5.1%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.2%)	56.5	601^st of 1504 public middle schools	60.0%		64.6	472^nd of 1500 public middle schools	68.5%	129											45.5			40.9	52.9	59.2	55.7			37.7	52.5	47.4		14.3	30.6									$20,767	$2,803	$17,964
Mount Vernon Leadership Academy	Public	PK, KG-8	455 N High St	Mount Vernon	10552	Westchester County	Mount Vernon School District	No	No	No	Yes	(914) 358-2700	404	36	11.3	76.2%	28 (6.9%)	158 (39.1%)	214 (53.0%)	3 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	26.2	1869^th of 2445 public elementary schools	23.6%		34.4	1603^rd of 2439 public elementary schools	34.3%	266												15.2	26.7	50.0	27.1	42.4	53.6	34.0	44.4	22.2	31.0	58.1	57.1	37.1	32.1	99.6	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	99.8	$19,769	$1,475	$18,294
Graham School	Public	PK, KG-8	421 E 5th St	Mount Vernon	10553	Westchester County	Mount Vernon School District	No	No	No	Yes	(914) 665-2800	425	34	12.4	74.1%	16 (3.8%)	301 (70.8%)	93 (21.9%)	11 (2.6%)	3 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	23.1	1969^th of 2445 public elementary schools	19.5%		28.3	1802^nd of 2439 public elementary schools	26.1%	167								53.3				28.2	33.3	36.0	29.2	46.3	54.6	24.4	46.7	19.2	22.7	33.3	20.6	23.1	11.1	95.4	99.7	99.5	99.5	100.0	99.5	99.7	98.2	$18,357	$1,394	$16,963
Hamilton School	Public	K-8	20 Oak St	Mount Vernon	10550	Westchester County	Mount Vernon School District	No	No	No	Yes	(914) 665-5050	354	35	10.0		15 (4.2%)	163 (46.0%)	172 (48.6%)	3 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	36.9	1541^st of 2445 public elementary schools	37.0%		38.5	1488^th of 2439 public elementary schools	39.0%	53												37.5	40.0	23.1	45.5	50.0	41.4	66.7	41.7	10.3	59.1	63.0	45.2	17.2	34.4	91.8	97.8	97.6	97.6	100.0	97.8	99.0	97.3	$21,229	$3,490	$17,739
Mount Vernon Honor Academy	Public	PK, KG-8	195 N Columbus Ave	Mount Vernon	10553	Westchester County	Mount Vernon School District	No	No	No	Yes	(914) 665-5110	308	30	10.3	57.8%	8 (2.6%)	229 (74.4%)	63 (20.5%)	3 (1.0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.3%)	37.1	1536^th of 2445 public elementary schools	37.2%		53.1	1079^th of 2439 public elementary schools	55.8%	457								86.7			86.7	50.0	63.0	27.3	31.4	67.9	60.6	46.4	78.6	20.0	33.3	61.3	22.2	21.7	22.2	98.7	99.0	99.2	99.2	100.0	99.5	99.5	99.0	$22,209	$1,913	$20,296
Lincoln School	Public	K-8	170 E Lincoln Ave	Mount Vernon	10552	Westchester County	Mount Vernon School District	No	No	No	Yes	(914) 665-5039	498	43	11.5	64.9%	53 (10.6%)	217 (43.6%)	216 (43.4%)	6 (1.2%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	4 (0.8%)	69.4	662^nd of 2445 public elementary schools	72.9%		64.3	809^th of 2439 public elementary schools	66.8%	147								80.0			80.0	44.0	59.2	73.2	53.9	76.6	50.9	59.3	63.8	63.4	51.2	54.4	6.9	56.1	27.3	97.8	99.7	99.7	99.7	99.7	99.8	99.5	99.5	$17,461	$1,182	$16,278
Rebecca Turner Academy	Public	9-12	625 S 4th Ave	Mount Vernon	10550	Westchester County	Mount Vernon School District	No	No	No	Yes	(914) 665-5100	218	22	9.9	69.7%	2 (0.9%)	164 (75.2%)	45 (20.6%)	2 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (2.3%)	41.6	738^th of 1242 public high schools	40.6%					(n/a)				57.1			83.3	69.2		66.7	90.9															98.1	98.7	99.0	99.0	99.7	98.7	99.0	98.1	$33,410	$2,564	$30,846
Mount Vernon High School	Public	9-12	100 California Rd	Mount Vernon	10552	Westchester County	Mount Vernon School District	No	No	No	Yes	(914) 665-5300	1,094	81	13.4	75.6%	37 (3.4%)	770 (70.4%)	261 (23.9%)	16 (1.5%)	3 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (0.6%)	20.2	983^rd of 1242 public high schools	20.9%		14.9	1013^th of 1228 public high schools	17.5%	30	16.9	13.9	37.6	57.6	2.7		75.8	28.1		68.4	15.9															96.3	99.2	99.8	99.8	100.0	100.0	98.3	99.2	$21,381	$541	$20,840
Cecil H Parker School	Public	PK, KG-8	461 S 6th Ave	Mount Vernon	10550	Westchester County	Mount Vernon School District	No	No	No	Yes	(914) 665-5040	256	27	9.6	80.5%	0 (0.0%)	200 (78.1%)	45 (17.6%)	7 (2.7%)	2 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.8%)	22.1	2000^th of 2445 public elementary schools	18.2%		24.1	1917^th of 2439 public elementary schools	21.4%	83												33.3	39.1	21.4	16.7	64.3	33.3	38.7	38.8	14.3	5.9	40.0	8.3	7.1	4.2	97.2	98.8	99.4	99.4	100.0	99.1	99.1	99.4	$23,647	$2,599	$21,047
Pennington School	Public	PK, KG-8	20 Fairway Ave	Mount Vernon	10552	Westchester County	Mount Vernon School District	No	No	No	Yes	(914) 665-5105	426	34	12.4	45.3%	73 (17.1%)	213 (50.0%)	121 (28.4%)	16 (3.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.7%)	50.8	1146^th of 2445 public elementary schools	53.1%		51.9	1111^th of 2439 public elementary schools	54.4%	35								77.3			52.4	47.9	31.3	57.1	54.6	48.0	63.2	60.4	50.0	34.2	40.9	37.5	17.7	40.9	27.8	99.3	99.6	99.8	99.8	100.0	99.8	99.6	99.8	$17,982	$1,392	$16,590
Edward Williams School	Public	PK, KG-8	9 Union Ln	Mount Vernon	10553	Westchester County	Mount Vernon School District	No	No	No	Yes	(914) 665-5070	473	40	11.8	85.0%	13 (2.7%)	353 (74.6%)	98 (20.7%)	7 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	18.4	2111^th of 2445 public elementary schools	13.7%		11.5	2289^th of 2439 public elementary schools	6.2%	178											75.0	23.5	8.1	22.2	25.9	16.3	43.9	14.3	15.8	40.0	29.6	18.6	9.1	28.9	15.8	99.8	99.8	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	99.8	100.0	$17,343	$1,274	$16,069
Traphagen School	Public	PK, KG-8	72 Lexington Ave	Mount Vernon	10552	Westchester County	Mount Vernon School District	No	No	No	Yes	(914) 665-5060	322	29	11.1	53.7%	31 (9.6%)	198 (61.5%)	80 (24.8%)	10 (3.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.9%)	55.6	1015^th of 2445 public elementary schools	58.5%		57.2	992^nd of 2439 public elementary schools	59.3%	23								81.8			90.9	51.9	54.8	42.3	37.9	66.7	75.0	67.9	32.3	65.4	62.1	74.1		30.8		99.4	99.4	99.7	99.7	100.0	100.0	99.4	99.7	$21,414	$1,834	$19,579
Grimes School	Public	K-8	58 S 10th Ave	Mount Vernon	10550	Westchester County	Mount Vernon School District	No	No	No	Yes	(914) 665-5020	411	35	11.5	78.1%	4 (1.0%)	303 (73.7%)	93 (22.6%)	4 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	6 (1.5%)	27	1846^th of 2445 public elementary schools	24.5%		41.1	1412^th of 2439 public elementary schools	42.1%	434								60.0				21.2	33.3	19.2	48.2	35.3	39.5	36.8	50.0	31.5	58.6	14.3	12.2	9.4	4.0	94.3	99.5	97.5	97.5	99.8	99.3	99.5	97.0	$19,400	$1,698	$17,702
Benjamin Turner Middle School	Public	K-8	624 S 3rd Ave	Mount Vernon	10550	Westchester County	Mount Vernon School District	No	No	No	Yes	(914) 665-5150	196	20	9.6	70.9%	4 (2.0%)	151 (77.0%)	40 (20.4%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	35.8	1575^th of 2445 public elementary schools	35.6%					(n/a)								84.6				48.3	40.0	37.5	56.5	36.5	31.6	51.6	20.0	25.0	30.4	17.3	24.6	16.7	9.1	97.5	99.7	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	99.2	99.4	$36,684	$2,324	$34,361
Denzel Washington School-Arts	Public, Magnet	6-12	121 S 6th Ave	Mount Vernon	10550	Westchester County	Mount Vernon School District	No	Yes	No	Yes	(914) 358-2740	383	31	12.4	58.2%	10 (2.6%)	299 (78.1%)	72 (18.8%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	31.6	840^th of 1242 public high schools	32.4%		39.9	737^th of 1228 public high schools	40.0%	103	28.6	9.8	34.7	88.7	16.7		78.8	32.8	31.8	84.5	25.3				68.8	51.5	56.9				59.4	34.4	28.6		23.4	95.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	$20,067	$1,541	$18,526
Mount Vernon Steam Academy	Public	9-12	350 Gramatan Ave	Mount Vernon	10552	Westchester County	Mount Vernon School District	No	No	No	Yes	(914) 665-5120	756	46	16.2	65.2%	44 (5.8%)	456 (60.3%)	229 (30.3%)	23 (3.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.4%)	36.9	783^rd of 1242 public high schools	37.0%		35.2	788^th of 1228 public high schools	35.8%	5	23.9	43.4	66.3	72.6	25.5		78.0	45.8	42.7	89.5	33.7															99.1	99.8	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	99.5	99.8	$16,255	$778	$15,478
Nelson Mandela/Dr Hosa Zollicoffer School	Public	PK, KG-8	250 Gramatan Ave	Mount Vernon	10550	Westchester County	Mount Vernon School District	No	No	No	Yes	(914) 358-2720	367	29	12.6	68.9%	28 (7.6%)	178 (48.5%)	157 (42.8%)	2 (0.5%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	39.9	1449^th of 2445 public elementary schools	40.7%		45.5	1292^nd of 2439 public elementary schools	47.0%	157												27.7	51.4	42.5	48.7	48.2	47.2	40.4	51.4	19.1	62.5	44.8	36.8	21.4	31.6									$15,191	$1,563	$13,628
Intellectus Preparatory Charter School	Public, Charter	6-8	175-177 Gramatan Ave	Mount Vernon	10552	Westchester County	Intellectus Preparatory Charter School	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(914) 999-2899	51			5.9%	0 (0.0%)	51 (100.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	48.9	737^th of 1504 public middle schools	51.0%		59.9	539^th of 1500 public middle schools	64.1%	198						6.3				25.0	50.0				31.3	50.0	31.3				42.9	72.4												$36,550	$17,883	$18,667

Cities Near Mount Vernon

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Bronx	0.64 mi	469	606^th
Yonkers	0.88 mi	41	603^rd
Pelham	1.41 mi	6	23^rd
New Rochelle	2.1 mi	10	413^th
Bronxville	2.11 mi	3	5^th

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau, the WNYC and the New York State Department of Health and the NY State Education Department.

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