High Schools in Mount Vernon School District

The Mount Vernon School District in New York is home to four high schools serving grades 9-12: Mount Vernon High School, Mount Vernon Steam Academy, Denzel Washington School-Arts, and Rebecca Turner Academy. The data reveals significant differences in academic performance and other key metrics across these high schools.

Denzel Washington School-Arts and Mount Vernon Steam Academy stand out as the top-performing high schools in the district. Denzel Washington School-Arts, a public magnet high school, has the highest test scores across multiple subjects, including an 88.73% proficiency rate in Regents/Common Core English Language Arts, compared to the district average of 65.29% and the state average of 78.55%. Mount Vernon Steam Academy also has strong academic performance, with the highest proficiency rates in subjects like Chemistry, Algebra II, and U.S. History among the district's high schools.

In contrast, Mount Vernon High School and Rebecca Turner Academy lag behind the other two schools in terms of test scores and academic achievement. Additionally, the district's high schools have relatively high chronic absenteeism rates, ranging from 34.1% to 34.1%, which may be an area of concern. While the schools have consistent graduation and dropout rates, the data suggests that the district could benefit from examining the practices and resources of the higher-performing schools to identify strategies that can be replicated across all its high schools.