Is Mount Vernon High School a good school?

Mount Vernon High School ranks in the bottom 20.9% of New York high schools.

How many students attend Mount Vernon High School?

In the 2022-23 school year, 1,094 students attended Mount Vernon High School.

What is the racial makeup of Mount Vernon High School?

Students at Mount Vernon High School are 70% African American, 24% Hispanic, 3% White, 1% Asian.

What schools feed into Mount Vernon High School?

Mount Vernon High School is fed by the following schools: Elementary : Benjamin Turner Middle School Elementary : Cecil H Parker School Elementary : Edward Williams School Elementary : Graham School Elementary : Grimes School Elementary : Hamilton School Elementary : Lincoln School Elementary : Mount Vernon Honor Academy Elementary : Mount Vernon Leadership Academy Elementary : Pennington School Elementary : Traphagen School High : Rebecca Turner Academy

Mount Vernon High School

Summary:

Mount Vernon High School is a public high school serving 1,094 students in grades 9-12 in the Mount Vernon School District. The school has a 1-star rating out of 5 from SchoolDigger and ranks in the bottom 20% of New York high schools.

Mount Vernon High School consistently underperforms compared to state and district averages on Regents/Common Core exams, with only 16.86% of students proficient in Algebra I, 13.89% in Chemistry, and 2.7% in Geometry - all well below state averages. The school also struggles with low graduation rates, ranging from 67.7-85.1% over the past few years, and high chronic absenteeism rates, from 24.4% to 100% in recent years. Performance varies greatly by student subgroup, with African American and Hispanic students performing better than their White peers, but still lagging behind state averages. English Language Learners and Special Education students also perform in the bottom 30-40% of New York high schools.

Interestingly, the nearby Denzel Washington School-Arts and Mount Vernon Steam Academy, both part of the Mount Vernon School District, perform significantly better than Mount Vernon High School on academic measures. This suggests there may be opportunities to learn from the practices of these higher-performing schools. Additionally, despite the high per-student spending of over $21,000 at Mount Vernon High School, this has not translated into improved academic outcomes, indicating that simply increasing funding may not be enough to drive improvement. Addressing the root causes of chronic absenteeism and implementing targeted interventions to support underperforming student subgroups will be crucial for the school to improve and better serve its students.

Detail:

Public 9-12

100 California Rd
Mount Vernon, NY 10552-1499

(914) 665-5300

District: Mount Vernon School District

SchoolDigger Rank:
983^rd of 1,242 New York High Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $21,381

Feeder schools for Mount Vernon High School:

Elementary:	Benjamin Turner Middle School
	Cecil H Parker School
	Edward Williams School
	Graham School
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	Grimes School
	Hamilton School
	Lincoln School
	Mount Vernon Honor Academy
	Mount Vernon Leadership Academy
	Pennington School
	Traphagen School
High:	Rebecca Turner Academy

Student/teacher ratio: 13.4

Number of students: 1,094

Racial breakdown:

African American:

70.4%

Hispanic:

23.9%

White:

3.4%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 75.6%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Mount Vernon High School ranks worse than 79.1% of high schools in New York. It also ranks last among 4 ranked high schools in the Mount Vernon School District. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 20.23. (See more...)

The four-year cohort graduation rate measures the percentage of students at Mount Vernon High School who earn a standard high school diploma within four years of starting ninth grade.

The high school dropout rate measures the percentage of students who do not complete their high school education.

Chronic absenteeism in a 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 Mount Vernon High School has the largest high school student body size in the Mount Vernon School District. Racial makeup is: African American (70.4%), Hispanic (23.9%), White (3.4%). (See more...)

Compare Details 75.6% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. This is the highest percentage in the Mount Vernon School District. (See more...)

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Mount Vernon High School is 13.4. 2 high schools in the Mount Vernon School District have better student/teacher ratios. (See more...)

Compare Mount Vernon High School employs 81.4 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Mount Vernon High School is $21,381, which is the 2^nd highest among 4 high schools in the Mount Vernon School District.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Mount Vernon High School:

SchoolDigger ranks Mount Vernon High School 983^rd of 1242 New York public high schools. (See Mount Vernon High School in the ranking list.)

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Mount Vernon School District:

SchoolDigger ranks Mount Vernon School District 644^th of 865 New York school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Mount Vernon High School

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Rank History for all students at Mount Vernon High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	NY State Percentile
2005	25.34	761^st	935	18.6%
2006	31.24	749^th	986	24.0%
2007	27.89	785^th	1002	21.7%
2008	35.13	752^nd	1027	26.8%
2009	25.58	842^nd	1086	22.5%
2010	21.07	919^th	1117	17.7%
2011	17.76	995^th	1165	14.6%
2012	5.51	1141^st	1198	4.8%
2013	9.18	1085^th	1217	10.8%
2014	11.77	1090^th	1237	11.9%
2015	16.15	1074^th	1255	14.4%
2016	20.10	1058^th	1255	15.7%
2017	13.83	1024^th	1221	16.1%
2018	10.17	1087^th	1210	10.2%
2019	13.63	1030^th	1207	14.7%
2022	14.15	1001^st	1190	15.9%
2023	14.91	1013^th	1228	17.5%
2024	20.23	983^rd	1242	20.9%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Mount Vernon High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	32.40	386^th	546	29.3%
2019	43.69	288^th	565	49.0%
2022	45.73	230^th	481	52.2%
2023	52.25	223^rd	583	61.7%
2024	40.56	366^th	637	42.5%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Mount Vernon High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	12.39	1060^th	1095	3.2%
2019	12.93	1078^th	1132	4.8%
2022	12.90	991^st	1038	4.5%
2023	16.15	1042^nd	1130	7.8%
2024	29.35	844^th	1144	26.2%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Mount Vernon High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	10.15	1066^th	1154	7.6%
2019	14.05	1021^st	1179	13.4%
2022	13.90	974^th	1101	11.5%
2023	15.14	986^th	1155	14.6%
2024	21.11	938^th	1170	19.8%

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Rank History for Homeless students at Mount Vernon High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	22.95	434^th	498	12.9%
2019	27.24	397^th	493	19.5%
2022	37.13	241^st	389	38.0%
2023	44.11	267^th	531	49.7%
2024	43.79	293^rd	564	48.0%

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Rank History for Female students at Mount Vernon High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	12.46	1055^th	1176	10.3%
2019	15.24	1016^th	1193	14.8%
2022	19.07	915^th	1155	20.8%
2023	20.93	926^th	1197	22.6%
2024	22.44	951^st	1219	22.0%

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Rank History for Male students at Mount Vernon High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	8.66	1099^th	1176	6.5%
2019	12.97	1032^nd	1190	13.3%
2022	10.64	1031^st	1154	10.7%
2023	12.83	1026^th	1191	13.9%
2024	20.26	965^th	1211	20.3%

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Rank History for African American students at Mount Vernon High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	20.64	582^nd	679	14.3%
2019	23.38	555^th	686	19.1%
2022	27.64	457^th	593	22.9%
2023	29.41	480^th	671	28.5%
2024	38.13	411^th	690	40.4%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Mount Vernon High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	15.93	708^th	791	10.5%
2019	29.83	573^rd	815	29.7%
2022	16.93	656^th	760	13.7%
2023	25.27	634^th	851	25.5%
2024	20.78	714^th	865	17.5%

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Rank History for White students at Mount Vernon High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	NY State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2019	4.15	768^th	793	3.2%
2024	12.52	722^nd	781	7.6%

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Data source: test scores: NY State Education Department, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

Data source: NY State Education Department

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Enrollment information for Mount Vernon High School

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Total
1989	418	1809	28	157	1	n/a	n/a	2413
1990	416	1818	27	163	3	n/a	n/a	2427
1991	402	2020	33	162	4	n/a	n/a	2621
1992	381	2080	26	155	4	n/a	n/a	2646
1993	354	2044	21	165	4	n/a	n/a	2588
1994	331	2063	17	179	2	n/a	n/a	2592
1995	270	2064	13	183	2	n/a	n/a	2532
1996	270	2064	13	183	2	n/a	n/a	2532
1997	231	1981	14	180	1	n/a	n/a	2407
1998	214	2053	16	190	1	n/a	n/a	2474
1999	190	2098	13	215	3	n/a	n/a	2519
2000	163	2118	11	235	4	n/a	n/a	2531
2001	146	1971	8	225	3	n/a	n/a	2353
2002	163	2104	20	265	5	n/a	n/a	2557
2003	163	2104	20	265	5	n/a	n/a	2557
2004	140	2193	14	273	5	n/a	n/a	2625
2005	148	2277	14	268	2	n/a	n/a	2709
2006	141	2281	20	275	3	n/a	n/a	2720
2007	113	2160	20	258	4	n/a	n/a	2555
2008	80	1656	16	233	3	n/a	n/a	1988
2009	62	1608	19	222	2	n/a	n/a	1913
2010	46	1245	21	219	1	n/a	n/a	1532
2011	78	1178	17	202	0	0	0	1475
2012	46	1124	19	216	1	0	0	1406
2013	47	1040	17	208	2	0	1	1315
2014	47	1104	9	230	1	0	3	1394
2015	59	1072	15	209	1	0	3	1359
2016	49	961	12	161	0	0	3	1186
2017	62	1139	15	216	1	0	4	1437
2018	55	1150	12	231	0	0	3	1451
2019	51	1181	16	275	3	2	1	1529
2020	48	1086	16	249	5	2	4	1410
2021	45	974	11	262	6	2	2	1302
2022	45	911	11	270	5	4	3	1249
2023	37	770	16	261	3	0	7	1094

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 Mount Vernon High School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1989	2413	192.1	12.5	n/a
1990	2427	180.7	13.4	n/a
1991	2621	181.8	14.4	n/a
1992	2646	174.3	15.1	n/a
1993	2588	167.7	15.4	n/a
1994	2592	160.9	16.1	20.2
1995	2532	154.7	16.4	26.1
1996	2532	154.7	16.4	26.1
1997	2407	152.7	15.8	33
1998	2474	153.9	16.1	28.3
1999	2519	155.7	16.2	26.4
2000	2531	146.8	17.2	33.4
2001	2353	158.0	14.9	23
2002	2557	166.8	15.3	39.5
2003	2557	166.8	15.3	39.5
2004	2625	n/a	n/a	n/a
2005	2709	172.9	15.7	46.1
2006	2720	175.0	15.5	38.5
2007	2555	170.3	15.0	43.2
2008	1988	136.4	14.6	49.3
2009	1913	121.5	15.7	55.9
2010	1532	113.7	13.4	65.8
2011	1475	90.5	16.2	66.8
2012	1406	100.0	14.0	70.1
2013	1315	95.7	13.7	51.9
2014	1394	83.3	16.7	56.2
2015	1359	78.0	17.4	65.3
2016	1186	96.0	12.3	60.1
2017	1437	86.9	16.5	67.6
2018	1451	85.0	17.0	80.5
2019	1529	73.5	20.7	75.2
2020	1410	93.0	15.1	72.5
2021	1302	79.7	16.3	n/a
2022	1249	66.0	18.9	n/a
2023	1094	81.4	13.4	75.6

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 Mount Vernon High School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1989	2413	192.1	12.5	n/a
1990	2427	180.7	13.4	n/a
1991	2621	181.8	14.4	n/a
1992	2646	174.3	15.1	n/a
1993	2588	167.7	15.4	n/a
1994	2592	160.9	16.1	20.2
1995	2532	154.7	16.4	26.1
1996	2532	154.7	16.4	26.1
1997	2407	152.7	15.8	33
1998	2474	153.9	16.1	28.3
1999	2519	155.7	16.2	26.4
2000	2531	146.8	17.2	33.4
2001	2353	158.0	14.9	23
2002	2557	166.8	15.3	39.5
2003	2557	166.8	15.3	39.5
2004	2625	n/a	n/a	n/a
2005	2709	172.9	15.7	46.1
2006	2720	175.0	15.5	38.5
2007	2555	170.3	15.0	43.2
2008	1988	136.4	14.6	49.3
2009	1913	121.5	15.7	55.9
2010	1532	113.7	13.4	65.8
2011	1475	90.5	16.2	66.8
2012	1406	100.0	14.0	70.1
2013	1315	95.7	13.7	51.9
2014	1394	83.3	16.7	56.2
2015	1359	78.0	17.4	65.3
2016	1186	96.0	12.3	60.1
2017	1437	86.9	16.5	67.6
2018	1451	85.0	17.0	80.5
2019	1529	73.5	20.7	75.2
2020	1410	93.0	15.1	72.5
2021	1302	79.7	16.3	n/a
2022	1249	66.0	18.9	n/a
2023	1094	81.4	13.4	75.6

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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