Is Mount Vernon High School a good school?

Mount Vernon High School ranks 327 th of 437 Washington high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 1 star out of 5.

How many students attend Mount Vernon High School?

In the 2022-23 school year, 1,977 students attended Mount Vernon High School.

What is the racial makeup of Mount Vernon High School?

Students at Mount Vernon High School are 59% Hispanic, 35% White, 2% Two or more races, 2% Asian.

What schools feed into Mount Vernon High School?

Mount Vernon High School is fed by the following schools: Elementary : Centennial Elementary School Elementary : Harriet Rowley Elementary : Jefferson Elementary Elementary : Little Mountain Elementary Elementary : Washington Elementary School Middle : La Venture Middle School Middle : Mount Baker Middle School

Mount Vernon High School

Summary:

Mount Vernon High School is a public high school serving 1,977 students in grades 9-12 in Mount Vernon, Washington, which is part of the Mount Vernon School District. The school faces several challenges, including underperformance in academic metrics, high dropout rates, and a significant population of socioeconomically disadvantaged students.

Compared to state averages, Mount Vernon High School has a significantly higher Hispanic student population (59.38% vs. 22.5%) and a lower percentage of White students (34.6% vs. state average). The school consistently underperforms the state and district in standardized test scores, with only 49.78% of students proficient in English Language Arts and 20.43% proficient in math, compared to state averages of 52.63% and 41.68%, respectively. While the school's four-year graduation rate has improved, it is still lower than the state average (88% vs. 82.9%), and its dropout rate is higher (10.2% vs. 5.5%).

When compared to nearby schools, such as La Conner High School, Mount Vernon High School performs similarly or worse in academic metrics. The school's performance also varies significantly across different student subgroups, with White and multi-racial students outperforming their Hispanic and English Language Learner peers. Despite spending more per student ($19,070 vs. state average of $14,822), the school's academic outcomes have not improved, suggesting the need for targeted interventions and resource allocation to address these challenges.

Detail:

Public 9-12

1075 E. Fulton St
Mount Vernon, WA 98273-3327

(360) 428-6156

District: Mount Vernon School District

SchoolDigger Rank:
327^th of 437 Washington High Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $19,070

Feeder schools for Mount Vernon High School:

Elementary:	Centennial Elementary School
	Harriet Rowley
	Jefferson Elementary
	Little Mountain Elementary
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	Washington Elementary School
Middle:	La Venture Middle School
	Mount Baker Middle School

Student/teacher ratio: 19.2

Number of students: 1,977

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

59.4%

White:

34.6%

Two or more races:

2.5%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 66.7%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Mount Vernon High School ranks worse than 74.8% of high schools in Washington. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 27.7. (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.

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: Hispanic (59.4%), White (34.6%), two or more races (2.5%). (See more...)

Compare Details 66.7% 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 19.2. 1 high schools in the Mount Vernon School District have better student/teacher ratios. (See more...)

Compare Mount Vernon High School employs 102.7 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Mount Vernon High School is $19,070. 1 high schools in the Mount Vernon School District spend more per student.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Mount Vernon High School:

SchoolDigger ranks Mount Vernon High School 327^th of 437 Washington 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 199^th of 247 Washington 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	WA State Percentile
2004	25.36	303^rd	390	22.3%
2005	25.06	322^nd	394	18.3%
2006	33.01	295^th	395	25.3%
2007	37.78	291^st	399	27.1%
2008	35.41	293^rd	396	26.0%
2009	38.68	278^th	402	30.8%
2010	35.89	300^th	423	29.1%
2011	28.98	325^th	440	26.1%
2012	35.78	313^th	450	30.4%
2013	40.26	310^th	454	31.7%
2015	21.04	292^nd	341	14.4%
2017	26.66	242^nd	301	19.6%
2018	28.83	247^th	315	21.6%
2019	31.16	308^th	417	26.1%
2021	26.89	339^th	455	25.5%
2022	18.20	372^nd	434	14.3%
2023	28.79	316^th	442	28.5%
2024	27.70	327^th	437	25.2%

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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Mount Vernon High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	WA State Percentile
2018	13.47	83^rd	91	8.8%
2021	59.68	66^th	195	66.2%
2022	45.10	98^th	179	45.3%
2023	32.07	115^th	166	30.7%

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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	WA State Percentile
2021	19.54	97^th	102	4.9%
2022	12.34	69^th	70	1.4%
2024	14.70	67^th	68	1.5%

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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	WA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	19.96	102^nd	110	7.3%

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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	WA State Percentile
2019	23.85	286^th	344	16.9%
2021	21.77	339^th	392	13.5%
2022	11.47	355^th	370	4.1%
2023	20.11	315^th	362	13.0%
2024	20.89	304^th	356	14.6%

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Rank History for Migrant students at Mount Vernon High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	WA State Percentile
2018	68.16	4^th	20	80.0%
2019	37.24	13^th	25	48.0%
2021	34.01	25^th	35	28.6%
2022	12.67	30^th	31	3.2%
2023	22.57	23^rd	28	17.9%
2024	33.85	20^th	27	25.9%

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Rank History for Homeless students at Mount Vernon High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	WA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2021	17.94	40^th	45	11.1%
2024	7.35	24^th	24	0.0%

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Rank History for Female students at Mount Vernon High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	WA State Percentile
2019	26.55	278^th	358	22.3%
2021	23.32	312^th	390	20.0%
2022	12.06	346^th	368	6.0%
2023	21.48	292^nd	357	18.2%
2024	29.73	260^th	347	25.1%

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Rank History for Military Connected students at Mount Vernon High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	WA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2022	16.85	34^th	38	10.5%

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Rank History for Male students at Mount Vernon High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	WA State Percentile
2018	26.74	204^th	254	19.7%
2019	32.06	262^nd	355	26.2%
2021	29.24	292^nd	395	26.1%
2022	20.38	297^th	363	18.2%
2023	29.50	258^th	358	27.9%
2024	20.35	305^th	362	15.7%

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Rank History for Asian students at Mount Vernon High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	WA State Percentile
2018	31.58	67^th	87	23.0%
2021	44.73	76^th	136	44.1%
2022	43.30	73^rd	124	41.1%
2024	16.66	100^th	113	11.5%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Mount Vernon High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	WA State Percentile
2019	22.13	202^nd	241	16.2%
2021	20.06	248^th	278	10.8%
2022	10.81	256^th	261	1.9%
2023	18.35	224^th	249	10.0%
2024	24.17	205^th	248	17.3%

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Rank History for White students at Mount Vernon High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	WA State Percentile
2018	37.01	169^th	222	23.9%
2019	55.73	164^th	382	57.1%
2021	53.19	170^th	413	58.8%
2022	41.56	234^th	390	40.0%
2023	53.06	170^th	379	55.1%
2024	45.92	201^st	374	46.3%

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Data source: test scores: Washington Office of Superindentent of Public Instruction, 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: Washington State Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction

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Reviews:

by a student
Tuesday, November 22, 2011

They have great teachers in the english and science. Thats about it. The students are rude and least interested in school (this is a generalization). The campus is medium small sized. I actually go to this school and I am very focused on my studies. I really wish that there could be a another school for focused student that want to succeed. There is no management fault, the staff do there best and are devoted. I did not mean to offend the school in anyway, i just believe the extra kids cause distractions to the students that want to be successful. Close Quote

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	Not Specified	Total
1988	1096	3	15	88	13	n/a	n/a	0	1215
1989	1051	3	22	120	10	n/a	n/a	0	1206
1990	974	2	23	123	8	n/a	n/a	0	1130
1991	1003	2	19	148	9	n/a	n/a	0	1181
1992	1064	3	22	194	6	n/a	n/a	0	1289
1993	1126	5	23	239	7	n/a	n/a	0	1400
1994	1218	10	27	254	6	n/a	n/a	0	1515
1995	1161	6	40	291	11	n/a	n/a	0	1509
1996	1161	6	40	291	11	n/a	n/a	0	1509
1997	1194	7	38	326	23	n/a	n/a	0	1588
1998	1255	8	41	299	29	n/a	n/a	0	1632
1999	1252	10	42	319	18	n/a	n/a	0	1641
2000	1274	12	53	359	22	n/a	n/a	0	1720
2001	1238	16	51	390	13	n/a	n/a	0	1708
2002	1252	16	50	499	17	n/a	n/a	0	1834
2003	1252	16	50	499	17	n/a	n/a	0	1834
2004	1149	20	45	546	21	n/a	n/a	0	1781
2005	1106	28	49	576	18	n/a	n/a	0	1777
2006	1033	24	50	607	20	n/a	n/a	55	1789
2007	1018	19	35	647	29	n/a	n/a	54	1802
2008	1002	24	34	667	19	n/a	n/a	54	1800
2009	947	33	42	705	20	n/a	n/a	51	1798
2010	911	35	50	809	18	n/a	n/a	45	1868
2011	884	27	37	837	13	15	21	0	1834
2012	872	21	48	885	11	13	34	0	1884
2013	855	21	47	937	15	14	32	0	1921
2014	784	16	45	985	16	11	40	0	1897
2015	819	14	38	1019	13	16	43	0	1962
2016	816	14	42	1045	15	24	44	0	2000
2017	790	19	48	1020	9	16	48	0	1950
2018	824	19	50	1018	6	20	54	0	1991
2019	794	21	54	1037	9	24	47	0	1986
2020	781	18	50	1096	12	22	38	1	2018
2021	725	15	41	1097	11	19	48	1	1957
2022	711	15	48	1140	11	17	53	0	1995
2023	684	10	41	1174	5	14	49	0	1977

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
1988	1215	61.0	19.9	0
1989	1206	61.0	19.7	n/a
1990	1130	57.8	19.5	0
1991	1181	60.5	19.5	n/a
1992	1289	61.7	20.8	n/a
1993	1400	63.1	22.2	n/a
1994	1515	65.3	23.2	n/a
1995	1509	64.3	23.5	n/a
1996	1509	64.3	23.5	n/a
1997	1588	64.0	24.8	n/a
1998	1632	69.2	23.6	n/a
1999	1641	67.5	24.3	n/a
2000	1720	73.2	23.5	n/a
2001	1708	72.0	23.7	n/a
2002	1834	78.7	23.3	33.5
2003	1834	78.7	23.3	33.5
2004	1781	75.0	23.7	41.9
2005	1777	75.4	23.6	50.3
2006	1789	79.0	22.6	55.9
2007	1802	87.5	20.6	18.6
2008	1800	87.8	20.5	47.8
2009	1798	87.8	20.5	55.4
2010	1868	94.6	19.7	55.3
2011	1834	92.8	19.7	56.4
2012	1884	91.8	20.5	60.2
2013	1921	92.1	20.8	62.2
2014	1897	n/a	n/a	62.5
2015	1962	98.0	20.0	61.5
2016	2000	99.0	20.2	60.8
2017	1950	102.6	18.9	57.3
2018	1991	104.1	19.1	55.4
2019	1986	101.8	19.5	58.8
2020	2018	96.5	20.9	60.4
2021	1957	102.0	19.1	60.7
2022	1995	104.5	19.0	61.5
2023	1977	102.7	19.2	66.7

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
1988	1215	61.0	19.9	0
1989	1206	61.0	19.7	n/a
1990	1130	57.8	19.5	0
1991	1181	60.5	19.5	n/a
1992	1289	61.7	20.8	n/a
1993	1400	63.1	22.2	n/a
1994	1515	65.3	23.2	n/a
1995	1509	64.3	23.5	n/a
1996	1509	64.3	23.5	n/a
1997	1588	64.0	24.8	n/a
1998	1632	69.2	23.6	n/a
1999	1641	67.5	24.3	n/a
2000	1720	73.2	23.5	n/a
2001	1708	72.0	23.7	n/a
2002	1834	78.7	23.3	33.5
2003	1834	78.7	23.3	33.5
2004	1781	75.0	23.7	41.9
2005	1777	75.4	23.6	50.3
2006	1789	79.0	22.6	55.9
2007	1802	87.5	20.6	18.6
2008	1800	87.8	20.5	47.8
2009	1798	87.8	20.5	55.4
2010	1868	94.6	19.7	55.3
2011	1834	92.8	19.7	56.4
2012	1884	91.8	20.5	60.2
2013	1921	92.1	20.8	62.2
2014	1897	n/a	n/a	62.5
2015	1962	98.0	20.0	61.5
2016	2000	99.0	20.2	60.8
2017	1950	102.6	18.9	57.3
2018	1991	104.1	19.1	55.4
2019	1986	101.8	19.5	58.8
2020	2018	96.5	20.9	60.4
2021	1957	102.0	19.1	60.7
2022	1995	104.5	19.0	61.5
2023	1977	102.7	19.2	66.7

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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