Mount Vernon School District 80
Serves Mount Vernon, and parts of Mount Vernon Township and Shiloh Township.
Mount Vernon’s School Grade D better than 10% of Illinois school districts
What stands out about Mount Vernon School District 80
- Its letter, D: results better than 7% of Illinois districts
- Math proficiency 20 pts below the state
- Reading proficiency 21 pts below the state
- Spends 6% less per student than the IL average
- 14 students per teacher
- Debt of $5.9M, about $4,066 per student
What this district adds to its towns’ grade
D: better than 7% of the 887 Illinois school districts we grade. Each town’s School Grade weighs its districts by the students they test; spending and class size are shown but don’t count.
Where would my kid go?
The school path for Mount Vernon. Grade by grade →
Test scores vs. IL
2020–21 · 2021–22Graduation rate 86% at Mt Vernon Twp HSD 201, which runs the high school (state 87.6%) · class of 2023.
Reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express and the Urban Institute); the newest year for each measure.
Where the money goes
fiscal 2024Fiscal 2022–24 includes federal pandemic relief (ESSER).
U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances.
Down 3.5% since 2020–21.
Schools in the district
4 public schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with Illinois’s other public schools.
Nearby districts
Compare spending and schools next door.
District facts: U.S. Department of Education (NCES school directory 2024–25 and district boundaries) and the U.S. Census Bureau’s school finance survey. Test scores and graduation: state results reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express and the Urban Institute). The letters are our own summary, graded within Illinois.