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Mount Vernon High School
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Mount Vernon High School

PublicHighGrades 9–12

100 California Rd, Mount Vernon, NY 10552 · (914) 665-5300 · Part of Mount Vernon School District

Mount Vernon’s School Grade C− better than 17% of New York school districts

Directions
Photo: Jim.henderson · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Students
1,062
Students per teacher
14:1
Free or reduced lunch
66%
Setting
Suburb
Grades
9–12
The gist

What stands out about Mount Vernon High School

  • Its own letter, B: better results than 59% of New York’s public schools
  • Reading / language arts 12 pts above the state
  • Enrollment down 18.4% since 2020–21

On the path

Where Mount Vernon kids come from and go next. The whole path →

PK–812 schoolsDepends on your address
9–12Mount Vernon High SchoolYou are here

Test scores

2020–21
Math proficiency54%
State average 56.1%
Reading / language arts75%
State average 62.6%

Its own letter, B, places these results among New York’s 4,095 public schools with results. Source: EDFacts via Urban Institute Education Data Portal (SY2020-21).

Location

Directions ↗

100 California Rd, Mount Vernon

Students

Enrollment by grade
Grade 9281
Grade 10257
Grade 11237
Grade 12254
Ungraded33
Enrollment over time
1,302’20
1,249’21
1,094’22
1,014’23
1,062’24

Down 18.4% since 2020–21.

Who goes here
Black 63%Hispanic 31%White 3%Asian 2%Two or more races 1%American Indian/Alaska Native <1%

As reported to NCES, share of students with a reported race or ethnicity.

Parents talk

Questions and answers about Mount Vernon High School from Mount Vernon families.

Other schools in Mount Vernon School District

The district →
Pennington School
Elementary · Grades PK–8 · Mount Vernon
C+
409 students11:1
Graham School
Elementary · Grades PK–8 · Mount Vernon
D
406 students11:1
Edward Williams School
Elementary · Grades PK–8 · Mount Vernon
D
398 students12:1
Mount Vernon Leadership Academy
Elementary · Grades PK–8 · Mount Vernon
D
382 students11:1
Nelson Mandela/Dr. Hosa Zollicoffer School
Elementary · Grades PK–8 · Mount Vernon
C
355 students12:1
Traphagen School
Elementary · Grades PK–8 · Mount Vernon
C
316 students10:1

School facts: U.S. Department of Education (NCES), 2024–2025 school year. Test scores: EDFacts via Urban Institute Education Data Portal (SY2020-21). A school’s letter is our own summary of its reading and math results against New York’s other public schools; Mount Vernon’s School Grade is built from its districts’ results. Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors.