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Schools in Mount Vernon

Mount Vernon’s public schools

Mount Vernon School District 17-3 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Mount Vernon. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?3/3schools above South Dakota’s middle

Tests spring 2022, when 98% of students in South Dakota’s tested grades sat them, and the class of 2023’s graduation rate (U.S. Department of Education). How TownRatings grades schools

Reading proficiency
52%
2021–22
Math proficiency
62%
2021–22
Graduate on time
90%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$14.4K
▲ 10% vs SD $13.0K
FY2024
Students per teacher
12.2
SD 13.7 · smaller classes
Schools in town
3
255 students on the public path
In brief

Mount Vernon’s schools, in brief

School by school

3 of Mount Vernon’s 3 district schools with test results score above the middle of South Dakota’s 548 public schools. Mount Vernon High School- 01 places highest (better than 94%); Mount Vernon Elementary - 02 lowest (85%). See the path ↓

Written from the figures on this page. Tests are from 2021–22, graduation from the class of 2023; each school’s own letter uses 2020–21 results.

Where will my kid go?

Pick a grade. These are the public schools in Mount Vernon, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–5Mount Vernon Elementary - 02Mount Vernon School District 17-3A
6–8Mount Vernon Middle School - 03Mount Vernon School District 17-3A
9–12Mount Vernon High School- 01Mount Vernon School District 17-3A

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Mount Vernon School District 17-3.

The district

Spending and class size are shown but don’t count toward the grade. Each district’s own page has every school.

Mount Vernon School District 17-3Grades PK–12 · 3 schools · 255 students, up 9% since 2020–21 · 12.2 per teacher (SD 13.7)
$14,372SD $13,040 · FY2024
A−
Test scores · 2021–22

Close to the state in reading

Reading52%
State average 51% · 126 students tested
Math62%
State average 42.2% · 126 students tested

Mount Vernon vs. its neighbors

Schools grades for the South Dakota towns that share Mount Vernon’s borders.

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Mount Vernon—Mount Vernon School District 17-3

Every school in Mount Vernon

3 schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with South Dakota’s other public schools (the newest school-level results we have).

District schools in Mount Vernonby address
Mount Vernon Elementary - 02
Elementary · Grades PK–5
A
110 students11:1Rate it →
Mount Vernon Middle School - 03
Middle · Grades 6–8
A
58 students13:1Rate it →
Mount Vernon High School- 01
High · Grades 9–12
A
87 students13:1Rate it →

Questions about Mount Vernon’s schools

Are Mount Vernon’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Mount Vernon. Mount Vernon School District 17-3 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Mount Vernon. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 3 of its 3 district schools with test results score above the middle of South Dakota’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is Mount Vernon in?

Mount Vernon School District 17-3.

Where do Mount Vernon kids go to high school?

Mount Vernon High School- 01.

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School data: state test results (2021–22, with participation) and four-year graduation rates (class of 2023) reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express); each school’s own letter uses its 2020–21 results (EDFacts via the Urban Institute); schools and enrollment from NCES (2024–25; private schools 2023–24); spending from the Census Bureau’s school finance survey (FY2024). Stars are from neighbors.