Summary:
Mount Vernon, Indiana is served by one district, MSD Mount Vernon, which runs five schools — three elementaries (Marrs Elementary School, West Elementary School and Farmersville Elementary School), one junior high and one high school — together enrolling about 1,999 students in grades PK–12. The district ranks 67th of 374 Indiana districts, placing it in the 82nd percentile with 4 stars.
The clear standout is Marrs Elementary School, rated 5 stars and 95th percentile among 1,015 Indiana elementaries for the third straight year. It posts the city's highest proficiency in ELA (68.39%), math (75.48%) and science (68.52%), beats the state on every grade-level test, and has the lowest chronic absenteeism at 7.8%. Mount Vernon Junior High School is the biggest mover, climbing from 68th to 85th percentile with all-grades ELA up 12.86 points and math up 8.30. West Elementary School beats the state in every ELA grade despite the city's highest poverty rate (60.29%), though its 4th- and 5th-grade math fall below state.
Two schools raise questions. Farmersville Elementary School dropped from 89th to 69th percentile in one year, with ELA down 16.45 points — despite having the lowest poverty and lowest spending ($12,158). Mount Vernon High School graduates 95.3% of students, 5.6 points above state, but its SAT math (23.64%) is below state and chronic absenteeism is the city's highest at 21.1%, versus 7.8% at Marrs. Spending and class size don't track results here: the high school spends the most ($15,779) with the smallest classes (10.7:1), while top-ranked Marrs spends the second-least.
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