Summary:
MSD Mount Vernon serves roughly 1,999 students across five schools — three elementary schools (PK–5 and K–5), one junior high (grades 6–8), and one high school (grades 9–12) — and the district ranks 67th of 374 in the state, at the 82nd percentile with 4 stars. Enrollment is spread fairly evenly: the elementary schools hold 923 students (46.2%), the junior high 493 (24.7%), and the high school 583 (29.2%). That strong district-wide profile, however, masks wide differences between buildings, where school percentiles range from the 59th at West Elementary School to the 95th at Marrs Elementary School.
Marrs Elementary School is the academic standout: ranked 55th of 1,015 (95th percentile, 5 stars), with the district's highest ILEARN proficiency in ELA (68.39%), Math (75.48%), and Science (68.52%), plus the lowest chronic absenteeism at 7.8% — well under the district's 14.2% and the state's 16.7%. Mount Vernon Junior High School is the biggest improver, climbing from the 67th percentile (3 stars) to the 85th percentile (4 stars) in a single year, with all-grade gains in ELA (37.58% to 50.44%), Math (42.68% to 50.98%), and Science (46.75% to 56.15%).
The remaining schools face different challenges. West Elementary School has the highest poverty rate (60.29% FRPL) and the lowest elementary scores, with its rank slipping from the 81st percentile to the 59th. Farmersville Elementary School has the lowest poverty rate (27.9%) and above-district Math (57.63%) but weak ELA (42.37%), and its rank fell from the 89th to the 69th percentile. Mount Vernon High School reports a 95.3% graduation rate and SAT ERW of 54.55%, above the state's 51.9%, yet SAT Math is 23.64% (below the state's 25.6%) and chronic absenteeism is 21.1%, the district's highest and above the state's 16.7%.
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