Summary:
MSD Mount Vernon has one high school in this data: Mount Vernon High School, located at 700 Harriett St, Mount Vernon, IN 47620. It serves grades 9–12 and enrolls 583 students. The district itself ranks 67th of 374 Indiana districts — the 82nd percentile, with 4 stars — so the most useful comparisons for parents are against the district, the state, and the school's own prior years.
Strengths are clear. The graduation rate is 95.3% in 2024–25, equal to the district and 5.6 percentage points above the state's 89.7%. SAT Evidence-based Reading and Writing climbed from 48.82% in 2024–25 to 54.55% in 2025–26, moving from below the state to above the state's 51.9%. The student-teacher ratio of 10.7 in 2024–25 is relatively low, though no district or state benchmark is provided. In 2025–26 the school ranked 155th of 415 Indiana high schools — the 63rd percentile, 3 stars — which is above average statewide.
The main warning sign is chronic absenteeism at 21.1% in 2024–25, above both the district's 14.2% and the state's 16.7% — the largest negative gap in the record. SAT Mathematics was 23.64% in 2025–26, below the state's 25.6% and down from 25.2%. Biology dropped from 46.54% in 2024–25 to 41.67% in 2025–26, and no 2025–26 state comparison is available for it. The school was 4 stars in 2023–24 (123rd of 432), then 3 stars in 2024–25 (166th of 429) and 2025–26 (155th of 415) — an 11-position gain year over year, but still 32 positions below 2023–24. For context, 31.9% of students receive free/reduced lunch, per-student spending is $15,779 (2023–24), and no peer benchmarks are given for these figures.
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