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Best High Schools in Mount Vernon, WA

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Schools

1,992

Students

Districts

Top rankedMount Vernon High School299^th of 438 Washington high schools

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Biggest riser

Mount Vernon High School up 28 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

Mount Vernon High School 20.7 students per teacher

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Summary:

Mount Vernon, Washington is served by four public high schools across two districts, educating nearly 2,000 students in grades 9-12, with a notable concentration of students at the traditional comprehensive high school.

The largest school is Mount Vernon High School, which enrolls over 90% of the area's high schoolers in the Mount Vernon School District; it has an 87.7% graduation rate and its students perform above the state average in English Language Arts, though math and science proficiency are areas for improvement. The specialized Northwest Career & Technical Academy offers a very low student-teacher ratio and a vocational focus, while the two smaller alternative schools, Mount Vernon Open Doors and Open Doors in the Burlington-Edison School District, serve grades 10-12 with much smaller enrollments and face significant challenges, including very low graduation rates.

Key takeaways for parents include a significant disparity in resources and outcomes between the traditional comprehensive high school and the alternative programs, a district-wide challenge with math proficiency that is being actively addressed as the high school shows recent improvement in its state ranking, and the availability of a distinct career-focused pathway at the technical academy, highlighting different educational options within the community.

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Ranking:

E Elementary M Middle H High A Alternative P Private

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				WCAS Science (2025)		SBAC English Language Arts (2025)		SBAC Math (2025)		Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	WCAS Science 11th Grade	WCAS Science All Grades	SBAC English Language Arts 10th Grade	SBAC English Language Arts All Grades	SBAC Math 10th Grade	SBAC Math All Grades	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Skagit County Detention Center	Public	8-12	605 3rd St	Mount Vernon	98273	Skagit County	Northwest Educational Service District 189	No	No	No	No	(360) 336-9360	4	0			1 (25.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (75.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)
Open Doors	Public	10-12	2405 E. College Way	Mount Vernon	98273	Skagit County	Burlington-Edison School District	No	No	No	No	(360) 757-3311	12	0		75.0%	3 (25.0%)	1 (8.3%)	8 (66.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)							$4,996	$367	$4,629
Mount Vernon High School	Public	9-12	1075 E. Fulton St	Mount Vernon	98273	Skagit County	Mount Vernon School District	No	No	No	Yes	(360) 428-6156	1,849	89	20.7	59.2%	663 (35.9%)	18 (1.0%)	1,049 (56.7%)	49 (2.7%)	5 (0.3%)	15 (0.8%)	50 (2.7%)	33.2	299^th of 438 public high schools	31.7%		27.7	327^th of 437 public high schools	25.2%	28	37.5	37.5	59.9	59.9	21.1	21.1	$17,930	$2,113	$15,817
Northwest Career & Technical Academy/A WA Skills Center	Public	9-12	2205 W Campus Pl	Mount Vernon	98273	Skagit County	Mount Vernon School District	No	No	No	No	(360) 848-0706	43	15	2.9	39.5%	23 (53.5%)	1 (2.3%)	15 (34.9%)	1 (2.3%)	2 (4.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (2.3%)								(n/a)							$16,622	$576	$16,046
Mount Vernon Open Doors	Public	10-12	2405 E College Way	Mount Vernon	98273	Skagit County	Mount Vernon School District	No	No	No	No	(360) 428-6110	84	0		79.8%	25 (29.8%)	1 (1.2%)	52 (61.9%)	1 (1.2%)	3 (3.6%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (2.4%)								(n/a)							$4,470	$413	$4,056

Cities Near Mount Vernon

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Burlington	4.31 mi	6	249^th
Clearlake	5.77 mi	1	66^th
Bow	7.43 mi	2	164^th
Sedro Woolley	7.6 mi	9	207^th
La Conner	7.63 mi	3	250^th

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau, the Washington State Department of Health and the Washington Office of Superindentent of Public Instruction.

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