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Alumni: what's one memory from Mt. Vernon Elementary that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
471
Elementary
DISTRICT 480 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SAN BERNARDINO CITY UNIFIED·NCES 063417005371
Mt. Vernon Elementary
1271 West Tenth St., San Bernardino, CA 92411 · (909) 388-6400 · San Bernardino County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL471 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 9% of California public elementary schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- BThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded California public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
21.4:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.4:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
96%
453 students
DISTRICT 92% · STATE 65%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 77 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 51 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 65 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 75 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 69 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 68 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 66 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (77) is 17% larger than its 6th grade class (66).
Student demographics
9%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 29% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
17.6%
CA avg 49.1% . +1.6pp since 2014
Math
10.9%
CA avg 37.7% . +3.9pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 18 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 11 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 2 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 4 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 5.0% | 12.6% | 27.6% | 54.8% |
| Math | 2.8% | 8.1% | 20.8% | 68.3% |
Share of tested students at each CAASPP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
CAASPP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 17.6% | 10.9% |
| 2023-24 | 17.9% | 10.3% |
| 2022-23 | 19.2% | 10.7% |
| 2021-22 | 13.5% | 9.0% |
| 2018-19 | 32.7% | 17.9% |
| 2017-18 | 28.0% | 11.7% |
| 2016-17 | 26.1% | 13.4% |
| 2015-16 | 25.0% | 10.0% |
| 2014-15 | 16.0% | 7.0% |
% met or exceeded standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CAASPP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
14.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
23.2%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 14% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 23% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among California's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Mt. Vernon Elementary
Mt. Vernon Elementary's state test result (14.0% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mt. Vernon Elementary this school | 471 | 96.2% | 14.0% |
| Wilmington Park Elementary Wilmington | 472 | 96.0% | 36.1% |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson Elementary San Diego | 456 | 96.7% | 21.7% |
| Nevin Avenue Elementary Los Angeles | 478 | 97.7% | 35.1% |
| Dr. Lawrence H. Moore Math Science Technology Academy Los Angeles | 454 | 97.8% | 38.1% |
| Leo Politi Elementary Los Angeles | 504 | 94.4% | 23.3% |
Matched among California elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Mt. Vernon Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In San Bernardino County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 14.0% | #4,986 of 5,151 | #297 of 318 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 10.9% | #5,002 of 5,172 ▲ 11 | #301 of 321 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 17.6% | #4,962 of 5,172 ▼ 83 | #309 of 321 ▼ 19 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.0pp | #2,300 of 5,116 | #168 of 318 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 471 | #2,789 of 5,915 | #223 of 340 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.4:1 | #1,780 of 5,352 | #84 of 328 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 9.4% | #4,966 of 5,354 | #317 of 328 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 96.2% | #299 of 5,625 | #17 of 331 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.5% | #2,100 of 3,837 | #131 of 246 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
471
-30 (-6%) vs 2020
-41% since 1990-91, when it was 795
Student : Teacher
21.4:1
was 22.8:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 471 | 22 | 21.4:1 | 96% (453) |
| 2023-24 | 477 | 24.5 | 19.5:1 | 94% (449) |
| 2022-23 | 487 | 21 | 23.2:1 | 94% (458) |
| 2020-21 | 501 | 22 | 22.8:1 | 93% (464) |
| 2017-18 | 551 | 21 | 26.2:1 | 96% (530) |
| 2015-16 | 586 | 22 | 26.6:1 | 97% (571) |
| 2010-11 | 666 | N/A | N/A | 97% (648) |
| 2000-01 | 741 | 37 | 20.0:1 | 91% (678) |
| 1990-91 | 795 | 28 | 28.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mt. Vernon Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 15% (551 to 471); teachers up 5% (21 to 22).
About Mt. Vernon Elementary
In San Bernardino, California, Mt. Vernon Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school. It enrolled 471 students in kindergarten through 6 for the 2024-25 school year.
Mt. Vernon Elementary reports to San Bernardino City Unified, which has 72 schools and 44,080 students.
Federal enrollment data show Mt. Vernon Elementary is 95% Hispanic. After that, the student body is 3% Black. Among all residents of San Bernardino County, the Hispanic share is about 55%. Pick two students at random and there is a 9% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Mt. Vernon Elementary employs 22 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 21.4:1. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. Mt. Vernon Elementary's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 96%. That rate is above the 74% average among public schools in San Bernardino County.
Measured against California public elementary schools, Mt. Vernon Elementary receives a D. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Mt. Vernon Elementary would be expected to post about 23.2%. Its actual average proficiency rate on state tests is 14.0%.
San Bernardino County has about 2,197,104 residents, and the median household income is $85,478, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Besides Mt. Vernon Elementary, San Bernardino County has 582 other public schools.
The shortest distance from Mt. Vernon Elementary to another public school is about 0.3 miles, to Graciano Gomez Elementary. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. The nearest schools with test data average 26.2%, higher than Mt. Vernon Elementary's 14.0%.
The school's locale code, City: Mid-size, means it is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Enrollment has fallen by 30 students since 2020-21, to 471. By 2024-25, the school had 21.4 students per teacher, compared with 22.8 in 2020-21.
If you have questions about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news at Mt. Vernon Elementary, you can post them here. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
San Bernardino County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
2,197,104
Census ACS
Median income
$85,478
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
23%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
583
393,648 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in San Bernardino City Unified
- Cajon HighHigh · 2,748 students
- Arroyo Valley HighHigh · 2,692 students
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- San Bernardino HighHigh · 1,440 students
- San Gorgonio HighHigh · 1,431 students
- Pacific HighHigh · 1,246 students
Other schools in San Bernardino
- Cajon HighHigh · 2,748 students
- Arroyo Valley HighHigh · 2,692 students
- San Bernardino County Special EducationCombined · 1,860 students
- Indian Springs HighHigh · 1,810 students
- San Bernardino HighHigh · 1,440 students
- San Gorgonio HighHigh · 1,431 students
Other Mt. Vernon Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 2 states are named Mt. Vernon Elementary. Mt. Vernon Elementary is the 3rd largest of the 4.
- Mt. Vernon ElementaryBakersfield, CA · 614 students
- Mt. Vernon ElementaryLemon Grove, CA · 359 students
- Mt. Vernon ElementaryMount Vernon, KY · 597 students
Nearby schools
- Graciano Gomez Elementary0.3 mi · 481
- Ramona-Alessandro Elementary0.6 mi · 502
- Dr. Mildred Dalton Henry Elementary0.7 mi · 338
- Martin Luther King Jr. Middle0.7 mi · 581
- Roosevelt Elementary0.8 mi · 512
- Arroyo Valley High0.8 mi · 2,692
Frequently asked questions
About Mt. Vernon ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Mt. Vernon Elementary?
Mt. Vernon Elementary enrolls approximately 471 students in grades KG-06.
What grades does Mt. Vernon Elementary serve?
Mt. Vernon Elementary serves grades KG-06.
How many teachers does Mt. Vernon Elementary have?
Mt. Vernon Elementary employs 22 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 21.4:1.
How diverse is Mt. Vernon Elementary?
Mt. Vernon Elementary reports a student body of 1% White, 95% Hispanic, 3% Black, 0% Asian, 0% Two or more.
What district is Mt. Vernon Elementary in?
Mt. Vernon Elementary is part of San Bernardino City Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.