MOUNT VERNON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Located at 4629 13TH AVE N, in ST PETERSBURG, Florida, MOUNT VERNON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a compact elementary school that works with 333 students (grades pre-K through 5), part of PINELLAS. Enrollment runs roughly 45% smaller than the state mean of about 604.

PINELLAS comprises 151 schools with combined enrollment of 87,955 students; MOUNT VERNON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is among them.

Demographically, MOUNT VERNON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL records that 42% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school reports 30% Black, 16% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 4% Asian. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 74%.

On the income-and-resources front, The school lists 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.5:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.5:1 average. About 66% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is north of Pinellas County's rate of about 45%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), MOUNT VERNON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 48.1%, the actual is 52.6%, a residual of +4.5 points.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Pinellas County put median household earnings sit near $72,646, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Across Pinellas County's 155 public schools (combined enrollment of about 87,955 students), MOUNT VERNON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is NORTHWEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, roughly 1.0 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts MOUNT VERNON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 5th of 7; the average score across the group is 52.8%.

MOUNT VERNON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates from a downtown location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at MOUNT VERNON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has declined 23%, going from 434 students in 2018 to 333 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment decreased from 35% to 30% over that span.

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