Enrollment
333
Elementary
DISTRICT 484 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PINELLAS·NCES 120156001645
MOUNT VERNON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
4629 13TH AVE N, ST PETERSBURG, FL 33713 · (727) 893-1815 · Pinellas County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL333 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 48% of Florida public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Florida public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
11.5:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.6:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
66%
220 students
DISTRICT 48% · STATE 50%
Community
0
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 61 | 18% |
| Kindergarten | 41 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 51 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 48 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 46 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 51 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 35 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (41) is 17% larger than its 5th grade class (35).
Student demographics
70%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 67% · STATE 70% · 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
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FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveEnglish Language Arts
51.5%
FL avg 56.7% . -9.7pp since 2023
Math
50.1%
FL avg 58.9% . -1.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 51 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 50 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores are down about 10 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 1 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 51.5% | 50.1% |
| 2023-24 | 61.1% | 51.4% |
% at Level 3 or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: FAST / B.E.S.T.. 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
52.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.1%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 53% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% typical for Florida 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 Florida'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 MOUNT VERNON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
MOUNT VERNON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (52.6% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| MOUNT VERNON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 333 | 66.1% | 52.6% |
| MILA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MERRITT ISLAND | 382 | 68.6% | 41.7% |
| JOHN M. SEXTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ST PETERSBURG | 355 | 69.3% | 60.2% |
| FUGUITT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LARGO | 464 | 65.7% | 52.9% |
| MONTCLAIR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ORANGE PARK | 402 | 64.7% | 50.8% |
| MERRIAM CHERRY STREET ELEMENTARY PANAMA CITY | 343 | 64.1% | 45.4% |
Matched among Florida 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 MOUNT VERNON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Pinellas County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 52.6% | #1,202 of 2,136 | #70 of 90 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 50.1% | #1,554 of 2,149 ▼ 230 | #80 of 90 ▼ 11 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 51.5% | #1,234 of 2,149 ▼ 557 | #72 of 90 ▼ 31 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 333 | #1,928 of 2,267 | #80 of 90 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.5:1 | #24 of 2,077 | #8 of 90 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.2% | #190 of 2,108 | #13 of 90 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 66.1% | #636 of 2,188 | #26 of 90 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -23.3% | #376 of 1,374 | #25 of 75 |
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
333
+19 (+6%) vs 2020
-36% since 1990-91, when it was 518
Student : Teacher
11.5:1
was 11.2:1
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 | 333 | 29 | 11.5:1 | 66% (220) |
| 2023-24 | 373 | 29 | 12.9:1 | 72% (267) |
| 2022-23 | 345 | 30 | 11.5:1 | 71% (245) |
| 2020-21 | 314 | 28 | 11.2:1 | 66% (208) |
| 2017-18 | 434 | 36 | 12.1:1 | 76% (332) |
| 2015-16 | 484 | 35 | 13.8:1 | 72% (348) |
| 2010-11 | 536 | 35 | 15.3:1 | 80% (430) |
| 2000-01 | 489 | 32 | 15.3:1 | 68% (332) |
| 1990-91 | 518 | 24 | 21.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for MOUNT VERNON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About MOUNT VERNON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
MOUNT VERNON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school in ST PETERSBURG, Florida, and it is part of PINELLAS. The school serves 333 students in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25. For comparison, elementary schools in Florida average about 604 students.
PINELLAS is made up of 151 schools with 87,955 students in all.
No single group makes up more than half of enrollment at MOUNT VERNON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. The largest is White students, at 42%. The next largest groups are 30% Black, 16% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, and 4% Asian. In Pinellas County overall, about 74% of residents are White. The school's diversity index is 70%, meaning two students picked at random have a 70% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The school reports 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 11.5 students per teacher. That is 6.0 students per teacher below the 17.5:1 average for elementary schools in Florida. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility covers 66% of students. Compared with the 45% average for public schools in Pinellas County, the school's rate is higher.
Measured against Florida public elementary schools, MOUNT VERNON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL receives a B-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
MOUNT VERNON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL posts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 52.6%, compared with a predicted 48.1%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Florida schools on BeatsExpectations.
In Pinellas County (population about 963,481), the median household income is $72,646, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 37%, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. MOUNT VERNON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 155 public schools in the county.
The shortest distance from MOUNT VERNON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL to another public school is about 1.0 miles, to NORTHWEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On state test proficiency, MOUNT VERNON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 5th in a group of 7 nearby schools.
For locale, NCES codes MOUNT VERNON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL as City: Large.
2024-25 enrollment was 333, a 6% gain from 314 in 2020-21.
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Pinellas County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
963,481
Census ACS
Median income
$72,646
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
37%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
155
87,955 students
Quick facts
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- JAMES B. SANDERLIN K-8Elementary · 817 students
- TYRONE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 799 students
Other Mount Vernon Elementary schools
6 other US public schools in 6 states are named Mount Vernon Elementary. MOUNT VERNON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the 4th largest of the 7.
- Mount Vernon ElementaryAlexandria, VA · 933 students
- Mount Vernon Elementary SchoolGainesville, GA · 650 students
- Mount Vernon ElementaryYorktown, VA · 573 students
- MOUNT VERNON ELEM.MOUNT VERNON, MO · 319 students
- Mount Vernon Elementary SchoolChicago, IL · 245 students
Nearby schools
- NORTHWEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.0 mi · 418
- FAIRMOUNT PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.4 mi · 425
- WESTGATE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.7 mi · 498
- NEW HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.7 mi · 666
- PINELLAS TELESCHOOL1.8 mi · 130
- DISSTON ACADEMY1.8 mi · 63
Frequently asked questions
About MOUNT VERNON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow many students attend MOUNT VERNON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
MOUNT VERNON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 333 students in grades PK-05.
Is MOUNT VERNON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
MOUNT VERNON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does MOUNT VERNON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL have?
MOUNT VERNON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL employs 29 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.5:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at MOUNT VERNON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At MOUNT VERNON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 42% White, 16% Hispanic, 30% Black, 4% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Who oversees MOUNT VERNON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
MOUNT VERNON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is overseen by PINELLAS in Pinellas County.
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