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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at Mount Vernon Middle School this year?
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Enrollment
425
Middle
DISTRICT 479 · STATE 400
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MOUNT VERNON COMM SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 192004001178
Mount Vernon Middle School
525 Palisades Road SW, Mount Vernon, IA 52314 · (319) 895-6254 · Linn County
GRADES 05–08MIDDLE31-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL425 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 95% of Iowa public middle schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats 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 Iowa public middle schools
Student : Teacher
17.1:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.0:1 · STATE 15.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
16%
67 students
DISTRICT 16% · STATE 41%
Community
4
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 5 | 110 | 26% |
| Grade 6 | 110 | 26% |
| Grade 7 | 100 | 24% |
| Grade 8 | 105 | 25% |
Student demographics
18%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 17% · STATE 48% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Mount Vernon Middle School→Mount Vernon High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Mount Vernon Comm School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ISASP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
92.4%
IA avg 73.6% . +3.2pp since 2023
Math
90.4%
IA avg 70.9% . +1.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the ISASP, Iowa's statewide test, about 92 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 90 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Iowa schools, those numbers are about 74 and 71. Reading and writing scores are up about 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 1 points.
ISASP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 92.4% | 90.4% |
| 2023-24 | 89.2% | 89.0% |
% Proficient, all students and all tested grades.
Source: ISASP. 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
90.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
84.1%
based on IA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 90% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 84% typical for Iowa 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 Iowa'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 Middle School
Mount Vernon Middle School's state test result (90.1% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Vernon Middle School this school | 425 | 15.8% | 90.1% |
| Pella Middle School Pella | 375 | 15.7% | 88.8% |
| Ballard Middle School Huxley | 418 | 17.7% | 83.9% |
| Jefferson Intermediate Pella | 494 | 16.6% | 81.2% |
| DeSoto Intermediate School DeSoto | 337 | 20.2% | 87.1% |
| ADM Middle School Adel | 352 | 20.2% | 84.5% |
Matched among Iowa middle 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 Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Iowa | In Linn County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 90.1% | #6 of 224 | #1 of 17 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 90.4% | #11 of 224 no change | #2 of 17 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 92.4% | #7 of 224 ▲ 14 | #1 of 17 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 425 | #91 of 246 | #13 of 17 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.1:1 | #164 of 180 | #15 of 15 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 18.5% | #150 of 180 | #14 of 15 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 15.8% | #225 of 237 | #16 of 17 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +1.4% | #55 of 61 | N/A |
Ranked against other public middle 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
425
-2 (0%) vs 2020
+103% since 1990-91, when it was 209
Student : Teacher
17.1:1
was 15.8:1
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 | 425 | 24.8 | 17.1:1 | 16% (67) |
| 2023-24 | 403 | 25.8 | 15.6:1 | 16% (65) |
| 2022-23 | 397 | 26 | 15.3:1 | 17% (69) |
| 2020-21 | 427 | 27 | 15.8:1 | 17% (71) |
| 2017-18 | 419 | 27.7 | 15.2:1 | 14% (59) |
| 2015-16 | 399 | 28 | 14.3:1 | 14% (56) |
| 2010-11 | 384 | 23 | 16.7:1 | 17% (67) |
| 2000-01 | 286 | 15 | 19.1:1 | 12% (35) |
| 1990-91 | 209 | 10 | 20.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mount Vernon Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 1% (419 to 425); teachers down 10% (27.7 to 24.8).
About Mount Vernon Middle School
Among the schools in Mount Vernon, Iowa, is Mount Vernon Middle School, a medium-sized middle school. Grades offered run from 5 through 8, with 425 students enrolled.
Enrollment across the 3 schools in Mount Vernon Comm School District totals 1,438 students.
The large majority of students at Mount Vernon Middle School, 90%, are White. Next come 5% multiracial and 4% Hispanic. The chance that two students picked at random at Mount Vernon Middle School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 18%.
The school has about 17.1 students per teacher and 24.8 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average ratio among middle schools in Iowa is 15.2:1, lower than at this school. About 16% of enrolled students meet the income rules for free or reduced-price lunch. The 40% average for public schools in Linn County is 24 points higher.
Measured against Iowa public middle schools, Mount Vernon Middle School receives an A+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Mount Vernon Middle School falls in the middle 80% of Iowa schools: 90.1% actual against 84.1% predicted.
In the county around the school, Linn County, median household income is about $77,649, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Mount Vernon Middle School is among the 83 public schools in Linn County.
The nearest other public school, Mount Vernon High School, is about 0.1 miles away. In all, 4 other public schools sit within five miles of Mount Vernon Middle School. Of the 9 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Mount Vernon Middle School is 1st on average proficiency.
Mount Vernon Middle School falls in the Town: Fringe locale category, used for schools in a town close to an urbanized area.
Enrollment has been fairly stable: 427 in 2020-21 and 425 in 2024-25. The school's ratio rose from 15.8:1 to 17.1:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
Topics for discussion here include school safety, transportation, and start times. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Linn County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
230,004
Census ACS
Median income
$77,649
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
35%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
83
36,480 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Mount Vernon Comm School District
- Washington Elementary SchoolElementary · 543 students
- Mount Vernon High SchoolHigh · 470 students
Other schools in Mount Vernon
- Washington Elementary SchoolElementary · 543 students
- Mount Vernon High SchoolHigh · 470 students
Other Mount Vernon Middle schools
3 other US public schools in 4 states are named Mount Vernon Middle. Mount Vernon Middle School is the 2nd largest of the 4.
- Mount Vernon Middle SchoolMount Vernon, OH · 787 students
- MOUNT VERNON MIDDLEMOUNT VERNON, MO · 345 students
- Mount Vernon Middle School - 03Mount Vernon, SD · 58 students
Nearby schools
- Mount Vernon High School0.1 mi · 470
- Washington Elementary School0.1 mi · 543
- Lisbon Secondary School2.0 mi · 301
- Lisbon Elementary School2.0 mi · 461
- Lakeview Elementary8.6 mi · 490
- Solon Intermediate8.8 mi · 196
Frequently asked questions
About Mount Vernon Middle SchoolHow many students attend Mount Vernon Middle School?
Mount Vernon Middle School enrolls approximately 425 students in grades 05-08.
What age range does Mount Vernon Middle School serve?
Mount Vernon Middle School serves students from grade 05 through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Mount Vernon Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Mount Vernon Middle School is approximately 17.1:1 (25 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Mount Vernon Middle School?
Mount Vernon Middle School reports a student body of 90% White, 4% Hispanic, 0% Black, 0% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Mount Vernon Middle School?
Mount Vernon Middle School is overseen by Mount Vernon Comm School District in Linn County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.