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Enrollment
382
Elementary
DISTRICT 360 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MOUNT VERNON SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 362010001832
MOUNT VERNON LEADERSHIP ACADEMY
455 N HIGH ST, MOUNT VERNON, NY 10552 · (914) 358-2700 · Westchester County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL382 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 27% of New York public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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 New York public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
11.1:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.4:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
66%
251 students
DISTRICT 64% · STATE 58%
Community
1
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 | 17 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 26 | 7% |
| Grade 1 | 35 | 9% |
| Grade 2 | 34 | 9% |
| Grade 3 | 48 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 58 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 51 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 38 | 10% |
| Grade 7 | 40 | 10% |
| Grade 8 | 35 | 9% |
This year's kindergarten class (26) is 26% smaller than its 8th grade class (35).
Student demographics
57%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 54% · STATE 72% · 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
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
41.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +8.0pp since 2023
Math
39.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -1.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 41 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 39 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores are up about 8 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 1 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 41.0% | 39.0% |
| 2023-24 | 33.0% | 40.0% |
% Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4), all students and all tested grades.
Source: NYS Assessments. 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
38.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.8%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 39% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 51% typical for New York 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 New York'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 LEADERSHIP ACADEMY
MOUNT VERNON LEADERSHIP ACADEMY's state test result (38.7% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| MOUNT VERNON LEADERSHIP ACADEMY this school | 382 | 65.7% | 38.7% |
| HORIZON-ON-THE-HUDSON SCHOOL NEWBURGH | 447 | 62.2% | 28.8% |
| NELSON MANDELA/DR HOSA ZOLLICOFFER SCHOOL MOUNT VERNON | 355 | 66.2% | 44.1% |
| SCHOOL 35-PINNACLE ROCHESTER | 435 | 73.6% | 15.0% |
| LINCOLN SCHOOL MOUNT VERNON | 470 | 63.4% | 58.0% |
| GRAND AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NORTH BALDWIN | 306 | 61.4% | 46.9% |
Matched among New York 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 LEADERSHIP ACADEMY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Westchester County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 38.7% | #1,687 of 2,335 | #95 of 120 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 39.0% | #1,887 of 2,342 ▼ 190 | #110 of 127 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 41.0% | #1,756 of 2,343 ▼ 123 | #99 of 127 ▲ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 382 | #1,469 of 2,585 | #96 of 146 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.1:1 | #882 of 2,338 | #51 of 141 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.0% | #872 of 2,388 | #48 of 141 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 65.7% | #1,060 of 2,534 | #28 of 137 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -26.7% | #379 of 1,757 | #11 of 100 |
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
382
-36 (-9%) vs 2020
-7% since 1990-91, when it was 410
Student : Teacher
11.1:1
was 12.3:1
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 | 382 | 34.5 | 11.1:1 | 66% (251) |
| 2023-24 | 381 | 34.3 | 11.1:1 | 62% (236) |
| 2022-23 | 404 | 35.7 | 11.3:1 | 76% (308) |
| 2020-21 | 418 | 34 | 12.3:1 | 85% (356) |
| 2017-18 | 521 | 39 | 13.4:1 | 88% (458) |
| 2015-16 | 584 | 38 | 15.4:1 | 80% (466) |
| 2010-11 | 563 | 45 | 12.5:1 | 86% (486) |
| 2000-01 | 521 | 36 | 14.5:1 | 57% (298) |
| 1990-91 | 410 | 27 | 15.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for MOUNT VERNON LEADERSHIP ACADEMY.
About MOUNT VERNON LEADERSHIP ACADEMY
MOUNT VERNON LEADERSHIP ACADEMY, located in MOUNT VERNON, New York, is a medium-sized elementary school. Students in pre-K through 8 attend, and enrollment is 382 students.
MOUNT VERNON LEADERSHIP ACADEMY reports to MOUNT VERNON SCHOOL DISTRICT, which has 16 schools and 6,654 students.
A majority of students at MOUNT VERNON LEADERSHIP ACADEMY, 52%, are Hispanic. Next come 39% Black and 7% White. The county population is about 27% Hispanic. MOUNT VERNON LEADERSHIP ACADEMY has a diversity index of 57%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Its 34.5 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 11.1:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in New York is 12.8:1, higher than at this school. The school's lunch program data list 66% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. That rate is above the 38% average among public schools in Westchester County.
allk12 grades MOUNT VERNON LEADERSHIP ACADEMY a C. The grade compares the school only with New York public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, MOUNT VERNON LEADERSHIP ACADEMY would score about 50.8%. It scores 38.7%, 12.2 points below that figure.
Westchester County has about 999,677 residents, and median household income is about $118,976, about 53% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. Federal data list 255 public schools in Westchester County, with a combined enrollment of about 140,968.
The nearest other public school, MOUNT VERNON STEAM ACADEMY, is about 0.1 miles away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of MOUNT VERNON LEADERSHIP ACADEMY. By average proficiency, MOUNT VERNON LEADERSHIP ACADEMY is 9th among 9 schools close by.
MOUNT VERNON LEADERSHIP ACADEMY is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels Suburb: Large.
The 2024-25 enrollment of 382 was 9% lower than in 2020-21, when it was 418. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (11.1:1) than in 2020-21 (12.3:1).
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Westchester County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
999,677
Census ACS
Median income
$118,976
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
53%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
255
140,968 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in MOUNT VERNON SCHOOL DISTRICT
- MOUNT VERNON HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,062 students
- MOUNT VERNON STEAM ACADEMYHigh · 747 students
- LINCOLN SCHOOLElementary · 470 students
- DENZEL WASHINGTON SCHOOL-ARTSHigh · 427 students
- PENNINGTON SCHOOLElementary · 409 students
- GRAHAM SCHOOLElementary · 406 students
Other schools in MOUNT VERNON
- MOUNT VERNON HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,062 students
- MOUNT VERNON STEAM ACADEMYHigh · 747 students
- LINCOLN SCHOOLElementary · 470 students
- DENZEL WASHINGTON SCHOOL-ARTSHigh · 427 students
- PENNINGTON SCHOOLElementary · 409 students
- GRAHAM SCHOOLElementary · 406 students
Nearby schools
- MOUNT VERNON STEAM ACADEMY0.1 mi · 747
- NELSON MANDELA/DR HOSA ZOLLICOFFER SCHOOL0.2 mi · 355
- INTELLECTUS PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL0.3 mi · 97
- LINCOLN SCHOOL0.5 mi · 470
- ROSEMARIE ANN SIRAGUSA SCHOOL0.5 mi · 500
- HAMILTON SCHOOL0.5 mi · 320
Frequently asked questions
About MOUNT VERNON LEADERSHIP ACADEMYHow large is MOUNT VERNON LEADERSHIP ACADEMY?
MOUNT VERNON LEADERSHIP ACADEMY enrolls approximately 382 students in grades PK-08.
Is MOUNT VERNON LEADERSHIP ACADEMY an elementary, middle, or high school?
MOUNT VERNON LEADERSHIP ACADEMY is an elementary school covering grades PK-08.
How many students per teacher at MOUNT VERNON LEADERSHIP ACADEMY?
Approximately 11.1:1 students per teacher at MOUNT VERNON LEADERSHIP ACADEMY.
How diverse is MOUNT VERNON LEADERSHIP ACADEMY?
MOUNT VERNON LEADERSHIP ACADEMY reports a student body of 7% White, 52% Hispanic, 39% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is MOUNT VERNON LEADERSHIP ACADEMY in?
MOUNT VERNON LEADERSHIP ACADEMY is part of MOUNT VERNON SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.