Mount Vernon Middle School

Mount Vernon Middle School is one of the expansive middle schools in Mount Vernon, Ohio, part of Mount Vernon City, with 787 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8. That puts it 63% above the typical public school in Ohio, which averages around 482 students.

Mount Vernon City comprises 8 schools with combined enrollment of 3,374 students; Mount Vernon Middle School is among them.

On the student-mix side, Mount Vernon Middle School lists that 88% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 5% multiracial, 4% Hispanic.

On the resource side, Mount Vernon Middle School shows 54 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.5:1. The state averages around 17.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Knox County put the typical household earns roughly $73,878 per year, about 25% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Across Knox County's 20 public schools (combined enrollment of about 7,439 students), Mount Vernon Middle School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Mount Vernon High School, roughly 0.1 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Mount Vernon Middle School.

The campus sits in a town-based setting.

Five-year trend. Mount Vernon Middle School's enrollment has fell 7% since 2018, when it stood at 849 (now 787). The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 17.3:1 in 2018 to 14.5:1 today.

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