Enrollment
110
Elementary
DISTRICT 85 · STATE 204
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MOUNT VERNON SCHOOL DISTRICT 17-3·NCES 464965000454
Mount Vernon Elementary - 02
500 N Main, Mount Vernon, SD 57363 · (605) 236-5237 · Davison County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL110 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 78% of South Dakota public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-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 South Dakota public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
11.4:1
10 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.3:1 · STATE 15.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
35%
38 students
DISTRICT 35% · STATE 42%
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 | 13 | 12% |
| Kindergarten | 15 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 15 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 15 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 16 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 17 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 19 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (15) is 21% smaller than its 5th grade class (19).
Student demographics
17%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 14% · STATE 53% · 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
Based on grade levels within Mount Vernon School District 17-3. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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SD Smarter Balanced 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
61.5%
SD avg 50.3% . +0.4pp since 2022
Math
61.5%
SD avg 47.5% . -1.5pp since 2022
What this means: On the SD Smarter Balanced, South Dakota's statewide test, about 62 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 62 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all South Dakota schools, those numbers are about 50 and 47. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2022, while math scores are down about 2 points.
SD Smarter Balanced results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 61.5% | 61.5% |
| 2023-24 | 64.2% | 64.2% |
| 2022-23 | 61.1% | 63.0% |
% Proficient, all students and all tested grades.
Source: SD Smarter Balanced. 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
57.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.9%
based on SD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 58% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 49% typical for South Dakota 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 South Dakota'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 - 02
Mount Vernon Elementary - 02's state test result (57.7% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Vernon Elementary - 02 this school | 110 | 34.5% | 57.7% |
| Langford Area Elementary - 02 Langford | 111 | 36.0% | 58.8% |
| Bridgewater-Emery Elementary - 02 Bridgewater | 143 | 30.8% | 63.4% |
| Burke Elementary - 02 Burke | 105 | 37.1% | 57.2% |
| Irene - Wakonda Elementary - 02 Wakonda | 161 | 34.8% | 32.5% |
| Gayville-Volin Elementary - 02 Gayville | 136 | 31.6% | 33.2% |
Matched among South Dakota 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 - 02 ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In South Dakota | In Davison County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 57.7% | #50 of 193 | N/A |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 61.5% | #58 of 199 ▼ 12 | N/A |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 61.5% | #48 of 202 ▼ 18 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 110 | #199 of 331 | #5 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 34.5% | #106 of 209 | N/A |
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
110
+9 (+9%) vs 2020
+11% since 1990-91, when it was 99
Student : Teacher
11.4:1
was 10.1:1
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 | 110 | 9.7 | 11.4:1 | 35% (38) |
| 2023-24 | 117 | 10.6 | 11.0:1 | 34% (40) |
| 2022-23 | 123 | 10.7 | 11.5:1 | 34% (42) |
| 2020-21 | 101 | 10 | 10.1:1 | 27% (27) |
| 2017-18 | 110 | 9.5 | 11.6:1 | 29% (32) |
| 2015-16 | 111 | 9 | 12.3:1 | 38% (42) |
| 2010-11 | 90 | 8 | 11.3:1 | 41% (37) |
| 2000-01 | 96 | 7 | 13.7:1 | 38% (36) |
| 1990-91 | 99 | 2 | 49.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mount Vernon Elementary - 02.
Since 2017-18: students unchanged (110 to 110); teachers up 2% (9.5 to 9.7).
About Mount Vernon Elementary - 02
Mount Vernon Elementary - 02 is a small elementary school in Mount Vernon, South Dakota, (ZIP code 57363). It serves 110 students in pre-K through 5. The average among elementary schools in South Dakota is roughly 204 students; this school is 46% smaller than that.
Mount Vernon School District 17-3 runs 3 schools with a combined 255 students. Mount Vernon Elementary - 02 is one of them.
Mount Vernon Elementary - 02's enrollment is 91% White. After that, the student body is 5% Black and 3% Native American. For comparison, Davison County is about 90% White. Pick two students at random and there is a 17% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Teacher staffing is 9.7 full-time equivalents, or about 11.4 students per teacher. This ratio sits 4.0 below the 15.4:1 average for elementary schools in South Dakota. Eligibility for subsidized school meals is 35%. For comparison, public schools in Davison County average 38%.
allk12 grades Mount Vernon Elementary - 02 an A-. The grade compares the school only with South Dakota public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Mount Vernon Elementary - 02 is 8.8 points above its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests (57.7% versus 48.9%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in South Dakota.
Federal survey data for Davison County show that the median household income is $66,208, roughly 23% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. There are 13 public schools in Davison County, enrolling about 3,137 students in all.
Nearest public school: Mount Vernon Middle School - 03, less than a tenth of a mile away. Within five miles are 2 other public schools. Mount Vernon Elementary - 02 is 2nd of 4 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
The federal government classifies Mount Vernon Elementary - 02's location as Rural: Distant.
Federal data show a 9% enrollment rise, from 101 in 2020-21 to 110 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 10.1:1 in 2020-21 to 11.4:1 in 2024-25.
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Davison County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
19,952
Census ACS
Median income
$66,208
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
23%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
13
3,137 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Mount Vernon School District 17-3
- Mount Vernon High School- 01High · 87 students
- Mount Vernon Middle School - 03Middle · 58 students
Other schools in Mount Vernon
- Mount Vernon High School- 01High · 87 students
- Mount Vernon Middle School - 03Middle · 58 students
Other Mount Vernon Elementary schools
6 other US public schools in 6 states are named Mount Vernon Elementary. Mount Vernon Elementary - 02 is the 7th 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 ELEMENTARY SCHOOLST PETERSBURG, FL · 333 students
- MOUNT VERNON ELEM.MOUNT VERNON, MO · 319 students
Nearby schools
- Mount Vernon Middle School - 030.0 mi · 58
- Mount Vernon High School- 010.0 mi · 87
- Aurora Plains Academy High School - 0510.3 mi · 10
- Dakota Reach - 0610.3 mi · 5
- Dakota Reach Middle School - 0710.3 mi · 2
- Aurora Plains Academy Middle School - 0410.3 mi · 7
Frequently asked questions
About Mount Vernon Elementary - 02How large is Mount Vernon Elementary - 02?
Mount Vernon Elementary - 02 enrolls approximately 110 students in grades PK-05.
Is Mount Vernon Elementary - 02 an elementary, middle, or high school?
Mount Vernon Elementary - 02 is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Mount Vernon Elementary - 02 have?
Mount Vernon Elementary - 02 employs 10 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.4:1.
What is the student diversity at Mount Vernon Elementary - 02?
Student demographics at Mount Vernon Elementary - 02 are roughly 91% White, 2% Hispanic, 5% Black.
Is Mount Vernon Elementary - 02 public or private?
Mount Vernon Elementary - 02 is a public K-12 school, overseen by Mount Vernon School District 17-3.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.