Mount Vernon Elementary - 02

Mount Vernon Elementary - 02 operates as a tight-knit elementary campus in Mount Vernon, South Dakota, operated by Mount Vernon School District 17-3. Current enrollment sits at 110 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, South Dakota's public schools average about 204 students each, so Mount Vernon Elementary - 02 sits 46% smaller than that benchmark.

Across the 3 schools in Mount Vernon School District 17-3 (255 students total), Mount Vernon Elementary - 02 accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, Mount Vernon Elementary - 02 reports that nearly all students (91%) are White. Other groups include 5% Black, 3% Native American. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 10 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.4:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.4:1, putting Mount Vernon Elementary - 02 tighter than the state norm the norm. About 35% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Mount Vernon Elementary - 02 performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 48.9%, the actual is 57.7%, a residual of +8.8 points.

In the surrounding community, census data for Davison County shows median household income runs about $66,208, roughly 23% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. In all, Davison County runs 13 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,137 students), of which Mount Vernon Elementary - 02 is one.

The closest other public school is Mount Vernon High School- 01, roughly 0.0 miles away. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Mount Vernon Elementary - 02 comes 2nd of 4 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 47.4%.

Geographically, the school is in a low-density area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count changed only slightly: 110 students in 2018 compared to 110 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 95% to 91% across the same window.

On this page, members of the Mount Vernon Elementary - 02 community share and discuss pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.