Mount Vernon High School- 01

Mount Vernon, South Dakota, is home to Mount Vernon High School- 01, a very small high school. There are 87 students enrolled, covering grades 9 through 12. On average, high schools in South Dakota enroll around 225, and this school is 61% below that mark.

Mount Vernon High School- 01 is run by Mount Vernon School District 17-3, whose 3 schools enroll 255 students.

At Mount Vernon High School- 01, 93% of students are White. After that, the student body is 5% Native American and 2% Hispanic. Census estimates put Davison County at about 90% White, close to the school's figure. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Mount Vernon High School- 01 scores 13%.

Mount Vernon High School- 01 has 6.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 13.1:1. The school's 13.1:1 compares with an average of 20.6:1 for high schools in South Dakota. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 32%.

In Davison County, where the school is located, the median household earns about $66,208 a year, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Davison County number 13, with about 3,137 students.

Less than a tenth of a mile separates Mount Vernon High School- 01 from the closest public school, Mount Vernon Elementary - 02. The five-mile area around Mount Vernon High School- 01 holds 2 other public schools.

Locale: Rural: Distant. In NCES terms, the school is in rural territory some distance from an urban area.

Enrollment rose 19% over 4 years, reaching 87 in 2024-25. The ratio was 14.6:1 in 2020-21 and 13.1:1 in 2024-25.

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