Mount Vernon Middle School - 03

As an one-room-style 6-8 campus in Mount Vernon, South Dakota, Mount Vernon Middle School - 03 enrolls 58 students from grades 6 through 8, part of Mount Vernon School District 17-3. Enrollment runs roughly 69% smaller than the state mean of about 187.

Within Mount Vernon School District 17-3, which oversees 3 schools and 255 students, Mount Vernon Middle School - 03 is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Mount Vernon Middle School - 03 shows that the student body is overwhelmingly White (95%). Beyond that, the school logs 3% Hispanic.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 5 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.5:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 13.4:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 40% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Mount Vernon Middle School - 03 ranks in the top 10% of South Dakota public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 46.8%; Mount Vernon Middle School - 03 posts 62.5%, +15.8 points above that line.

Across the wider county, census data for Davison County shows median household income runs about $66,208, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Mount Vernon Middle School - 03 is one of 13 public schools in Davison County (combined enrollment of about 3,137 students).

The closest other public school is Mount Vernon Elementary - 02, roughly 0.0 miles away. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Mount Vernon Middle School - 03 operates from a low-density location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Mount Vernon Middle School - 03 has grew 9%, going from 53 students in 2018 to 58 in 2025. The White share of enrollment grew from 91% to 95% over that span. Class-load math has widened: from 10.7:1 in 2018 to 12.5:1 in 2025.

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