Enrollment
58
Middle
DISTRICT 85 · STATE 187
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MOUNT VERNON SCHOOL DISTRICT 17-3·NCES 464965000967
Mount Vernon Middle School - 03
500 N Main, Mount Vernon, SD 57363 · (605) 236-5237 · Davison County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL58 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 92% of South Dakota public middle schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
12.5:1
5 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.3:1 · STATE 13.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
40%
23 students
DISTRICT 35% · STATE 42%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 23 | 40% |
| Grade 7 | 19 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 16 | 28% |
Student demographics
10%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
Mount Vernon Middle School - 03→Mount Vernon High School- 01
Feeds from
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SD Smarter Balanced 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
71.4%
SD avg 50.3% . +14.8pp since 2022
Math
75.0%
SD avg 47.5% . +4.6pp since 2022
What this means: On the SD Smarter Balanced, South Dakota's statewide test, about 71 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 75 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all South Dakota schools, those numbers are about 50 and 47. Reading and writing scores are up about 15 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 5 points.
SD Smarter Balanced results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 71.4% | 75.0% |
| 2023-24 | 58.6% | 69.0% |
| 2022-23 | 56.6% | 70.4% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of SD schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
62.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
46.8%
based on SD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+15.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 63% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 47% typical for South Dakota schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 16 points, placing it in South Dakota's top 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 Middle School - 03
Mount Vernon Middle School - 03's state test result (62.5% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Vernon Middle School - 03 this school | 58 | 39.7% | 62.5% |
| Willow Lake Middle School - 03 Willow Lake | 54 | 38.9% | 46.0% |
| Burke Middle School - 04 Burke | 62 | 41.9% | 45.1% |
| Lemmon Jr. High - 06 Lemmon | 53 | 35.8% | 47.7% |
| Waverly-South Shore Middle School - 03 Waverly | 69 | 37.7% | 32.4% |
| Scotland Middle School - 05 Scotland | 84 | 41.7% | 32.5% |
Matched among South Dakota middle 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 Middle School - 03 ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In South Dakota |
|---|---|---|
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 58 | #104 of 165 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
58
-2 (-3%) vs 2020
-21% since 1990-91, when it was 73
Student : Teacher
12.5:1
was 15.0:1
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 | 58 | 4.6 | 12.5:1 | 40% (23) |
| 2023-24 | 61 | 3.8 | 15.9:1 | 41% (25) |
| 2022-23 | 57 | 3.5 | 16.5:1 | 32% (18) |
| 2020-21 | 60 | 4 | 15.0:1 | 28% (17) |
| 2017-18 | 53 | 5 | 10.7:1 | 40% (21) |
| 2015-16 | 49 | 3 | 16.3:1 | 35% (17) |
| 2010-11 | 62 | 4 | 15.5:1 | 50% (31) |
| 2000-01 | 76 | 6 | 12.7:1 | 29% (22) |
| 1990-91 | 73 | 3 | 24.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mount Vernon Middle School - 03.
Since 2017-18: students up 9% (53 to 58); teachers down 6% (5 to 4.6).
About Mount Vernon Middle School - 03
As a small middle school, Mount Vernon Middle School - 03 serves students in Mount Vernon, South Dakota. School enrollment was 58 students in 2024-25, in grades 6 through 8. For comparison, middle schools in South Dakota average about 187 students.
Mount Vernon Middle School - 03 is one of the 3 schools that make up Mount Vernon School District 17-3 (255 students in total).
Mount Vernon Middle School - 03 enrolls a student body that is 95% White. Beyond that, enrollment is 3% Hispanic. By the diversity index, Mount Vernon Middle School - 03 comes in at 10%.
The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 12.5:1, with 4.6 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average ratio among middle schools in South Dakota is 13.4:1, higher than at this school. Students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch make up 40% of enrollment. Across public schools in Davison County, the average is about the same, 38%.
Mount Vernon Middle School - 03 is graded A by allk12, scoring above 92% of South Dakota public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
On allk12's BeatsExpectations measure, Mount Vernon Middle School - 03 is among the top 10% of schools in South Dakota. Predicted: 46.8%. Actual: 62.5%.
Davison County census figures show that median household income is about $66,208, about 23% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 7%. A total of 13 public schools operate in Davison County, serving about 3,137 students.
Mount Vernon High School- 01 is the nearest neighboring public school, less than a tenth of a mile away. Counting only straight-line distance, 2 other public schools are within five miles.
The federal government classifies Mount Vernon Middle School - 03's location as Rural: Distant.
A comparison of 2020-21 and 2024-25 shows enrollment down 3%, from 60 to 58. The ratio of students to teachers went from 15.0:1 to 12.5:1 over the same years.
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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 Elementary - 02Elementary · 110 students
- Mount Vernon High School- 01High · 87 students
Other schools in Mount Vernon
- Mount Vernon Elementary - 02Elementary · 110 students
- Mount Vernon High School- 01High · 87 students
Other Mount Vernon Middle schools
3 other US public schools in 4 states are named Mount Vernon Middle. Mount Vernon Middle School - 03 is the 4th largest of the 4.
- Mount Vernon Middle SchoolMount Vernon, OH · 787 students
- Mount Vernon Middle SchoolMount Vernon, IA · 425 students
- MOUNT VERNON MIDDLEMOUNT VERNON, MO · 345 students
Nearby schools
- Mount Vernon High School- 010.0 mi · 87
- Mount Vernon Elementary - 020.0 mi · 110
- Aurora Plains Academy High School - 0510.3 mi · 10
- Aurora Plains Academy Middle School - 0410.3 mi · 7
- Dakota Reach - 0610.3 mi · 5
- Dakota Reach Middle School - 0710.3 mi · 2
Frequently asked questions
About Mount Vernon Middle School - 03How many students attend Mount Vernon Middle School - 03?
Mount Vernon Middle School - 03 enrolls approximately 58 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Mount Vernon Middle School - 03 serve?
Mount Vernon Middle School - 03 serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Mount Vernon Middle School - 03?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Mount Vernon Middle School - 03 is approximately 12.5:1 (5 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Mount Vernon Middle School - 03?
At Mount Vernon Middle School - 03, the student body is approximately 95% White, 3% Hispanic.
Is Mount Vernon Middle School - 03 public or private?
Mount Vernon Middle School - 03 is a public K-12 school, overseen by Mount Vernon School District 17-3.
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