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Enrollment
933
Elementary
DISTRICT 591 · STATE 499
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ALEXANDRIA CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510012000050
Mount Vernon Elementary
2601 Commonwealth Ave, Alexandria, VA 22305 · (703) 706-4460 · Alexandria city
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL933 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 12% of Virginia public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats 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 Virginia public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
18.1:1
52 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.3:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
41%
384 students
DISTRICT 67% · STATE 66%
Community
1
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 | 25 | 3% |
| Kindergarten | 151 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 178 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 143 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 170 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 138 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 128 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (151) is 18% larger than its 5th grade class (128).
Student demographics
58%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 72% · STATE 71% · 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
Test scores
SOL 2024-25 . % PassingEnglish Language Arts
61.0%
VA avg 74.2% . +3.0pp since 2022
Math
60.0%
VA avg 72.7% . +7.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 61 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 60 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Virginia schools, those numbers are about 74 and 73. Reading and writing scores are up about 3 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 7 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 61.0% | 60.0% |
| 2023-24 | 62.0% | 52.0% |
| 2022-23 | 58.0% | 53.0% |
% Passing, all students and all tested grades.
Source: SOL. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of VA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
56.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
76.9%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-20.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 57% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 77% typical for Virginia schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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
Mount Vernon Elementary's state test result (56.8% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Vernon Elementary this school | 933 | 41.2% | 56.8% |
| Dranesville Elementary Herndon | 610 | 47.4% | 66.0% |
| Rose Hill Elementary Alexandria | 671 | 42.6% | 63.2% |
| Frances Hazel Reid Elementary Leesburg | 647 | 48.8% | 67.4% |
| Virginia Run Elementary Centreville | 724 | 41.3% | 69.2% |
| Jordan Springs Elementary Stephenson | 668 | 39.5% | 70.6% |
Matched among Virginia 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 ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Alexandria city |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 56.8% | #891 of 1,101 | #9 of 13 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 60.0% | #882 of 1,111 ▲ 65 | #8 of 14 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 61.0% | #825 of 1,111 ▼ 26 | #8 of 14 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 933 | #23 of 1,176 | #2 of 15 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.1:1 | #1,068 of 1,105 | #14 of 14 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 58.3% | #610 of 1,106 | #13 of 14 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 41.2% | #845 of 1,157 | #12 of 14 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -0.2% | #755 of 759 | #11 of 11 |
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
933
+46 (+5%) vs 2020
+18% since 1990-91, when it was 794
Student : Teacher
18.1:1
was 18.5:1
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 | 933 | 51.5 | 18.1:1 | 41% (384) |
| 2023-24 | 902 | 52 | 17.4:1 | 48% (434) |
| 2022-23 | 880 | 53 | 16.6:1 | 45% (398) |
| 2020-21 | 887 | 48 | 18.5:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 935 | 59.3 | 15.8:1 | 50% (472) |
| 2015-16 | 853 | 46 | 18.5:1 | 57% (483) |
| 2010-11 | 702 | 47 | 14.9:1 | 58% (410) |
| 2000-01 | 548 | 49 | 11.2:1 | 64% (352) |
| 1990-91 | 794 | 57 | 13.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mount Vernon Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students unchanged (935 to 933); teachers down 13% (59.3 to 51.5).
About Mount Vernon Elementary
Mount Vernon Elementary serves students in Alexandria, Virginia, as a large elementary school. The school enrolls 933 students, from pre-K through 5. An average school in this group (elementary schools in Virginia) has about 499 students.
Alexandria City Public Schools is the local district for Mount Vernon Elementary. It runs 18 schools with 16,575 students.
Hispanic students account for 51% of enrollment at Mount Vernon Elementary. Smaller groups are 39% White, 5% multiracial, and 3% Black. For comparison, the population of Alexandria city is roughly 18% Hispanic. Mount Vernon Elementary has a diversity index of 58%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Staffing totals 51.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 18.1:1. That ratio is over the 13.8:1 average for elementary schools in Virginia. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at Mount Vernon Elementary is 41%. That is 28 points below the 69% average for public schools in Alexandria city.
The allk12 Grade for Mount Vernon Elementary is D. Compared with Virginia public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 12% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Mount Vernon Elementary falls short of its prediction by 20.1 points. The model expects 76.9% for a school with its free or reduced-price lunch share in Virginia; the school's rate is 56.8%.
Census Bureau estimates for Alexandria city show that median household income is about $119,681, 66% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. A total of 20 public schools operate in Alexandria city, serving about 16,575 students.
The closest public school to Mount Vernon Elementary is Cora Kelly School for Math Science and Technology, about 0.7 miles away. Within five miles of Mount Vernon Elementary, there are at least 8 other public schools. In a group of 9 nearby schools with scores, Mount Vernon Elementary ranks 7th on average proficiency.
The NCES locale for Mount Vernon Elementary is City: Mid-size, which covers schools inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
The 2024-25 enrollment of 933 was 5% higher than in 2020-21, when it was 887.
Parents and students can post about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news at Mount Vernon Elementary. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Alexandria city at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
156,976
Census ACS
Median income
$119,681
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
66%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
20
16,575 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Alexandria City Public Schools
- Alexandria City HighHigh · 4,655 students
- Francis C. Hammond MiddleMiddle · 1,597 students
- George Washington MiddleMiddle · 1,458 students
- Patrick Henry K-8 SchoolElementary · 1,075 students
- James K. Polk ElementaryElementary · 804 students
- John Adams ElementaryElementary · 743 students
Other schools in Alexandria
- Alexandria City HighHigh · 4,655 students
- Hayfield SecondaryHigh · 3,256 students
- West Potomac HighHigh · 2,710 students
- Edison HighHigh · 2,294 students
- Thomas Jefferson High for Science and TechnologyHigh · 2,108 students
- Mount Vernon HighHigh · 1,858 students
Other Mount Vernon Elementary schools
6 other US public schools in 6 states are named Mount Vernon Elementary. Mount Vernon Elementary is the largest of the 7.
- Mount Vernon ElementaryYorktown, VA · 573 students
- Mount Vernon Elementary SchoolGainesville, GA · 650 students
- MOUNT VERNON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLST PETERSBURG, FL · 333 students
- MOUNT VERNON ELEM.MOUNT VERNON, MO · 319 students
- Mount Vernon Elementary SchoolChicago, IL · 245 students
Nearby schools
- Cora Kelly School for Math Science and Technology0.7 mi · 337
- George Mason Elementary0.7 mi · 332
- George Washington Middle0.9 mi · 1,458
- Naomi L. Brooks Elementary1.1 mi · 319
- Charles Barrett Elementary1.3 mi · 547
- Alexandria City High1.4 mi · 4,655
Frequently asked questions
About Mount Vernon ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Mount Vernon Elementary?
Mount Vernon Elementary enrolls approximately 933 students in grades PK-05.
Is Mount Vernon Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Mount Vernon Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Mount Vernon Elementary?
Approximately 18.1:1 students per teacher at Mount Vernon Elementary.
What is the student diversity at Mount Vernon Elementary?
Student demographics at Mount Vernon Elementary are roughly 39% White, 51% Hispanic, 3% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Mount Vernon Elementary public or private?
Mount Vernon Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Alexandria City Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.