Mount Vernon Elementary

As a heavily attended elementary campus in Alexandria, Virginia, Mount Vernon Elementary caters to 933 students from grades pre-K through 5, operated by Alexandria City Public Schools. By comparison, Virginia's public schools average about 499 students each, so Mount Vernon Elementary sits 87% larger than that benchmark.

Across the 18 schools in Alexandria City Public Schools (16,575 students total), Mount Vernon Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, Mount Vernon Elementary shows that the largest single group is Hispanic at 51%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 39% White, 5% multiracial, 3% Black. By comparison, Alexandria city as a whole is about 18% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Mount Vernon Elementary lists 52 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 18.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.8:1, putting Mount Vernon Elementary higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 41% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Alexandria city runs at roughly 69%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, On a poverty-adjusted basis, Mount Vernon Elementary sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 76.9%; actual is 56.8%, a gap of -20.1 points.

In the broader community, census data for Alexandria city shows the typical household earns roughly $119,681 per year, 66% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Mount Vernon Elementary is one of 20 public schools in Alexandria city (combined enrollment of about 16,575 students).

Nearest neighbor: Cora Kelly School for Math Science and Technology, around 0.7 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Mount Vernon Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Mount Vernon Elementary at 7th of 9; the average score across the group is 64.1%.

Mount Vernon Elementary operates from an urban location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Mount Vernon Elementary has changed only slightly, going from 935 students in 2018 to 933 in 2025. The White share of enrollment ticked up from 32% to 39% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 15.8:1 in 2018 to 18.1:1 today.

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