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Enrollment
1,849
High
DISTRICT 659 · STATE 573
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MOUNT VERNON SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530540000813
Mount Vernon High School
1075 E. Fulton St, Mount Vernon, WA 98273 · (360) 428-6156 · Skagit County
GRADES 09–12HIGH13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,849 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 35% of Washington public high schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- A+Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Washington public high schools
Student : Teacher
20.7:1
89 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.9:1 · STATE 21.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
59%
1,094 students
DISTRICT 68% · STATE 51%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 469 | 25% |
| Grade 10 | 489 | 26% |
| Grade 11 | 469 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 422 | 23% |
Student demographics
55%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 54% · STATE 68% · 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
Smarter Balanced + WCAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded StandardEnglish Language Arts
56.7%
WA avg 58.4% . +45.0pp since 2014
Math
19.6%
WA avg 51.2% . +14.2pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 57 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 20 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Washington schools, those numbers are about 58 and 51. Reading and writing scores are up about 45 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 14 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 56.7% | 19.6% |
| 2023-24 | 47.3% | 19.5% |
| 2022-23 | 46.6% | 20.2% |
| 2021-22 | 36.5% | 13.9% |
| 2018-19 | 58.0% | 27.0% |
| 2017-18 | 59.1% | 25.3% |
| 2016-17 | 18.1% | 16.9% |
| 2015-16 | 15.2% | 21.9% |
| 2014-15 | 11.7% | 5.4% |
% Met or Exceeded Standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Smarter Balanced + WCAS. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
34.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.5%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 34% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 41% typical for Washington schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Washington's top nor bottom 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 High School
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Vernon High School this school | 1,849 | 59.2% | 34.4% |
| Wenatchee High School WENATCHEE | 2,066 | 61.1% | N/A |
| Moses Lake High School MOSES LAKE | 1,856 | 57.6% | 35.9% |
| Kennewick High School Kennewick | 1,921 | 62.9% | N/A |
| Eastmont Senior High East Wenatchee | 1,534 | 54.9% | N/A |
| East Valley High School Yakima | 1,064 | 55.9% | 48.2% |
Matched among Washington high 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 High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Skagit County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 34.4% | #207 of 271 | #4 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 19.6% | #237 of 321 ▼ 14 | #3 of 6 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 56.7% | #178 of 327 ▲ 70 | #2 of 6 ▲ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +13.0pp | #6 of 259 | #1 of 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,849 | #36 of 570 | #1 of 15 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.7:1 | #165 of 311 | N/A |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 54.8% | #165 of 316 | N/A |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 59.2% | #126 of 386 | #3 of 7 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.1% | #92 of 164 | N/A |
Ranked against other public high 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
1,849
-108 (-6%) vs 2020
+57% since 1990-91, when it was 1,181
Student : Teacher
20.7:1
was 19.2:1
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 | 1,849 | 89.1 | 20.7:1 | 59% (1,094) |
| 2023-24 | 1,958 | 97.7 | 20.0:1 | 68% (1,339) |
| 2022-23 | 1,977 | 102.8 | 19.2:1 | 67% (1,319) |
| 2020-21 | 1,957 | 102 | 19.2:1 | 61% (1,187) |
| 2017-18 | 1,991 | 104.1 | 19.1:1 | 55% (1,104) |
| 2015-16 | 2,000 | 99 | 20.2:1 | 61% (1,216) |
| 2010-11 | 1,834 | 92 | 19.9:1 | 56% (1,034) |
| 2000-01 | 1,708 | 72 | 23.7:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 1,181 | 60 | 19.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mount Vernon High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (1,991 to 1,849); teachers down 14% (104.1 to 89.1).
About Mount Vernon High School
Mount Vernon High School, located in Mount Vernon, Washington, is a high-enrollment high school. Total enrollment is 1,849 students, and the grades served are 9 through 12. High schools in Washington have about 573 students on average; enrollment here is 223% higher.
Mount Vernon School District is made up of 14 schools with 6,326 students in all.
More than half of the students at Mount Vernon High School are Hispanic (57%). The rest of enrollment is 36% White, 3% multiracial, and 3% Asian. Census estimates put the Hispanic share of Skagit County's population at about 19%. The diversity index for Mount Vernon High School is 55%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Mount Vernon High School has 89.1 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 20.7:1. The school's 20.7:1 compares with an average of 21.6:1 for high schools in Washington. The school has 59% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is in line with the 56% average for public schools in Skagit County.
Mount Vernon High School holds a C+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 35% of Washington public high schools.
Schools in Washington with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 40.5%. Mount Vernon High School scores 34.4%.
Census data for Skagit County show the median household earns about $89,263 a year, 30% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of people live in poverty. Counting Mount Vernon High School, Skagit County has 54 public schools.
Madison Elementary is the nearest public school to Mount Vernon High School, about 0.4 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On proficiency, Mount Vernon High School is ahead of the 28.1% nearby average, ranking 1st of 6.
Mount Vernon High School has an NCES locale of City: Small.
The school's student count decreased 6% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years. By 2024-25, the school had 20.7 students per teacher, compared with 19.2 in 2020-21.
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Skagit County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
131,328
Census ACS
Median income
$89,263
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
30%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
54
18,298 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Mount Vernon School District
- La Venture Middle SchoolMiddle · 663 students
- Mount Baker Middle SchoolMiddle · 569 students
- Madison ElementaryElementary · 498 students
- Jefferson ElementaryElementary · 445 students
- Harriet RowleyElementary · 440 students
- Centennial Elementary SchoolElementary · 430 students
Other schools in Mount Vernon
- La Venture Middle SchoolMiddle · 663 students
- Mount Baker Middle SchoolMiddle · 569 students
- Madison ElementaryElementary · 498 students
- Jefferson ElementaryElementary · 445 students
- Harriet RowleyElementary · 440 students
- Centennial Elementary SchoolElementary · 430 students
Other Mount Vernon High schools
7 other US public schools in 8 states are named Mount Vernon High. Mount Vernon High School is the 2nd largest of the 8.
- Mount Vernon HighAlexandria, VA · 1,858 students
- Mount Vernon High SchoolMount Vernon, IL · 1,233 students
- MOUNT VERNON HIGH SCHOOLMOUNT VERNON, NY · 1,062 students
- Mount Vernon High SchoolMount Vernon, OH · 944 students
- Mount Vernon High SchoolMount Vernon, IN · 583 students
Nearby schools
- Madison Elementary0.4 mi · 498
- Skagit County Detention Center0.5 mi · 4
- Mount Vernon Special Ed0.7 mi · 152
- La Venture Middle School0.9 mi · 663
- Mount Baker Middle School1.0 mi · 569
- Washington Elementary School1.0 mi · 318
Frequently asked questions
About Mount Vernon High SchoolHow many students attend Mount Vernon High School?
Mount Vernon High School enrolls approximately 1,849 students in grades 09-12.
Is Mount Vernon High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Mount Vernon High School is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many teachers does Mount Vernon High School have?
Mount Vernon High School employs 89 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 20.7:1.
What is the student diversity at Mount Vernon High School?
Student demographics at Mount Vernon High School are roughly 36% White, 57% Hispanic, 1% Black, 3% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Mount Vernon High School public or private?
Mount Vernon High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Mount Vernon School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.