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Mount Vernon Elem School

Serves grades PK - 5

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2021 – 2022 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2020
  • Educational Environment: 2021 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2023

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School Overview

Address
2601 Commonwealth Ave
Alexandria, VA 22305
Phone
(703) 706-4460
District
ALEXANDRIA CITY PBLC SCHS
County
ALEXANDRIA CITY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
Yes
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
885
Classroom Teachers
48

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Virginia

2

(10 is best)

Better than 13.7% of all VA schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

3

(10 is best)

Mount Vernon Elem School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 3

80 60 40 20 0
50%
67%
55%
68%
45%
67%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 4

80 60 40 20 0
51%
69%
58%
72%
43%
66%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 5

80 60 40 20 0
44%
68%
47%
72%
41%
64%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

25 20 15 10 5 0
18
15
14
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade pk 26 2.9%
Kindergarten 172 19.4%
Grade 1 146 16.5%
Grade 2 130 14.7%
Grade 3 146 16.5%
Grade 4 131 14.8%
Grade 5 134 15.1%
Total 885 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 36.1% 27.5% 49.0%
Black 3.3% 26.9% 23.4%
Hispanic 59.5% 39.4% 19.3%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 1.2% 5.7% 7.9%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.0% 0.4% 0.5%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 51.0% 57.8% 45.9%
Free lunch eligible 46.0% 49.1% 40.8%
Reduced lunch eligible 5.0% 8.7% 5.1%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 158,185 8,683,619
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 10,258.4 216
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 7.0% 5.7%
5-19 YEARS OLD 12.7% 18.9%
20-44 YEARS OLD 43.9% 33.6%
45-64 YEARS OLD 24.6% 25.8%
65 OR OLDER 11.8% 16.0%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 74,224 3,289,776
Single Parent Households With Children 5.5% 7.7%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 93.1% 91.1%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 65.2% 41.0%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 33.3% 26.0%
$100,000 - $149,999 19.3% 18.1%
$75,000 - $99,999 13.4% 12.3%
$50,000 - $74,999 14.0% 15.0%
$30,000 - $49,999 8.5% 12.5%
$15,000 - $29,999 6.1% 9.0%
$15,000 or less 5.5% 7.2%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $9,923 $161,695,285 51.8%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,139 $18,560,005 5.9%
Staff $2,351 $38,309,545 12.3%
General Administration $346 $5,638,070 1.8%
School Administration $1,006 $16,392,770 5.3%
Operation $1,414 $23,041,130 7.4%
Transportation $621 $10,119,195 3.2%
Other $739 $12,042,005 3.9%
Total Support $7,617 $124,119,015 39.8%
Non-instructional Expenditures $1,619 $26,381,605 8.4%
Total Expenditures $19,159 $312,195,905 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,122 $10,150,830,466 54.3%
Support Expenditures
Student $719 $899,115,816 4.8%
Staff $956 $1,195,311,652 6.4%
General Administration $235 $293,181,354 1.6%
School Administration $785 $981,688,258 5.3%
Operation $1,172 $1,464,732,040 7.8%
Transportation $669 $836,467,381 4.5%
Other $242 $303,024,403 1.6%
Total Support $4,780 $5,973,544,662 32.0%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,052 $2,564,076,445 13.7%
Total Expenditures $14,953 $18,688,464,433 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,794 $384,567,026,223 49.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $841 $41,500,431,613 5.3%
Staff $665 $32,787,987,253 4.2%
General Administration $269 $13,273,339,703 1.7%
School Administration $756 $37,281,585,830 4.8%
Operation $1,191 $58,747,506,944 7.6%
Transportation $504 $24,858,475,672 3.2%
Other $491 $24,247,526,162 3.1%
Total Support $4,716 $232,696,768,378 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,247 $160,183,697,619 20.6%
Total Expenditures $15,757 $777,446,989,564 100.0%