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Mount Vernon High School

Mount Vernon, IL · Mt Vernon Twp HSD 201

Regular public school · Grades 9 - 12 · Rural, fringe

470th of 601 Illinois high schools statewide · better than 22% Declining

11101 N Wells Bypass Rd, Mount Vernon, IL 62864

(618)246-1750NCES ID 172736002904Directory 202324

1,240
Students
2023–24 enrollment
13.9:1
Student / teacher ratio
54%
Free / reduced-price lunch
low-income indicator
34.5%
Chronically absent
IL average 25%

SchoolRow ranks Mount Vernon High School 470th of 601 Illinois high schools for 2024–25, based on Illinois Report Card 2024–25 English and Math results — better than 22% of high schools statewide. Its statewide percentile went from 35th in 2019 to 22th in 2025 — declining.

Statewide percentile by year
25%50%75%22%201920202025no testing 2020–21

Percent meeting or exceeding the state standard, Illinois Report Card 2024–25

English Language Arts
Mount Vernon High School
37%
IL average
52%
Math
Mount Vernon High School
22%
IL average
38%
Science
Mount Vernon High School
34%
IL average
45%
English Language Arts over time Mount Vernon High School IL average
25%50%75%37%52%201920202025no testing 2020–21
Math over time Mount Vernon High School IL average
25%50%75%22%38%201920202025no testing 2020–21
Science over time Mount Vernon High School IL average
25%50%75%34%45%201920202025no testing 2020–21
ELA by race, over time
25%50%75%43%13%6%0%201920202025no testing 2020–21

Hispanic (last reported 2023), Black (last reported 2023) and Two or more races (last reported 2023) stop before 2025: IL suppresses a group once too few of its students are tested, so the line ends rather than the school having stopped testing.

Math by race, over time
25%50%75%26%10%6%0%201920202025no testing 2020–21

Hispanic (last reported 2023), Black (last reported 2023) and Two or more races (last reported 2023) stop before 2025: IL suppresses a group once too few of its students are tested, so the line ends rather than the school having stopped testing.

Science by race, over time
25%50%75%52%42%24%3%201920202025no testing 2020–21

Hispanic (last reported 2023), Black (last reported 2023) and Two or more races (last reported 2024) stop before 2025: IL suppresses a group once too few of its students are tested, so the line ends rather than the school having stopped testing.

Percent meeting or exceeding the state standard, by student race and ethnicity. Only groups IL reports for this school appear — small groups are suppressed at the source to protect student privacy, so a missing line means too few testers, not zero. Tap a group to compare it with the IL average for that same group.

Racial and ethnic breakdown of 1,240 students (202324, NCES) — history since 1988, with comparable seven-category changes from 2010

White71%Black14%9%
Hover the pie for details
categories changedWhite 71%Black 14%Two or more races 9%89%10%19882023
GroupTrend20102023Change
White79.5%71.0% 8.5 pts
Black13.2%14.4% 1.2 pts
Two or more races4.0%9.0% 5.0 pts
Hispanic2.1%4.7% 2.6 pts
Asian0.9%0.6% 0.3 pts

NCES history for this school begins in 1988. Race categories changed by 2010: earlier data combines Asian and Pacific Islander students and does not consistently identify multiracial students. The chart retains that history, while the change table uses 2010 onward.

Typical home value $134K in zip 62864 as of 2026-05 · trend since 2009

$46K$92K$138K$183K$125K2009201520202025

Data Provided by Zillow Group

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What school district is Mount Vernon High School in?

Mount Vernon High School is part of the Mt Vernon Twp HSD 201 district in Mount Vernon, Illinois.

Is Mount Vernon High School a good school?

SchoolRow ranks Mount Vernon High School 470th of 601 Illinois high schools (better than 22% statewide) based on 2024–25 test results (Illinois Report Card 2024–25).

What is the racial makeup of Mount Vernon High School?

White 71%, Black 14%, Two or more races 9%, Hispanic 5% (1,240 students, 2023–24).

How much do homes near Mount Vernon High School cost?

The typical home value in zip code 62864 is $134K as of 2026-05 (Zillow ZHVI).

Sources: state education department data (Illinois Report Card 2024–25, low-income, chronic absenteeism), National Center for Education Statistics via the Urban Institute (enrollment, demographics, staffing), Zillow Group (home values). Rankings are computed by SchoolRow from state English and Math results within grade level; they measure test performance, not everything that makes a school good.