Elementary · Regular · Grades PK to 4

Washington Elementary School, Mount Vernon, IA

Washington Elementary School is a public elementary school in Mount Vernon, part of Mount Vernon Comm School District. It enrolled 543 students in 2024-25, with 13.9 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students: 543
Teachers (FTE): 39.0
Students per teacher: 13.9
Grades: PK to 4

This school's ratio is 1.9 lower than the district figure of 15.8. The Iowa average across schools is 14.4. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school13.9

District15.8

Iowa14.4

United States15.3

School details

Address: 615 5th Ave SW, Mount Vernon, IA 52314
Phone: (319)895-6251
District: Mount Vernon Comm School District
County: Linn County
Level: Elementary
Type: Regular
Status: Open
Charter: No
Virtual: No
Locale: Town: Fringe
NCES school ID: 192004001179

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School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.

Free lunch: 86
Reduced-price lunch: 20
Free or reduced-price lunch: 10619.5% of enrollment.
Community Eligibility Provision: No

Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.

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Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.