Regular local school district · Linn County
Mount Vernon Comm School District, IA: schools, enrollment and spending
Mount Vernon Comm School District runs 3 public schools with 1,438 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 15.8 students per teacher is 1.4 higher than the Iowa figure of 14.4.
At a glance
- Schools
- 3
- Students
- 1,438
- Teachers (FTE)
- 91
- Students per teacher
- 15.8
- IA: 14.4 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 525 Palisades Rd SW, Mount Vernon, IA 52314
- Phone
- (319)895-8845
- County
- Linn County
- Locale
- Town: Fringe
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 1920040
- State district ID
- IA-574554 000
- Total staff (FTE)
- 189
- School counselors (FTE)
- 3.0About 479 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 5.0
Students per teacher compared
This district15.8
Iowa14.4
United States15.3
2020 finance data
From the F-33 School District Finance Survey for fiscal year 2020, in nominal dollars. Enrollment used for per-pupil figures is the finance survey count (1,386), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $20.2 million
- Federal revenue
- $1.7 million
- State revenue
- $8.7 million
- Local revenue
- $9.8 million
- Total spending
- $18.5 million
- Spending per pupil
- $13,338
- Salaries
- $10.4 million56.1% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $18.1 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 8.5%
- State: 42.8%
- Local: 48.7%
Iowa overall
- Federal: 10.5%
- State: 48.7%
- Local: 40.8%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$13,338
Iowa$15,206
United States$16,826
Schools in Mount Vernon Comm School District
By level: 1 high, 1 middle, 1 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Mount Vernon High School | High | 9 to 12 | 470 | 18.1 |
| Mount Vernon Middle School | Middle | 5 to 8 | 425 | 17.7 |
| Washington Elementary School | Elementary | PK to 4 | 543 | 13.9 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Linn County
- Cedar Rapids Comm School District 15,224 students
- Linn-Mar Comm School District 7,430 students
- College Comm School District 5,832 students
- Marion Independent School District 2,163 students
- Center Point-Urbana Comm School District 1,370 students
- Alburnett Comm School District 857 students
- Lisbon Comm School District 762 students
- North Linn Comm School District 550 students
- Springville Comm School District 478 students
- Central City Comm School District 402 students
- Charter Organization: Empowering Youths of Iowa 120 students
- Grant Wood AEA
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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. Finance figures are 2020 finance data in nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.