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Mount Vernon School District, NY: schools, enrollment and spending
Mount Vernon School District runs 15 public schools with 6,815 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 11.8 students per teacher is about the same as the New York figure of 11.4.Listed in NCES data as "MOUNT VERNON SCHOOL DISTRICT".
At a glance
- Schools
- 15
- Students
- 6,815
- Teachers (FTE)
- 579
- Students per teacher
- 11.8
- NY: 11.4 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 165 N Columbus Ave, Mount Vernon, NY 10553
- Phone
- (914)665-5000
- County
- Westchester County
- Locale
- Suburb: Large
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 3620100
- State district ID
- NY-660900010000
- Total staff (FTE)
- 1,109
- School counselors (FTE)
- 26.0About 262 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 36.0
Students per teacher compared
This district11.8
New York11.4
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 (7,348), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $255.5 million
- Federal revenue
- $9.5 million
- State revenue
- $122.0 million
- Local revenue
- $123.9 million
- Total spending
- $242.8 million
- Spending per pupil
- $33,048
- Salaries
- $122.7 million50.5% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $142.4 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 3.7%
- State: 47.8%
- Local: 48.5%
New York overall
- Federal: 4.5%
- State: 37.7%
- Local: 57.8%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$33,048
New York$30,973
United States$16,826
Schools in Mount Vernon School District
By level: 3 high, 12 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Benjamin Turner AcademyCEP school | Elementary | K to 8 | 340 | 8.5 |
| Cecil H Parker SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 8 | 293 | 10.1 |
| Denzel Washington School-ArtsCEP school | High | 6 to 12 | 427 | 12.6 |
| Edward Williams SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 8 | 398 | 12.1 |
| Graham SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 8 | 406 | 10.7 |
| Grimes SchoolCEP school | Elementary | K to 8 | 330 | 9.4 |
| Hamilton SchoolCEP school | Elementary | K to 8 | 320 | 9.7 |
| Lincoln SchoolCEP school | Elementary | K to 8 | 470 | 11.8 |
| Mount Vernon High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 1,062 | 13.6 |
| Mount Vernon Honor AcademyCEP school | Elementary | PK to 8 | 301 | 9.7 |
| Mount Vernon Leadership AcademyCEP school | Elementary | PK to 8 | 382 | 11.2 |
| Mount Vernon STEAM AcademyCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 747 | 14.6 |
| Nelson Mandela/Dr Hosa Zollicoffer SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 8 | 355 | 12.2 |
| Pennington SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 8 | 409 | 11.4 |
| Traphagen SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 8 | 316 | 10.2 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Westchester County
- Yonkers City School District 24,304 students
- New Rochelle City School District 9,895 students
- White Plains City School District 6,981 students
- Mamaroneck Union Free School District 5,545 students
- Lakeland Central School District 5,270 students
- Ossining Union Free School District 5,046 students
- Scarsdale Union Free School District 4,713 students
- Port Chester-Rye Union Free School District 4,464 students
- Peekskill City School District 3,884 students
- Harrison Central School District 3,812 students
- Bedford Central School District 3,545 students
- Chappaqua Central School District 3,539 students
- Yorktown Central School District 3,499 students
- Eastchester Union Free School District 2,933 students
- Pelham Union Free School District 2,833 students
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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.