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Mount Vernon City School District, OH: schools, enrollment and spending
Mount Vernon City School District runs 8 public schools with 3,374 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 16.5 students per teacher is about the same as the Ohio figure of 17.3.Listed in NCES data as "Mount Vernon City".
At a glance
- Schools
- 8
- Students
- 3,374
- Teachers (FTE)
- 205
- Students per teacher
- 16.5
- OH: 17.3 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 300 Newark Rd, Mount Vernon, OH 43050
- Phone
- (740)397-7422
- County
- Knox County
- Locale
- Town: Distant
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 3910012
- State district ID
- OH-044420
- Total staff (FTE)
- 497
- School counselors (FTE)
- 7.0About 482 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 13.0
Students per teacher compared
This district16.5
Ohio17.3
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 (3,604), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $50.5 million
- Federal revenue
- $4.0 million
- State revenue
- $22.0 million
- Local revenue
- $24.5 million
- Total spending
- $48.5 million
- Spending per pupil
- $13,444
- Salaries
- $25.3 million52.2% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $2.2 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 7.9%
- State: 43.6%
- Local: 48.5%
Ohio overall
- Federal: 9.2%
- State: 37.9%
- Local: 52.9%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$13,444
Ohio$16,266
United States$16,826
Schools in Mount Vernon City School District
By level: 1 high, 1 middle, 6 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Columbia Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 244 | 20.3 |
| Dan Emmett Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 244 | 16.3 |
| East Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 238 | 18.3 |
| Mount Vernon High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 944 | 18.5 |
| Mount Vernon Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 787 | 14.6 |
| Pleasant Street Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 329 | 16.4 |
| Twin Oak Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 371 | 18.6 |
| Wiggin Street Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 217 | 16.7 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Knox County
- Fredericktown Local School District 1,106 students
- Centerburg Local School District 983 students
- East Knox Local School District 883 students
- Danville Local School District 574 students
- Knox County JVSD 519 students
- Knox County ESC 0 students
More in Ohio
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.