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Mount Vernon School District, WA: schools, enrollment and spending
Mount Vernon School District runs 14 public schools with 6,326 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 16.9 students per teacher is 1.3 lower than the Washington figure of 18.2.
At a glance
- Schools
- 14
- Students
- 6,326
- Teachers (FTE)
- 375
- Students per teacher
- 16.9
- WA: 18.2 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 124 E Lawrence St, Mount Vernon, WA 98273
- Phone
- (360)428-6110
- County
- Skagit County
- Locale
- City: Small
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 5305400
- State district ID
- WA-29320
- Total staff (FTE)
- 730
- School counselors (FTE)
- 18.0About 351 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 0.0
Students per teacher compared
This district16.9
Washington18.2
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 (6,595), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $131.6 million
- Federal revenue
- $12.3 million
- State revenue
- $90.6 million
- Local revenue
- $28.7 million
- Total spending
- $129.9 million
- Spending per pupil
- $19,696
- Salaries
- $68.3 million52.6% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $97.2 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 9.4%
- State: 68.8%
- Local: 21.8%
Washington overall
- Federal: 8.1%
- State: 67.2%
- Local: 24.6%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$19,696
Washington$19,323
United States$16,826
Schools in Mount Vernon School District
By level: 3 high, 2 middle, 6 elementary, 3 other. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Aspire AcademyCEP school | Other | K to 12 | 154 | 22.0 |
| Centennial Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 430 | 15.4 |
| Harriet RowleyCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 440 | 12.9 |
| Jefferson ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 445 | 13.5 |
| La Venture Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 663 | 19.5 |
| Little Mountain ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 381 | 14.7 |
| Madison ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 498 | 14.6 |
| Mount Baker Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 569 | 19.0 |
| Mount Vernon High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 1,849 | 20.8 |
| Mount Vernon Open Doors | High | 10 to 12 | 84 | |
| Mount Vernon Special Ed | Other | PK to 12 | 152 | 76.0 |
| Northwest Career & Technical Academy/A WA Skills Center | High | 9 to 12 | 43 | 3.1 |
| Skagit Academy | Other | K to 12 | 300 | 30.0 |
| Washington Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 318 | 11.8 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Skagit County
- Sedro-Woolley School District 4,600 students
- Burlington-Edison School District 3,276 students
- Anacortes School District 2,595 students
- Concrete School District 528 students
- La Conner School District 485 students
- Conway School District 421 students
- Northwest Educational Service District 189 79 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.