Mount Vernon’s public schools beat 96% of South Dakota districts
The public schools Mount Vernon’s kids attend outperform 96% of South Dakota’s districts on state tests. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the top.
How Mount Vernon compares
How the School Grade works
- Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on South Dakota’s state tests against the state average. Spending and class size are shown but don’t count. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
- The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids through every district that serves it, weighted by students tested.
- Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are compared with the rest of South Dakota only. A+ is the top 5%, A the next 10%, A− the next 10%, the B range the next 30%, the C range the next 30%, D the rest.
- What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income, so we also compare towns with similar incomes. Visit, ask other parents, and read neighbor reviews. It’s our own summary of U.S. Department of Education data, not an official rating.
Where will my kid go?
Pick a grade. These are the public schools that serve Mount Vernon.
The district
Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
How students score
Every school in Mount Vernon
3 schools. Grades are ours, from state tests and graduation. Stars are from neighbors.
Parents talk
What Mount Vernon families are saying about school.
Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
Colleges near Mount Vernon
There’s no college in Mount Vernon, but 2 are within 30 miles. The closest is Dakota Wesleyan University in Mitchell, 11.5 miles away.
Straight-line distance from the center of Mount Vernon. Degree-granting colleges with students on campus · College Scorecard · IPEDS.
School data: U.S. Department of Education (NCES, EDFacts, F-33 school finance). The School Grade is our own summary of state test results, graded within South Dakota. Stars are from neighbors.