Mount Vernon Elementary
Alexandria, VA · Elementary School · Grades -1-5
Mount Vernon Elementary is a elementary school in Alexandria, VA with 880 students enrolled and a 61% proficiency rate. Part of Alexandria City Public Schools. NCES data from the U.S. Department of Education.
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About This School
Mount Vernon Elementary is a elementary school located in Alexandria, Virginia. The school serves 880 students in grades -1-5. The student-to-teacher ratio is 16.6:1.
According to EDFacts assessment data, 61% of students meet grade-level proficiency standards in combined math and reading.
45% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
Mount Vernon Elementary is part of the Alexandria City Public Schools in Virginia. The school receives Title I federal funding.
How This School Compares
Mount Vernon Elementary has 880 students enrolled, making it smaller than the average school in Alexandria City Public Schools (891 students). Its 61% proficiency rate is 14 percentage points above the district average of 47%. Compared to the Virginia state average of 46%, the school performs 16 points higher.
Frequently Asked Questions
Mount Vernon Elementary has 880 students enrolled in grades -1-5. The student-to-teacher ratio is 16.6:1.
According to EDFacts data, 61% of students at Mount Vernon Elementary meet grade-level proficiency standards in combined math and reading assessments.
Mount Vernon Elementary is part of the Alexandria City Public Schools in Alexandria, Virginia. You can view all schools in this district on the district page.
All data on this page comes from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Common Core of Data and EDFacts assessment results. These are official federal datasets published by the U.S. Department of Education.
School profiles are built from NCES directory data and EDFacts assessment results. Proficiency rates reflect combined math and reading performance. Graduation rates are reported for high schools with available data.
The this entity record above pulls directly from NCES Common Core of Data and EDFacts. What follows is the per-entity context — how this entity sits in the broader U.S. K-12 school outcomes and enrollment distribution and which underlying factors drive the headline numbers.
Every number on this page links back to NCES Common Core of Data and EDFacts; the methodology page describes the inputs, refresh cadence, and known limitations of the underlying data product.
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Source: NCES Common Core of Data, 2026.