Mt. Vernon School

Mt. Vernon School

Public Pre-K, Elementary, Middle School | Grade Pre-K-8
142 Mount Vernon Pl,  Newark, NJ
Ivy Hill Neighborhood
Newark Public School District
4.0
3.1
809 Students
C+
Niche Grade

School Details

Head of School
Ms. Bertha Dyer
Student Teacher Ratio
15:1
Math Proficiency
19%
Reading Proficiency
36%

Niche Grade

C
Academics
B+
Teachers
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Academics
Reading Proficiency
36%
Math Proficiency
19%
Teachers
Student Teacher Ratio
15:1
Teachers
53
Full Time Teachers
53
Teachers in First or Second Year
7.5%

GreatSchools Rating

4
Test Scores
4
Equity
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Teachers and Staff

Students Per Counselor
817:1

Student Diversity

Female
51.9%
Male
48.1%
Hispanic
46.1%
Black
38.6%
Asian or Pacific Islander
13.7%
Native American
<1%
White
<1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander
<1%
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Specialty School Programs

Free/Reduced Lunch Offered

This School’s Reviews

Niche Reviews
4.0 3 Reviews
4.0 Alum
1/8/2020
Mt.Vernon was an excellent school in a no so great neighborhood. The teachers made personal relationships with students and their parents. They even built a new playground with a great field after a shooting. Overall would recommend they had an after school program that got kids off the street and kept them learning.
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3.1 10 Reviews
5.0 parent
4/29/2014
I have two children that attend this school and it is by far the best public elementary school in newark. The administratrators and teachers are very hard-working and dedicated towards children learning and becoming productive citizens as the grow and move on. Mt. Vernon deserves an A.
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5.0 other
11/15/2013
My school is very unique. I'm new to this school yet I feel like I've been here for a long time. So parents coming from a kids point of view I recommend that u let the kid visit and see the class their going to it will make their decision easier. and parents this school has so many different ethnici...
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1.0 other
9/11/2011
As a former parent - my experience with this school has been disheartening. A very cold disrespectful and uninviting climate exists at the door. The administrators were virtually invisible to parents & if surveyed you will find, the upper grades are never engaged by them. The older students feel neg...
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2.0 other
8/28/2011
I attended Mt. Vernon from the 2nd Grade to the 8th. The school in general is ok. Many of the teachers I had, were good and they had a zeal for teaching. I'm a sophomore in high school now and as I attend other schools, Mt.Vernon really need to step up. Personally, I wouldn't recommend anyone to go...
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