Mount Vernon Elementary School
Yorktown, VA 23693
Phone: (757) 898-0480
District: York County Public Schools
GreatSchools Rating
public • Grades PK,KG,1,2,3,4,5 • 574 students
Mount Vernon Elementary School, a public school located in Yorktown, VA, serves grades PK-5 in the York County Public Schools.It has received a GreatSchools Rating of 10 out of 10, based on a variety of school quality measures.
Mount Vernon Elementary School is a public school located in Yorktown, VA. 574 students attend Mount Vernon Elementary School.
School Ratings
| Category | Rating | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Test Scores | 10/10 | The Test Score Rating examines how students at this school performed on standardized tests compared with other schools in the state. The Test Rating was created using 2025 Virginia Standards of Learning data from Virginia Department of Education, and using 2025 Virginia Standards of Learning (SOL) End-of-Course data from Virginia Department of Education. |
| Student Growth | 10/10 | The Student Progress Rating measures whether students at this school are making academic progress over time based on student growth data provided by the Department of Education. Specifically, this rating looks at how much progress individual students have made on state assessments during the past year or more, how this performance aligns with expected progress based on a student growth model established by the state Department of Education, and how this school's growth data compares to other schools in the state. The Growth Rating was created using 2025 Student growth data from Virginia Department of Education. |
Posted: April 22, 2025
Mount Vernon is an outstanding elementary school in the Tabb area of York County.
The brand new principal who started during the 2024/2025 academic year is an excellent communicator and is highly visible in school. She is approachable, smart, and an asset to the school. The principal and vice principal together gifted brand new copies of the book Wild Robot to each Mount Vernon family, and the entire school began the academic year reading the book together over the course of a month, culminating in seeing the movie together.
The PTA is outstanding- the leadership plans many events to involve parents in different aspects of the school- Helping Hands, Multiplication Madness, Trunk or Treat, Soup Luncheon for teachers and staff, Art in a Suitcase, winter holiday luncheon for parents and students, Wild Bingo, etc. The PTA initiative called Multiplication Madness was to get 3rd and 4th graders up to speed on all their multiplication facts. This was a fantastic idea by the PTA president. There was also a fun after school event called Glow Bowl coordinated by the PE Teacher.
The teacher we had for the 2024/2025 school year was excellent and consistently showed up to teach. Its amazing how much material the teacher and students cover in one academic year. The teachers are encouraging, kind, and priceless.
Parents are involved at Mount Vernon.
The morning pick up and afternoon drop off run very smoothly.
The front office is efficient.
Nice club offerings- yoga, chorus, drama, gardening, lego, First lego league, morning broadcasting, etc. The Odyssey of the Mind team seems to be very successful.
Room for improvement:
Less junk food in classrooms and cafeteria
More outdoor recess
Doesnt seem to offer foreign language
Not a fan of 1:1 Chromebooks that 4th graders are required to bring home each night and take back to school each morning. Not a fan of so much screen time for elementary students during school hours, but that seems to be a YCSD policy
So many quizzes & tests for 4th graders- it is a bit shocking- that might be a YCSD policy- not sure
Maybe not the best school if your child loves the visual arts- you might want outside enrichment for that
If you have a chance to live in this school zone, then youll be glad.
Posted: April 22, 2025
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Posted: May 15, 2021
The school principal separates bilingual children from others and places them in a separate classroom.
The assistant teacher of my daughters preschool was holding her hand tightly and unfortunately my daughter told me too late when the school was closed.
The school staff are NOT friendly and I do not recommend this school to anyone at all.
Posted: May 15, 2021
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Posted: July 4, 2016
Posted: July 4, 2016
My son was in the autism class and he loved it there. They were very good with keeping me informed and very friendly and careing.
Reviews provided by GreatSchools™
| # | Name | Type | City | State | Overall Rating | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tabb Lakes | Neighborhood/Subdivision | Yorktown | VA | 1.8 mi | |
| 2 | Brick Kiln | Apartment Complex | Newport News | VA | 2.1 mi | |
| 3 | Carriage Hills | Neighborhood/Subdivision | Newport News | VA | 4.8 mi | |
| 4 | Morgan's Trace | Neighborhood/Subdivision | Newport News | VA | 4.8 mi | |
| 5 | Courtney Trace | Neighborhood/Subdivision | Newport News | VA | 5 mi | |
| 6 | Denbigh | Neighborhood/Subdivision | Newport News | VA | 5.9 mi | |
| 7 | Shore Park | Neighborhood/Subdivision | Newport News | VA | 6 mi | |
| 8 | Stoneybrook Estates | Neighborhood/Subdivision | Newport News | VA | 6.4 mi | |
| 9 | Fox Hill- Grandview | Neighborhood/Subdivision | Hampton | VA | 9.5 mi | |
| 10 | Eagle Harbor | Neighborhood/Subdivision | Carrollton | VA | 12.9 mi | |
| 11 | Kingsmill | Neighborhood/Subdivision | Williamsburg | VA | 15 mi | |
| 12 | Rosewell | Neighborhood/Subdivision | Gloucester | VA | 16.1 mi | |
| 13 | Mariners Watch | Apartment Complex | Norfolk | VA | 16.1 mi | |
| 14 | Creekside Landing | Neighborhood/Subdivision | Williamsburg | VA | 16.6 mi | |
| 15 | Lochhaven | Neighborhood/Subdivision | Norfolk | VA | 16.7 mi | |
| 16 | Ford's Colony | Neighborhood/Subdivision | Williamsburg | VA | 17.2 mi | |
| 17 | Long Point | Neighborhood/Subdivision | Portsmouth | VA | 17.2 mi | |
| 18 | Colony Point Apartments | Apartment Complex | Norfolk | VA | 17.3 mi |
| # | Name | City | State | Overall Rating | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tabb | Tabb | VA | 0.8 mi | |
| 2 | Poquoson | Poquoson | VA | 5.3 mi | |
| 3 | Fort Eustis | Newport News | VA | 7.3 mi | |
| 4 | Yorktown Beach | Yorktown | VA | 8 mi | |
| 5 | Carrollton | Carrollton | VA | 14.2 mi | |
| 6 | Smithfield | Smithfield | VA | 14.4 mi | |
| 7 | Harbour View Area | Suffolk | VA | 17.2 mi |
| Base | Distance |
|---|---|
| Langley AFB | 5.8 mi. |
| Coast Guard Yorktown | 6.4 mi. |
| Fort Eustis | 7.3 mi. |
| Yorktown Naval Weapons Station | 10.7 mi. |
| Fort Monroe | 11.6 mi. |
| Norfolk Naval Base | 16.4 mi. |
| Joint Staff J7 Suffolk | 17.3 mi. |
| Coast Guard Portsmouth VA | 17.8 mi. |
| Portsmouth Naval Medical Center | 21.1 mi. |
| Little Creek Naval Amphibious Base | 22.2 mi. |
| Norfolk Naval Shipyard | 23.3 mi. |
| Coast Guard Station Milford Haven | 25.7 mi. |
| Fort Story | 28.4 mi. |
| Oceana NAS | 32.1 mi. |
| Dam Neck Naval Station | 36.1 mi. |
| NSA Northwest Annex | 40.7 mi. |
| Fort Lee | 49.2 mi. |
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