Mount Vernon High School (Mount Vernon, Indiana)

Coordinates: 37°56′15″N 87°53′13″W / 37.937414°N 87.887032°W

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Mount Vernon High School

Address

700 Harriett St Mount Vernon , Indiana 47620 United States
Coordinates	37°56′15″N 87°53′13″W / 37.937414°N 87.887032°W / 37.937414; -87.887032
Information
Type	Public high school
Established	1870
School district	M. S. D. of Mount Vernon
Principal	Kyle Jones
Staff	54.00 (FTE)^[1]
Faculty	49
Grades	9-12
Enrollment	620 (2022-23)^[1]
Student to teacher ratio	11.48^[1]
Color(s)
Athletics conference	Pocket Athletic Conference
Team name	Wildcats
Rival	North Posey High School
Gym Capacity	3,200
Website	[1]

Mount Vernon High School is a public high school in Mount Vernon, Indiana and is part of the M.S.D. of Mount Vernon.

About

The current campus was completed in 1960 and was expanded in the 1980s. It serves high school students from 4 townships (Black, Lynn, Marrs & Point) in the southern half of Posey County.

Athletics

Teams

Mount Vernon's athletic teams are nicknamed the Wildcats and the school's colors are Maroon and Gray. The Wildcats compete in the Pocket Athletic Conference (Indiana) in the following sports: baseball, boys and girls basketball, boys and girls cross country, football, golf, boys and girls soccer, softball, boys and girls swimming, boys and girls tennis, track and field, volleyball, and wrestling.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Mount Vernon High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved April 7, 2024.

External links

v t e Indiana's Big Eight Conference
Current members	Boonville Jasper Mount Carmel (Illinois) Mount Vernon Princeton Community Vincennes Lincoln Washington
Former members	Gibson Southern Tell City

v t e Southern Indiana Athletic Conference (SIAC)
Current members	Castle Evansville Bosse Evansville Central Evansville Harrison Evansville Mater Dei Evansville North Evansville Reitz Evansville Reitz Memorial Jasper Vincennes Lincoln
Former members	Bedford (Bedford North Lawrence) Bicknell (North Knox) Bloomington (Bloomington South) Boonville Evansville Rex Mundi Huntingburg (Southridge) Linton (Linton-Stockton) Mount Vernon New Albany Princeton (Princeton Community) Sullivan Tell City Terre Haute North Terre Haute South Washington
Effected/created conferences	Big Eight Blue Chip Conference Indiana Hoosier Hills Pocket Tri-River Western Indiana

v t e Indiana's Pocket Athletic Conference (PAC)
Large School Division	Boonville Gibson Southern Heritage Hills Mt Vernon Princeton Washington
Small School Division	Forest Park North Posey Pike Central South Spencer Southridge Tell City Tecumseh (Independent in Football)
Former Members	Cannelton (Southern Roads) Wood Memorial (Blue Chip / Southwest Seven)

Education in Southwestern Indiana

Daviess County (14) (4)

School districts	Barr-Reeve Community Schools North Daviess Community Schools Washington Community Schools
Public high schools	Barr-Reeve (Vikings) North Daviess (Cougars) Washington (Hatchets)
Private high schools	Washington Catholic (Cardinals)

Dubois County (19) (4)

School districts	Greater Jasper Consolidated Schools Northeast Dubois School Corporation Southeast Dubois School Corporation Southwest Dubois School Corporation
High schools	Forest Park (Rangers) Jasper (Wildcats) Northeast Dubois (Jeeps) Southridge (Raiders)
Closed	Jasper John Paul (Ravens)

Gibson County (26) (3)

School districts	East Gibson School Corporation North Gibson School Corporation South Gibson School Corporation
High schools	Gibson Southern (Titans) Princeton Community (Tigers) Wood Memorial (Trojans)

Knox County (42) (4)

School districts	North Knox School Corporation South Knox School Corporation Vincennes Community School Corporation
Public high schools	North Knox (Warriors) South Knox (Spartans) Vincennes Lincoln (Alices)
Private high schools	Vincennes Rivet (Patriots)

Martin County (51) (2)

School districts	Loogootee Community School Corporation Shoals Community School Corporation
High schools	Loogootee (Lions) Shoals (Jug Rox)

Perry County (62) (3)

School districts	Cannelton City Schools Perry Central School Corporation Tell City-Troy Twp. School Corporation
High schools	Cannelton (Bulldogs) Perry Central (Commodores) Tell City (Marksmen)

Pike County (63) (1)

School district	Pike County School Corporation
High school	Pike Central (Chargers)

Posey County (65) (2)

School districts	M.S.D. Mt. Vernon & South Posey M.S.D. North Posey
High schools	Mt. Vernon (Wildcats) North Posey (Vikings)
Closed	New Harmony (Rappites)

Spencer County (74) (2)

School districts	North Spencer School Corporation South Spencer School Corporation
High schools	Heritage Hills (Patriots) South Spencer (Rebels)
Closed	Chrisney (Wildcats)

Vanderburgh County (82) (10)

School districts	Evansville Vanderburgh School Corporation Roman Catholic Diocese of Evansville
Public high schools	AIS (Phoenix) Bosse (Bulldogs) Evansville Central (Bears) Harrison (Warriors) Evansville North (Huskies) F.J. Reitz (Panthers)
Charter and vocational schools	New Tech (Thunderbolts) Evansville Signature (Penguins) Southern Indiana Career & Technical Center (none)
Private high schools	Evansville Christian (Eagles) Evansville Day (Eagles) Mater Dei (Wildcats) Reitz Memorial (Tigers)
Closed high schools	Rex Mundi (Monarchs)