The Mount Vernon, SD educational system consists of n/a public schools, n/a private schools and n/a post-secondary schools. Mount Vernon public schools have average test scores of 46% which is 7% higher than than the South Dakota average and 6% lower than than the national average. The student to teach ratio of Mount Vernon public schools is n/a, compared to 14:1 in South Dakota and 16:1 across all of the United States. A total of 89.2% of students have completed 8th grade, 85.4% have completed high school, 19.6% have completed a bachelor’s degree and 0.6% have completed a doctorate degree.