Mount Vernon High School (Texas)

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Mount Vernon High School
Address
Mount Vernon High School (Texas)
501 Highway 37 South

Mount Vernon
,
Texas
75457

United States
Coordinates 33°10′33″N95°13′42″W / 33.175705°N 95.228465°W / 33.175705; -95.228465
Information
Type Public high school
School district Mount Vernon Independent School District
NCES School ID 483177003541 [1]
PrincipalJason Glover
Teaching staff35.49 (on an FTE basis) [1]
Grades9–12
Enrollment459 (2016–2017) [1]
Student to teacher ratio12.93 [1]
Color(s)Purple and White   
Athletics conference University Interscholastic League Class 3A
MascotTiger/Lady Tiger
Nickname Tigers
YearbookThe Tiger's Tail
Website mountvernonehs.ss10.sharpschool.com

Mount Vernon High School is a public high school in Mount Vernon, Texas, United States. It is part of the Mount Vernon Independent School District and classified as a 3A school by the University Interscholastic League. In 2015, the school was rated "Met Standard" by the Texas Education Agency. [2]

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Athletics

The Mount Vernon Tigers compete in these sports: [3]

The 1948 Boys Basketball championship team was coached by Milburn "Catfish" Smith who won the title undefeated. In 2019, the school hired Art Briles, who had been previously fired from Baylor for his prominent role in their sexual assault scandal, as their head football coach. [4] [5]

State titles

Notable alumni

Notable faculty

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Search for Public Schools - MT VERNON H S (483177003541)". National Center for Education Statistics . Institute of Education Sciences . Retrieved February 19, 2019.
  2. ↑ "2015 Accountability Rating System" (PDF). Texas Education Agency. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-10.
  3. ↑ The Athletics Department
  4. ↑ "Former Baylor coach Art Briles named head coach of Texas' Mount Vernon High School". USA TODAY. May 24, 2019. Retrieved May 26, 2019. The statement said his deal is for two years and was approved by the school district's Board of Trustees on Friday.
  5. ↑ "Baylor emails show discussion of allegations against Elliott before he raped student". wacotrib.com. 9 August 2018. Retrieved 2022-11-05.
  6. ↑ UIL Boys Basketball Archives
  7. ↑ UIL Softball Archives Archived 2016-03-03 at uil100.org (Error: unknown archive URL)
  8. ↑ UIL One Act Play Archives
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