The top reported proficiency rate is 74% in Social studies. The lowest is 59% in English language arts.
Original Research by School Decision on Farmersville Elementary School
Farmersville Elementary School serves students from prekindergarten through fifth grade in Mount Vernon, a small industrial city on the Ohio River in Posey County, Indiana. Mount Vernon functions as a manufacturing, agricultural, and energy hub, with a major river port, an oil refinery, and heavy industrial plants, alongside a historic courthouse-square downtown. The school is part of the M.S.D. of Mount Vernon, a district that also includes a junior high and high school.
The student body at Farmersville is small, with enrollment spread fairly evenly across each grade from kindergarten through fifth grade, plus a prekindergarten program. The student population is overwhelmingly white, a near-uniform demographic composition compared to the broader state. More than a third of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a marker that places the school within the middle range of economic need. Data on the share of students receiving special education services or identified as English learners was not available, so a parent may want to ask the school directly about those supports.
On the 2025 Indiana ILEARN assessments, Farmersville Elementary posted a proficiency index that placed it well above the midpoint among the two districts in Posey County, falling in the top quartile. In math, a majority of students in grades three through five scored at the proficient or above level. In English language arts, the share of students reaching that mark was a bit lower but still solid. About six in ten students met the proficiency bar in science. The strongest result came in social studies, where roughly three-quarters of test takers reached proficiency. Every tested student in math and English language arts participated, which adds confidence to the results. Science and social studies participation figures were not reported.
The school itself has no high school grades, so there is no graduation rate to report, a typical gap for an elementary campus. The district brief turned up no major recent changes that would affect families, such as boundary shifts or program overhauls.
Housing in the Mount Vernon area is moderately priced compared to national benchmarks. The typical home value sits above the state median but below the national figure. The local unemployment rate and median household income track close to national averages.
For a parent considering this school, the core picture is a stable, small-town elementary with solid academic results, a largely homogeneous student body, and a tie to an industrial and agricultural regional economy. The proficiency numbers are respectable across the board, with particular strength in social studies. The absence of data on special education and English learner enrollment is a gap worth clarifying. Families who value a small-enrollment school in a community with a working waterfront and historic downtown will find a straightforward match here. Those looking for a more diverse student population or a rapidly growing suburban context would be looking at a different setting entirely.
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