Editing Mount Vernon, Alabama (section)

== Education ==
The city is served by the [[Mobile County Public School System]]. Elementary and middle schoolers go to North Mobile County K-8 near [[Axis, Alabama|Axis CDP]].<ref name=Idowu>{{cite web|author=Idowu, Modupe|url=https://mynbc15.com/news/local/officials-decide-future-of-two-schools-mae-eanes-belsaw-mount-vernon|title=Officials decide future of two schools: Mae Eanes Belsaw-Mount Vernon|publisher=NBC 15|date=May 25, 2016|accessdate=November 27, 2018|quote=Mae Eanes will be merged with Williamson High School and Belsaw-Mount Vernon Elementary School will go to North Mobile K-8.}}</ref> High schoolers go on to [[Citronelle High School]] in [[Citronelle, Alabama|Citronelle]].<ref>"[http://images.pcmac.org/Uploads/MCPSS/MobileCounty/Departments/DocumentsCategories/Documents/Citronelle%20High%20School.pdf Citronelle High School Attendance Zone] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210725055213/http://images.pcmac.org/Uploads/MCPSS/MobileCounty/Departments/DocumentsCategories/Documents/Citronelle%20High%20School.pdf |date=2021-07-25 }}." [[Mobile County Public School System]]. Retrieved on November 27, 2018.</ref><ref>"[https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/dc10map/GUBlock/st01_al/place/p0152608_mount_vernon/DC10BLK_P0152608_001.pdf 2010 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP: Mount Vernon town, AL]." [[U.S. Census Bureau]]. Retrieved on November 28, 2018.</ref>

The city's sole public school was the E.T.Belsaw/Mt. Vernon School, which covered grades Kindergarten through 8.<ref>"[http://www.mtvernonal.com/Schools.html Schools]." Town of Mount Vernon. Retrieved on July 29, 2016.</ref><ref>A copy of the school's attendance boundary, as the file "Belsaw Mt. Vernon.pdf", is available from the Mobile County Public School System Student Support Services Department. [https://web.archive.org/web/20160906221725/http://www.mcpss.com/?PN=DocumentUploads&L=2&DivisionID=2150&DepartmentID=7061&iRead=A&iAdd=A&iEdit=A&iDelete=A&LMID=289110&ClientModuleID=4057 This file was previously available online] (see "Elementary Attendance Zone Maps(A-I)" "Belsaw Mt Vernon" but the link is broken)</ref> In 2006 it had 321 students.<ref name=Idowu/><ref name=Devoe>{{cite web|author=Devoe, Emily|url=https://www.wkrg.com/news/local-news/mobile-county-school-board-votes-to-close-two-schools_20180207090453412/957191902|title=Mobile County School Board Votes to Close Two Schools|publisher=[[WKRG]]|date=May 24, 2016|accessdate=November 27, 2018}}</ref> From 2010 to 2016 several extracurricular programs at the school were discontinued. It had 98 students in 2016. Gwendolyn Pugh, Mount Vernon Town Councilor, stated that the enrollment drop was due to the extracurricular programs being removed.<ref>{{cite web|author=Johnson, Jason|url=https://lagniappemobile.com/school-board-closes-mae-eanes-belshaw-mt-vernon-schools/|title=School board closes Mae Eanes, Belshaw-Mt. Vernon schools|publisher=[[Lagniappe Weekly]]|date=May 25, 2016|accessdate=November 27, 2018}}</ref> The county board voted to close the school in 2016.<ref name=Devoe/>