Thornton High School
121 South 6th Ave
Mount Vernon NY, 10550, Westchester County
Phone: 914-358-2740
Ranking: 
(780 out of 989, bottom 21%)*
(780 out of 989, bottom 21%)*Type: Regular High School
Status: Currently Operational
Grade: Grade 9 to Grade 12
School District: Mount Vernon City School District
Title I Eligible School: Yes School-Wide Title I: NA
Magnet: NA
Charter: NA
Shared-Time School: NA
Students and Teachers
| 2013-2014 | 2012-2013 | 2011-2012 | 2010-2011 | 2009-2010 | 2008-2009 | 2007-2008 | ||||||||
| Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | |
| Total Teachers: | 50 | 49 | 47 | 44 | 53 | 45 | 39 | |||||||
| Total Students: | 751 | 706 | 659 | 758 | 697 | 549 | 499 | |||||||
| Grade 9: | 273 | 36.4% | 209 | 29.6% | 209 | 31.7% | 242 | 31.9% | 251 | 36.0% | 161 | 29.3% | 331 | 66.3% |
| Grade 10: | 190 | 25.3% | 203 | 28.8% | 184 | 27.9% | 187 | 24.7% | 121 | 17.4% | 269 | 49.0% | 168 | 33.7% |
| Grade 11: | 152 | 20.2% | 164 | 23.2% | 153 | 23.2% | 109 | 14.4% | 220 | 31.6% | 119 | 21.7% | NA | NA |
| Grade 12: | 132 | 17.6% | 127 | 18.0% | 110 | 16.7% | 220 | 29.0% | 105 | 15.1% | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Ungraded: | 4 | 0.5% | 3 | 0.4% | 3 | 0.5% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Student By Gender: | ||||||||||||||
| Male: | 369 | 49.1% | 363 | 51.4% | 335 | 50.8% | 393 | 51.8% | 343 | 49.2% | 261 | 47.5% | 239 | 47.9% |
| Female: | 382 | 50.9% | 343 | 48.6% | 324 | 49.2% | 365 | 48.2% | 346 | 49.6% | 280 | 51.0% | 256 | 51.3% |
| Student By Races: | ||||||||||||||
| American Indian/Alaska Native: | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 2 | 0.3% | 1 | 0.2% | 1 | 0.2% |
| Asian: | 14 | 1.9% | 11 | 1.6% | 10 | 1.5% | 10 | 1.3% | 5 | 0.7% | 1 | 0.2% | 1 | 0.2% |
| Hispanic: | 119 | 15.8% | 113 | 16.0% | 89 | 13.5% | 75 | 9.9% | 76 | 10.9% | 46 | 8.4% | 37 | 7.4% |
| Black: | 591 | 78.7% | 554 | 78.5% | 540 | 81.9% | 654 | 86.3% | 596 | 85.5% | 487 | 88.7% | 444 | 89.0% |
| White: | 26 | 3.5% | 26 | 3.7% | 19 | 2.9% | 19 | 2.5% | 18 | 2.6% | 14 | 2.6% | 16 | 3.2% |
| Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander: | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.1% | 1 | 0.2% | 0 | 0.0% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Two or More Races: | 1 | 0.1% | 1 | 0.1% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Lunch Program: | ||||||||||||||
| Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 416 | 55.4% | 390 | 55.2% | 323 | 49.0% | 441 | 58.2% | 445 | 63.8% | 222 | 40.4% | 204 | 40.9% |
| Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 48 | 6.4% | 47 | 6.7% | 38 | 5.8% | 0 | 0.0% | 42 | 6.0% | 64 | 11.7% | 62 | 12.4% |
| Student-Teacher Ratio: | 14.89 | 14.49 | 14.10 | 17.24 | 13.16 | 12.30 | 12.90 | |||||||
Test Performance
| Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
| Regents | ||||||
| 2010 | Algebra 2/Trigonometry | End of course | % met std | 3% | 10% | 65% |
| 2011 | Algebra 2/Trigonometry | End of course | % met std | 21% | 19% | 64% |
| 2012 | Algebra 2/Trigonometry | End of course | % met std | 9% | 15% | 64% |
| 2009 | Chemistry | End of course | % met std | 51% | 47% | 74% |
| 2010 | Chemistry | End of course | % met std | 19% | 33% | 73% |
| 2011 | Chemistry | End of course | % met std | 16% | 37% | 78% |
| 2012 | Chemistry | End of course | % met std | 21% | 30% | 78% |
| 2009 | Earth Science | End of course | % met std | 55% | 59% | 72% |
| 2010 | Earth Science | End of course | % met std | 62% | 56% | 74% |
| 2011 | Earth Science | End of course | % met std | 63% | 46% | 72% |
| 2012 | Earth Science | End of course | % met std | 44% | 36% | 73% |
| 2009 | English | End of course | % met std | 78% | 78% | 82% |
| 2010 | English | End of course | % met std | 73% | 62% | 83% |
| 2011 | English | End of course | % met std | 71% | 68% | 85% |
| 2012 | English | End of course | % met std | 53% | 47% | 82% |
| 2009 | Geometry | End of course | % met std | 28% | 37% | 74% |
| 2010 | Geometry | End of course | % met std | 24% | 30% | 72% |
| 2011 | Geometry | End of course | % met std | 28% | 24% | 75% |
| 2012 | Geometry | End of course | % met std | 29% | 29% | 75% |
| 2009 | Global History and Geography | End of course | % met std | 75% | 66% | 71% |
| 2010 | Global History and Geography | End of course | % met std | 67% | 54% | 69% |
| 2011 | Global History and Geography | End of course | % met std | 90% | 81% | 70% |
| 2012 | Global History and Geography | End of course | % met std | 57% | 44% | 71% |
| 2009 | Integrated Algebra | End of course | % met std | 38% | 53% | 72% |
| 2010 | Integrated Algebra | End of course | % met std | 46% | 51% | 72% |
| 2011 | Integrated Algebra | End of course | % met std | 46% | 50% | 73% |
| 2012 | Integrated Algebra | End of course | % met std | 45% | 39% | 72% |
| 2009 | Living Environment | End of course | % met std | 61% | 67% | 80% |
| 2010 | Living Environment | End of course | % met std | 59% | 63% | 79% |
| 2011 | Living Environment | End of course | % met std | 73% | 63% | 81% |
| 2012 | Living Environment | End of course | % met std | 59% | 51% | 78% |
| 2009 | Mathematics A | End of course | % met std | 67% | 54% | 61% |
| 2009 | Mathematics B | End of course | % met std | 25% | 33% | 68% |
| 2010 | Mathematics B | End of course | % met std | 33% | 44% | 61% |
| 2009 | Physics | End of course | % met std | 52% | 32% | 77% |
| 2010 | Physics | End of course | % met std | 80% | 74% | 82% |
| 2011 | Physics | End of course | % met std | 58% | 55% | 79% |
| 2012 | Physics | End of course | % met std | 29% | 31% | 79% |
| 2009 | Spanish | End of course | % met std | 87% | 91% | 96% |
| 2010 | Spanish | End of course | % met std | 74% | 85% | 95% |
| 2011 | Spanish | End of course | % met std | 80% | 87% | 94% |
| 2009 | U.S. History and Govt | End of course | % met std | 78% | 67% | 80% |
| 2010 | U.S. History and Govt | End of course | % met std | 83% | 68% | 83% |
| 2011 | U.S. History and Govt | End of course | % met std | 76% | 46% | 80% |
| 2012 | U.S. History and Govt | End of course | % met std | 29% | 31% | 79% |
Some data by SchoolDigger.com.
* Thornton High School was rated 3.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.