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Mason County Intermediate School
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Test scores
KSA (K-PREP) 2024-25 . % Proficient/DistinguishedWhat this means: On the KSA (K-PREP), Kentucky's statewide test, about 36 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 32 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Kentucky schools, those numbers are about 48 and 43.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 31% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 40% typical for Kentucky schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Kentucky's top nor bottom 10%.
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Mason County Intermediate School
Mason County Intermediate School is an average-sized elementary school in Maysville, Kentucky, one of the schools within Mason County. The school teaches 573 students in grades 3 through 5. Compared to the state average of about 421 students per school, that is 36% larger than typical.
Within Mason County, which oversees 4 schools and 2,668 students, Mason County Intermediate School is one campus in the system.
Demographically, Mason County Intermediate School reports that the largest single group is White, at 76% of enrollment. The remainder looks like 11% multiracial, 6% Hispanic, 6% Black. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 87%.
On the income-and-resources front, Mason County Intermediate School shows 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.9:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 66% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.
With demographic context factored in, Mason County Intermediate School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 40.4%; this one delivers 31.4%.
In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Mason County put the typical household earns roughly $52,178 per year, about 20% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 14%. Mason County Intermediate School is one of 5 public schools in Mason County (combined enrollment of about 2,668 students).
Nearest neighbor: Mason County Middle School, around 0.3 miles off. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Mason County Intermediate School at 3rd of 4; the average score across the group is 30.7%.
Mason County Intermediate School operates from a town-based location.
Trend over the last 7 years. Mason County Intermediate School's enrollment has fell 20% since 2018, when it stood at 712 (now 573). Class-load math has pulled in: from 17.5:1 in 2018 to 14.9:1 in 2025.
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Mason County at a glance
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