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What's one thing Mason County Intermediate School gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
573
Elementary
DISTRICT 613 · STATE 421
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MASON COUNTY·NCES 210387002000
Mason County Intermediate School
720 Clarks Run Rd, Maysville, KY 41056 · (606) 759-2000 · Mason County
GRADES 03–05ELEMENTARY32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL573 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 18% of Kentucky public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Kentucky public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
14.9:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 15.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
66%
380 students
DISTRICT 66% · STATE 63%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 193 | 34% |
| Grade 4 | 181 | 32% |
| Grade 5 | 199 | 35% |
Student demographics
40%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 41% · STATE 47% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Mason County. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
KSA (K-PREP) 2024-25 . % Proficient/DistinguishedEnglish Language Arts
36.3%
KY avg 47.9%
Math
32.0%
KY avg 42.8%
What 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.
Source: KSA (K-PREP). All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
31.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.4%
based on KY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.0pp
below demographic expectation
What 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%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Mason County Intermediate School
Mason County Intermediate School's state test result (31.4% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mason County Intermediate School this school | 573 | 66.3% | 31.4% |
| Shepherdsville Elementary Shepherdsville | 538 | 68.2% | 28.7% |
| Caldwell County Primary School Princeton | 532 | 67.3% | N/A |
| Glenn R Marshall Elementary School Richmond | 480 | 67.7% | 48.7% |
| Lincoln Elementary School Franklin | 463 | 65.7% | 42.1% |
| Nicholasville Elementary School Nicholasville | 465 | 67.7% | 43.6% |
Matched among Kentucky elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Mason County Intermediate School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Kentucky |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 31.4% | #539 of 669 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 32.0% | #525 of 668 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 36.3% | #544 of 674 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 573 | #155 of 744 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.9:1 | #350 of 674 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 39.9% | #266 of 674 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 66.3% | #363 of 721 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -19.5% | #114 of 437 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
573
+22 (+4%) vs 2020
-10% since 2010-11, when it was 637
Student : Teacher
14.9:1
was 15.3:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 573 | 38.6 | 14.9:1 | 66% (380) |
| 2023-24 | 545 | 39.3 | 13.9:1 | 66% (358) |
| 2022-23 | 540 | 35.8 | 15.1:1 | 68% (366) |
| 2020-21 | 551 | 36 | 15.3:1 | 67% (370) |
| 2017-18 | 712 | 40.7 | 17.5:1 | 64% (458) |
| 2015-16 | 694 | 39 | 17.8:1 | 63% (440) |
| 2010-11 | 637 | 43 | 14.8:1 | 66% (420) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mason County Intermediate School.
Since 2017-18: students down 20% (712 to 573); teachers down 5% (40.7 to 38.6).
About Mason County Intermediate School
Mason County Intermediate School is a mid-sized elementary school. Its address is in Maysville, Kentucky. The school has 573 students in 2024-25 across grades 3 through 5. That compares with an average of about 421 students for elementary schools in Kentucky.
Mason County has a total of 4 schools and 2,668 students, Mason County Intermediate School among them.
The student body at Mason County Intermediate School is 76% White. Beyond that, enrollment is 11% multiracial, 6% Hispanic, and 6% Black. The White share of the county population is higher, at 87%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 40%.
The school's 38.6 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.9:1. It is about the same as the 15.4:1 average for elementary schools in Kentucky. At Mason County Intermediate School, 66% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. Public schools in Mason County average a similar 65%.
Among Kentucky public elementary schools, Mason County Intermediate School outscored 18%, which works out to a C- on the allk12 Grade.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Mason County Intermediate School is 9.0 points below its prediction. Actual: 31.4%. Predicted: 40.4%.
The school is in Mason County, where the median household earns about $52,178 a year, about 20% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 14%. Mason County Intermediate School shares Mason County with 4 other public schools.
Among nearby public schools, Mason County Middle School is closest at about 0.3 miles. In all, 3 other public schools sit within five miles of Mason County Intermediate School. By average proficiency, Mason County Intermediate School is 3rd among 4 schools close by.
Locale: Town: Distant. In NCES terms, the school is in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 573, up from 551 in 2020-21.
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Mason County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
16,956
Census ACS
Median income
$52,178
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
20%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
14%
Below federal line
Schools in county
5
2,668 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Mason County
- Mason County High SchoolHigh · 877 students
- Charles Straub Elementary SchoolElementary · 653 students
- Mason County Middle SchoolMiddle · 565 students
- Mason County Career Magnet SchoolHigh
Other schools in Maysville
- Mason County High SchoolHigh · 877 students
- Charles Straub Elementary SchoolElementary · 653 students
- Mason County Middle SchoolMiddle · 565 students
- Mason County Career Magnet SchoolHigh
- Mason County Career Magnet SchoolHigh
Nearby schools
- Mason County Middle School0.3 mi · 565
- Mason County High School1.6 mi · 877
- Charles Straub Elementary School1.8 mi · 653
- Ripley Union Lewis Huntington Junior High School7.2 mi · 102
- Ripley-Union-Lewis-Huntington Senior High School7.2 mi · 192
- Ripley Union Lewis Huntington Elementary School8.1 mi · 410
Frequently asked questions
About Mason County Intermediate SchoolHow large is Mason County Intermediate School?
Mason County Intermediate School enrolls approximately 573 students in grades 03-05.
Is Mason County Intermediate School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Mason County Intermediate School is an elementary school covering grades 03-05.
How many teachers does Mason County Intermediate School have?
Mason County Intermediate School employs 39 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.9:1.
What is the student diversity at Mason County Intermediate School?
Student demographics at Mason County Intermediate School are roughly 76% White, 6% Hispanic, 6% Black, 1% Asian, 11% Two or more.
Is Mason County Intermediate School public or private?
Mason County Intermediate School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Mason County.
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