Mason Middle School

Mason Middle School, a sprawling junior high in Mason, Ohio, operated by Mason City, teaches 1,637 students, covering grades 7 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 240% bigger than the state mean of about 482.

Across the 4 schools in Mason City (10,155 students total), Mason Middle School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Mason Middle School records that 48% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 36% Asian, 7% Hispanic, 5% Black, 4% multiracial. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 83%.

On the resource side, The school currently runs with 84 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 19.6:1. The state averages around 17.0:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 16% of students at Mason Middle School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Mason Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 82.6%, the actual is 86.0%, a residual of +3.3 points.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Warren County indicate median household income runs about $110,132, about 46% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Warren County's 45 public schools (combined enrollment of about 39,898 students), Mason Middle School is one campus in the mix.

Mason Intermediate Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Mason Middle School comes 2nd of 8 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 81.4%.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Mason Middle School's enrollment has declined 7% since 2018, when it stood at 1,764 (now 1,637). The White share of enrollment ticked down from 62% to 48% over that span.

Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the Mason Middle School community share and discuss classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.