MASON H S

Set in MASON, Texas, MASON H S is a minimally staffed high school, run under MASON ISD. It serves 192 students across grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 796 students each, so MASON H S sits 76% below that benchmark.

MASON ISD comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 700 students; MASON H S is among them.

On demographics, MASON H S reports that White students make up the majority at 72%; the rest reads as 27% Hispanic. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 85%.

On the income-and-resources front, The school reports having 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 7.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting MASON H S tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 41% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

After controlling for student poverty, MASON H S sits in the top 10% of Texas schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 55.9%; actual is 79.6%, +23.7 points clear of the demographic baseline.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Mason County) records that median household income runs about $74,180, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 1%. MASON H S is one of 3 public schools in Mason County (combined enrollment of about 700 students).

MASON J H is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, MASON H S comes 1st of 8 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 49.9%.

MASON H S operates from a countryside location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at MASON H S has decreased 10%, going from 214 students in 2018 to 192 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 35% to 27% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 9.2:1 in 2018 to 7.9:1 today.

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