Enrollment
192
High
DISTRICT 233 · STATE 796
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MASON ISD·NCES 482928003307
MASON H S
1105 W COLLEGE AVE, MASON, TX 76856 · (325) 347-1122 · Mason County
GRADES 09–12HIGH43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL192 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
7.9:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.1:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
41%
79 students
DISTRICT 47% · STATE 65%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within MASON ISD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
84.0%
TX avg 51.8% . +62.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
67.0%
TX avg 42.0% . +24.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 84 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 67 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 62 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 24 points.
Source: STAAR. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of TX schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
79.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
55.9%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+23.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 80% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 56% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 24 points, placing it in Texas's top 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
192
-22 (-10%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
7.9:1
was 9.2:1
% White
72%
was 65%
% Hispanic
27%
was 35%
% Black
1%
was 0%
% Asian
0%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About 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.
In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Mason County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
3,955
Census ACS
Median income
$74,180
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
39%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
1%
Below federal line
Schools in county
3
700 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in MASON ISD
Frequently asked questions
About MASON H SWhat is the total enrollment at MASON H S?
MASON H S enrolls approximately 192 students in grades 09-12.
Is MASON H S an elementary, middle, or high school?
MASON H S is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many students per teacher at MASON H S?
Approximately 7.9:1 students per teacher at MASON H S.
What is the racial breakdown of students at MASON H S?
At MASON H S, the student body is approximately 72% White, 27% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Two or more.
Is MASON H S public or private?
MASON H S is a public K-12 school, overseen by MASON ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.