Middle Schools in Mason Public Schools (Ingham)

Mason Middle School is the sole middle school in Mason Public Schools (Ingham), serving grades 6-8 with 778 students in the Mason, Michigan area.

Mason Middle School is a solid, well-resourced school that consistently earns a 4-star rating, though it has shown some recent slippage. The school’s biggest strength is mathematics, particularly in 6th grade, where proficiency (46.8%) beats the state average by nearly 15 percentage points. Even the weaker 7th-grade math scores (39.4%) remain 6 points above the state. Reading and writing tell a more complicated story: 6th-grade ELA is strong (45.7% vs. 37.5% statewide), but 7th-grade ELA drops to 35.4%, which is actually below the state average—the only subject and grade where the school underperforms. In 8th grade, PSAT results reveal a dramatic split: 72.4% proficiency in ELA (well above the 64.8% state average) versus just 35.3% in math, a 37-point gap that signals a need for math intervention before high school.

Looking at trends, the school saw declines in 7 of 8 tested areas from 2024-25 to 2025-26, with the steepest drop in 8th-grade science (-7.2 points). Its statewide rank has slipped three years running, from 180th to 230th, even as it holds onto its 4-star status. Chronic absenteeism affects nearly one in four students (24.6%), which is better than the state average but worse than the district’s 21.3%. On the positive side, the school is well-funded at $13,792 per student with a favorable 14.7:1 student-teacher ratio, and only about 30% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch—a relatively low poverty rate. For parents, this is a capable school with strong math foundations and excellent 8th-grade reading skills, but the recent broad declines and the math readiness gap warrant attention.