Mason City

Mason City is a large, four-school Ohio district — two elementary schools, one middle school, and one high school — serving 10,155 students. The district is rated 5 stars and ranks 37th of 773 Ohio districts, placing it in the 95th percentile statewide. Enrollment is heavily concentrated: William Mason High School (3,435 students, grades 9–12) and Mason Intermediate Elementary School (3,086 students, grades 3–6) together account for about 64.2% of all students, while Mason Early Childhood Center Elementary School serves PK–2 (1,997 students) and Mason Middle School serves grades 7–8 (1,637 students).

Academically, every tested school performs far above state averages. William Mason High School posts a 98.2% graduation rate and end-of-course scores including 92.7 in Biology and 90.4 in American History. Mason Middle School reports 99.7% proficiency in Algebra I and 97.9% in Geometry, while Mason Intermediate Elementary School reports 100% in both Algebra I and 8th grade mathematics for two straight years — though, because that school serves grades 3–6, those figures most likely reflect advanced students taking above-grade-level exams. All three tested schools rank in the 93rd–94th percentile.

Mason Middle School has the most favorable staffing and spending profile: the lowest student-teacher ratio (19.6) and the highest per-student spending ($10,629 in 2018–2019). The clearest concern is William Mason High School, where chronic absenteeism is 18.2% — well above the Mason City rate of 11.6% and the 7.0% to 10.2% at the other three schools. Free/reduced lunch rates are low districtwide, all under 20%. Mason Early Childhood Center Elementary School has no test or rank data, as expected for a PK–2 school, and spending figures date to 2018–2019.