Summary:
ZIP code 45040 (Mason, Ohio) is served by one district, Mason City, and contains four public schools — Mason Early Childhood Center Elementary School (PK–2), Mason Intermediate Elementary School (3–6), Mason Middle School (7–8), and William Mason High School (9–12) — with no alternative schools. Together they enroll about 10,155 students, so the four buildings function as one continuous PK–12 pipeline.
All three tested schools rank in the top 5% of Ohio with 5 stars for three straight years, and their results are strikingly similar. William Mason High School ranks 45th of 795 high schools (94th percentile), posts a 98.2% graduation rate, and averages 88.0% proficiency versus 63.2% statewide; its Biology (92.7% vs. 67.0) and American History (90.4% vs. 73.2) scores lead the ZIP. Mason Middle School has the largest margin over state (+31.1 points: 86.5% vs. 55.4%), with Geometry at 97.9% against 43.3% statewide and Algebra I at 99.7%. Mason Intermediate Elementary School, with 3,086 students, still ranks 110th of 1,560 (93rd percentile) at 88.0% versus 61.1%. Note that its 100% figures in 8th grade Math and Algebra I come from a very small accelerated cohort, not a full grade.
One metric breaks the pattern, and only at the high school: chronic absenteeism is 18.2% there, versus 7.0% at the intermediate, 8.1% at the middle, 10.2% at the early childhood center, and an 11.6% district average. Class sizes are largest at the high school (24.5 students per teacher, against 19.6 at the middle school). Free/reduced lunch ranges from 13.92% to 19.02% across all four schools — a low-poverty context worth keeping in mind when reading these results. Mason Early Childhood Center Elementary School has no test or ranking data because PK–2 students do not take state tests. Spending figures date to 2018–2019 and are too similar across buildings ($9,345–$10,629) to explain differences in results.
Thank you for your feedback!