Summary:
In zip code 76856, there is a single middle school, Mason J H, serving grades 5 through 8 in Mason, Texas, which is part of the Mason Independent School District (Isd).
Mason J H is a standout school with a total enrollment of 210 students and a low student-teacher ratio of 12.9:1, suggesting smaller class sizes. The school has earned a 5-star rating for the 2025-2026 school year and ranks in the 94th percentile statewide (151st out of 2,335 middle schools), showing consistent improvement from the 77th percentile three years ago. Academically, the school excels across all subjects, with particularly strong performance in mathematics. In 8th-grade math, 76.81% of students were proficient compared to the state average of 47.24%, and in Algebra I, 100% of 8th-grade students taking the End-of-Course exam were proficient—nearly double the state average of 54.03%. Reading scores also significantly outperform the state, with 8th-grade reading at 84.38% proficiency versus the state's 58.69%. The school's dropout rate is 0.0%, and spending per student is $12,784.
One of the most interesting findings is that Mason J H demonstrates a clear "value-add" pattern: its advantage over state averages grows with each grade level in both reading and math, indicating the school is highly effective at developing student skills over time. For example, 5th-grade math proficiency is only 2.62% above the state, but by 8th grade, it is nearly 30% above. This is particularly impressive given that 45.71% of students qualify for free or reduced lunch, showing the school achieves top-tier results despite a moderate level of economic disadvantage. The only notable weakness was in 5th-grade science for the 2024-2025 school year (23.08% proficiency vs. 29.57% state average), but no recent data is available to confirm if this has been resolved.
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