Mason City School District, Ohio Ballotpedia provides comprehensive coverage of the 100 largest cities in America by population. This encompasses all elections appearing on the ballot within those cities. This school district is outside of that coverage scope.[1] If you would like to help our coverage scope grow, please consider donating to Ballotpedia. Mason City School District is a school district in Ohio that serves the city of Mason. It was the 16th-largest school district in the state in the 2014-2015 school year and served 10,603 students.[3]
Mason City School District Mason, Ohio
About the district Mason City School District is located in southwestern Ohio in Warren County. The county seat is Lebanon. The county was home to an estimated 227,063 residents from 2010 to 2016, according to the United States Census Bureau.[4]
District details Superintendent: Gail KistKline
Demographics
Enrollment:
Warren County overperformed in comparison to the rest of Ohio in terms of higher education achievement from 2011 to 2015. The United States Census Bureau found that 39.6 percent of Mason City School District is county residents aged 25 years and older had located in Warren County, attained a bachelor's degree, compared to 26.1 Ohio. percent of state residents. The median household income in Warren County was $74,379, while it was $49,429 for Ohio. The county poverty rate was 5.2 percent, compared to the state's 14.6 percent.[4]
Graduation rate:
95.6%[2]
Number of schools:
5
Racial Demographics, 2010-2016[4] Race
10,603 students
Warren County (%) Ohio (%)
Budget:
$116.79 million
Website:
School home page
Board members:
5 4
White
89.2
82.5
Term length:
Black or African American
3.6
12.8
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American Indian and Alaska Native
0.2
0.3
Asian
5.3
2.2
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander
0.1
0.1
Two or More Races
1.6
2.2
Hispanic or Latino
2.7
3.7
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Superintendent This superintendent information is The current superintendent for Mason City School District is Gail Kistreviewed annually. Please contact us Kline, who was appointed to the position in June 2011. She has been a with any updates. teacher, an assistant principal in Lakota Local Schools, a principal in Princeton City School District, and also at St. Joseph Community Consolidated School District in Illinois. Additionally, she has held several leadership positions at the central office level.[5]
School board elections The Mason City School Board consists of five members who are elected at-large to four-year terms.[6] Mason City School Board Member
Term Ends
Courtney Allen
2019
Kevin Wise
2019
Connie Yingling
2021
Charles Galvin
2021
Matt Steele
2021 This officeholder information was last updated on April 10, 2018. Please contact us with any updates.
Election dates See also: Mason City School District elections (2015) and Mason City School District elections (2017) Members of the Mason City School Board are elected at-large to four-year terms on a staggered basis. Two seats were up for election on November 3, 2015, and three seats were on the ballot on November 7, 2017.
Budget From 1993 to 2013, the Mason City School District had an average of $73,859,667 in revenue and $77,700,381 in expenditures, according to the United States Census Bureau's survey of school system finances. The district had a yearly average of $97,611,667 in outstanding debt. The district retired $5,322,095 of its debt and issued $14,383,190 in new debt each year on average.[7]
Revenue The table below separates the district's revenue into the three sources identified by the agency: local, state, and federal. Revenue by Source Local
Fiscal Year
State % of Revenue
Total
Federal % of Revenue
Total
Total
% of Revenue
Revenue Total
Click [show] on the right to display the revenue data for prior years. 1993
$10,980,000
70.93%
$4,205,000
27.16%
$296,000
1.91%
$15,481,000
1994
$11,831,000
71.87%
$4,373,000
26.56%
$258,000
1.57%
$16,462,000
1995
$11,848,000
67.38%
$5,405,000
30.74%
$331,000
1.88%
$17,584,000
1996
$14,173,000
67.24%
$6,609,000
31.35%
$296,000
1.40%
$21,078,000
1997
$17,638,000
67.55%
$8,141,000
31.18%
$331,000
1.27%
$26,110,000
1998
$22,617,000
66.30%
$11,163,000
32.72%
$335,000
0.98%
$34,115,000
1999
$25,481,000
66.74%
$12,319,000
32.27%
$380,000
1.00%
$38,180,000
2000
$28,766,000
65.17%
$14,810,000
33.55%
$561,000
1.27%
$44,137,000
2001
$33,819,000
64.40%
$18,091,000
34.45%
$607,000
1.16%
$52,517,000
2002
$43,075,000
64.29%
$23,123,000
34.51%
$798,000
1.19%
$66,996,000
2003
$50,248,000
65.99%
$25,123,000
32.99%
$779,000
1.02%
$76,150,000
2004
$52,654,000
63.44%
$28,640,000
34.51%
$1,698,000
2.05%
$82,992,000
2005
$58,274,000
63.15%
$32,090,000
34.78%
$1,910,000
2.07%
$92,274,000
2006
$72,266,000
66.24%
$34,763,000
31.87%
$2,065,000
1.89%
$109,094,000
2007
$75,761,000
63.58%
$40,751,000
34.20%
$2,650,000
2.22%
$119,162,000
2008
$78,326,000
62.91%
$44,001,000
35.34%
$2,169,000
1.74%
$124,496,000
2009
$75,922,000
60.47%
$47,076,000
37.49%
$2,565,000
2.04%
$125,563,000
2010
$72,827,000
58.37%
$46,814,000
37.52%
$5,128,000
4.11%
$124,769,000
2011
$72,951,000
58.80%
$46,006,000
37.08%
$5,114,000
4.12%
$124,071,000
2012
$72,956,000
60.13%
$44,650,000
36.80%
$3,729,000
3.07%
$121,335,000
2013
$72,116,000
60.86%
$43,766,000
36.94%
$2,605,000
2.20%
$118,487,000
Avg.
$46,406,143
64.56%
$25,805,667
33.52%
$1,647,857
1.91%
$73,859,667
Expenditures The table below separates the district's expenditures into five categories identified by the agency: Instruction: operation expenditures, state payments on behalf of the district for instruction and benefits, and retirement system transfers Support Services: support services, food services, and retirement system transfers for support service staff Capital Spending: capital outlay expenditures (i.e., construction, land or facilities purchases, and equipment purchases) Debt & Gov. Payments: payments to state and local governments and interest on school system debt Other: all other non-K-12 programs, except food services Expenditures by Category Support Services
Instruction
Fiscal Year
% of Budget
Total
Capital Spending
% of Budget
Total
Total
Debt & Gov. Payments
% of Budget
Total
% of Budget
Other Total
% of Budget
Budget Total
Click [show] on the right to display the expenditure data for prior years. 1993 $7,561,000 55.87% $4,772,000 35.26%
$459,000
3.39%
$614,000 4.54% $127,000 0.94% $13,533,000
1994 $8,276,000 36.41% $5,033,000 22.14% $8,470,000 37.27% $806,000 3.55% $143,000 0.63% $22,728,000 1995 $9,392,000 45.01% $6,194,000 29.68% $4,336,000 20.78% $747,000 3.58% $199,000 0.95% $20,868,000 1996 $10,264,000 45.26% $7,067,000 31.16% $3,314,000 14.61% $1,787,000 7.88% $247,000 1.09% $22,679,000 1997 $11,851,000 32.92% $8,045,000 22.34% $14,143,000 39.28% $1,647,000 4.57% $318,000 0.88% $36,004,000 1998 $14,678,000 28.23% $10,320,000 19.85% $24,165,000 46.47% $2,494,000 4.80% $343,000 0.66% $52,000,000 1999 $16,426,000 34.90% $13,696,000 29.10% $13,607,000 28.91% $3,019,000 6.41% $321,000 0.68% $47,069,000 2000 $18,972,000 45.76% $16,309,000 39.33% $2,821,000
6.80% $2,902,000 7.00% $460,000 1.11% $41,464,000
2001 $22,215,000 38.56% $19,002,000 32.99% $12,938,000 22.46% $2,948,000 5.12% $505,000 0.88% $57,608,000 2002 $25,267,000 25.43% $23,379,000 23.53% $42,067,000 42.33% $8,028,000 8.08% $633,000 0.64% $99,374,000 2003 $29,984,000 34.69% $29,101,000 33.67% $20,818,000 24.09% $5,988,000 6.93% $542,000 0.63% $86,433,000 2004 $35,166,000 45.74% $32,924,000 42.83% $2,693,000
3.50% $5,451,000 7.09% $642,000 0.84% $76,876,000
2005 $40,496,000 44.15% $35,977,000 39.23% $8,285,000
9.03% $6,203,000 6.76% $755,000 0.82% $91,716,000
2006 $44,684,000 37.01% $38,952,000 32.26% $29,332,000 24.29% $7,057,000 5.84% $717,000 0.59% $120,742,000 2007 $48,493,000 44.84% $41,730,000 38.58% $10,391,000 9.61% $6,252,000 5.78% $1,286,000 1.19% $108,152,000 2008 $52,861,000 45.06% $44,555,000 37.98% $11,758,000 10.02% $7,256,000 6.19% $886,000 0.76% $117,316,000 2009 $59,828,000 41.51% $47,992,000 33.29% $28,155,000 19.53% $7,221,000 5.01% $948,000 0.66% $144,144,000 2010 $58,614,000 48.41% $46,772,000 38.63% $8,210,000
6.78% $6,771,000 5.59% $722,000 0.60% $121,089,000
2011 $59,911,000 51.59% $46,275,000 39.85% $2,734,000
2.35% $6,423,000 5.53% $782,000 0.67% $116,125,000
2012 $63,631,000 53.47% $46,470,000 39.05% $1,968,000
1.65% $6,114,000 5.14% $812,000 0.68% $118,995,000
2013 $69,282,000 59.32% $40,061,000 34.30% $1,368,000
1.17% $5,307,000 4.54% $775,000 0.66% $116,793,000
Avg. $33,707,238 42.58% $26,886,952 33.10% $12,001,524 17.83% $4,525,476 5.71% $579,190 0.79% $77,700,381
Debt The table below shows the amount of debt retired, issued, and outstanding in the district for each year. Debt Fiscal Year
Retired
Issued
Outstanding
Click [show] on the right to display the debt data for prior years. 1993
$544,000
$10,000,000
$14,011,000
1994
$694,000
$0
$13,168,000
1995
$794,000
$0
$11,824,000
1996
$919,000
$18,631,000
$29,536,000
1997
$926,000
$0
$35,610,000
1998
$1,475,000
$22,000,000
$59,135,000
1999
$1,335,000
$660,000
$57,875,000
2000
$1,315,000
$0
$56,360,000
2001
$1,440,000
$71,935,000
$198,590,000
2002
$3,300,000
$0
$123,040,000
2003
$2,330,000
$0
$119,960,000
2004
$11,075,000
$50,705,000
$151,085,000
2005
$11,992,000
$8,217,000
$146,510,000
2006
$10,650,000
$59,380,000
$194,040,000
2007
$10,184,000
$27,565,000
$154,226,000
2008
$5,095,000
$23,000,000
$155,955,000
2009
$6,415,000
$5,001,000
$144,791,000
2010
$16,175,000
$4,953,000
$142,569,000
2011
$16,561,000
$0
$0
2012
$8,545,000
$0
$124,780,000
2013
$0
$0
$116,780,000
Avg.
$5,322,095
$14,383,190
$97,611,667
Teacher salaries Teachers in the Mason City School District earn annual salaries based on years on the job as well as educational achievement. The salary schedule accounts for graduate degrees by providing higher starting salaries and greater potential salaries. The maximum salary caps annual pay increases after 27 years of service in the district. The following table details the salary schedule for the 2012-2013 school year:[8] Salary structure Degree level
Minimum salary ($)
Maximum salary ($)
B.A.
38,331
71,104
B.A. + 150
40,248
75,435
M.A.
42,164
80,802
M.A. + 15
43,122
85,210
M.A. + 30
44,081
89,618
Schools in Mason City School District Enrollment Mason City School District served 10,603 studentsin the 2014-2015 school year.[3] Mason City School District does not publicly archive enrollment data.
District schools Mason City School District operates five schools listed below in alphabetical order:[9] Mason City School District School Name Mason Early Childhood Center Mason High School Mason Intermediate School Mason Middle School Western Row Elementary School
Academic performance The Ohio Department of Education issues an annual report card for each district based on scores from the Ohio Achievement Assessments. This testing process assesses the proficiency of students in grades 3 through 8 in reading and mathematics. Students in grades 10 and 11 complete the Ohio Graduation Test to not only assess proficiency but also demonstrate readiness for postgraduate life.[10][11] Mason City School District received an A on the state's Performance Index and an A in the Indicators Met section. The Ohio Department of Education found that 92.0% of students qualified as Proficient or higher. The district met proficiency levels in 100.0% of performance indicators from grades 3 through 11. The following tables detail results from the Performance Index and Indicators Met sections in the 2012-2013 district report card.[12] Performance Index, 2012-2013 Performance level Percentage of students (%) Advanced Plus
0.2
Advanced
46.1
Accelerated
30.1
Proficient
19.5
Basic
3.1
Limited
0.8
Untested
0.2
Indicators Met, Reading
Indicators Met, Mathematics
Mason City State Similar Grade School of districts District Ohio
Mason City State Similar Grade School of districts District Ohio
3
96.9
92.7
81.4
3
94.5
90.5
78.4
4
97.6
95.9
87.7
4
95.1
91.3
77.7
5
95.4
89.3
74.2
5
91.8
85.1
68.7
6
96.2
94.0
82.9
6
94.0
89.7
75.1
7
96.8
92.6
81.0
7
96.9
88.6
73.3
8
98.0
94.8
85.8
8
97.6
91.0
77.0
Contact information
Mason City School Board 211 N. East Street Mason, OH 45040 Phone: (513) 398-0474
See also School board elections portal Ohio Mason City School District elections (2013) Ohio school districts List of school districts in Ohio
External links Mason City School District Ohio Department of Education
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