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William Mason High School

6100 S Mason Montgomery Rd, Mason, OH, 45040-3708 -

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Definition of Terms

William Mason High School

School Level

High school

Grades Offered

Grades 9 - 12

County

Warren County, OH

Students & Faculty

Total Students

2555 students

% Male / % Female

52% / 48%

Total Classroom Teachers

143 teachers

Students by Grade

Grade 9 - 670 students

Grade 10 - 710 students

Grade 11 - 591 students

Grade 12 - 584 students

This School

(OH) School Average

Teacher : Student Ratio

1:18

1:18

Students by Ethnicity

This School

(OH) School Average

% American Indian	n/a	n/a
% Asian	6%	1%
% Hispanic	2%	2%
% Black	4%	15%
% White	86%	74%
% Unknown	2 %	4%

Additional Student Information

This School

(OH) School Average

% Eligible for Free Lunch

19%

% Eligible for Reduced Lunch

% Migrant Students Enrolled

n/a

n/a

(OH) Statewide Testing Performance

School Statewide Performance

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School District Name

Mason City Sd School District

This School's Agency

(OH) District Average

Number of Schools Managed	6	4
Number of Students Managed	9,778 students	1,760 students
District Total Revenue	$92,274,000	$15,639,000
District Expenditure	$91,716,000	$15,279,000
District Revenue / Student	$9,437	$8,886
District Expenditure / Student	$9,380	$8,681
District Graduation Rates	93%	93%

UC's top feeder? Mason High (The Cincinnati Enquirer)
posted on May 19, 2009 at 06:29:21 pm
The growth that soon could make William Mason High School the biggest high school in Ohio also should make it the top feeder school to the University of Cincinnati's main campus this fall.
Cappies: CCHA's 'Into the Woods' (The Cincinnati Enquirer)
posted on March 23, 2009 at 06:16:38 pm
Student critics joined the audience at a recent performance of Cincinnati Hills Christian Academy’s recent production of “Into the Woods.” The critics are from schools that participate in the Cappies of Greater Cincinnati.

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William Mason High School (MHS) is a four-year public high school located in Mason, Ohio, located north of Cincinnati, Ohio. It serves more than 3,000 students in grades 9 through 12, supported by classroom teachers, media specialists, technologists, administrators, counselors and an array of staff members, special educators, volunteers and aides. Mason Schools are accredited by the North Central Association. MHS was built in 2002 and now seeks for a 30 million dollar addition that will open in 2009 School Year.
Overview
Mason High School was an Ohio Blue Ribbon of Excellence School in 1997 and 1998 and a National Blue Ribbon of Excellence School in 2002.
Mason High School has eliminated class rank and will not be including or stating it on any transcript starting with the 2007-2008 school year. This was a decision made by the Mason Board of Education.
Technology
Each classroom has a projector, DVD player, VCR, synchronized atomic clocks, a telephone with voicemail for each teacher and cable hookup, as well as multi-media computers (depending on the type of classroom). There are 28 computer labs in the building, and they have between 13 and 25 instructional software ranging from photography, media production, math, accounting, CAD/CAM, biology, etc. supporting hands-on project-based instruction. There are approximately 1,100 computers in the school. The entire building has wireless internet capability, including a lecture hall and a 1,200 seat auditorium with a theatrical sound system and lighting.
Mason City Schools has one of the fastest school networks in Ohio, operating over 1,700 times faster than the standard home Internet connection while supporting over 3,200 classroom computers. There are approximately 3 students per computer in the district. The district also supports individual teacher pages for posting of work assignments and other class information. Parents have secure web access to student grades, transportation information, lunch account balances, and more.
Extracurricular activities
More than 85 percent of students at Mason High School are involved in extracurriculars. As a member of the Ohio High School Athletic Association and the Greater Miami Conference, Mason High School Athletic Department sponsors numerous sports, such as a soccer program, American football, tennis, gymnastics, cheerleading, cross country, swimming, basketball, wrestling, track, baseball, softball and more.
Other activities are music programs, including band, orchestra, chorus, drama presentations, intramural, broomball, special interest and honor clubs, and publications, such as The Chronicle and Vicissitudes and dance team. MBC Newsmakers is the highly sucessuful student produced television broadcast that is shown to the entire high school.
In the 2007-2008 school year, the highly successful "Black Hole" varsity basketball student section was formed. Seniors Kyle Raffel, Lucas Long, Lauren Murray, and Pete Noxsel were the main founders, along with 10 other students. The Black Hole has been featured in local newspapers the Pulse Journal[2], and the Cincinnati Enquirer[3] Even with the implementation of the "Black Hole", however, the basketball team struggled its way to a disappointing 9-12 record.
In 2009 Rhett Durbin was named a First Team All American by Sports Illustrated after finishing his season throwing for 6,923 yards, 53 TDs and a passer rating of 173.7. He is the first, and probably the last, Mason Comet to receive this award. He will be attending the University of Southern California and is expected to be a first round draft pick in the 2014 NFL Draft. Mikkel Jensen, another prominent football player at Mason has broken over 14 GMC records since his freshman year in 2008
Another extra-curricular that many students are involved in is the Mason High School Marching Band. The band is composed of 200 or more students, is run by band director Bob Bass, and has performed increasingly well in its last two competitive seasons. Its 2007 show, "From Nothing", featured 200 band and guard members, became Class Champion at the Youngstown Regional Competition, and made it to the semifinal round of the BOA Grand Nationals. The 2008 show, entitled "Meditation", also made it to BOA Grand Nationals, and included a violin solo by Peter Chen. The Mason Band Program was awarded the John Philip Sousa Foundation Sudler Flag of Honor on May 24, 2009.
Ohio High School Athletic Association State Championships
Boys Cross Country - 2008
Girls Golf - 2008, 2009
Girls Basketball - 2000
Girls Track and Field–2004
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