Regular local school district · Cerro Gordo County
Mason City Comm School District, IA: schools, enrollment and spending
Mason City Comm School District runs 9 public schools with 3,464 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 13.9 students per teacher is about the same as the Iowa figure of 14.4.
At a glance
- Schools
- 9
- Students
- 3,464
- Teachers (FTE)
- 249
- Students per teacher
- 13.9
- IA: 14.4 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 1515 S. Pennsylvania Ave, Mason City, IA 50401
- Phone
- (641)421-4401
- County
- Cerro Gordo County
- Locale
- Town: Remote
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 1918780
- State district ID
- IA-174131 000
- Total staff (FTE)
- 555
- School counselors (FTE)
- 12.0About 289 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 13.0
Students per teacher compared
This district13.9
Iowa14.4
United States15.3
2020 finance data
From the F-33 School District Finance Survey for fiscal year 2020, in nominal dollars. Enrollment used for per-pupil figures is the finance survey count (3,641), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $64.2 million
- Federal revenue
- $9.1 million
- State revenue
- $30.1 million
- Local revenue
- $24.9 million
- Total spending
- $63.4 million
- Spending per pupil
- $17,424
- Salaries
- $32.0 million50.4% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $53.9 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 14.2%
- State: 46.9%
- Local: 38.8%
Iowa overall
- Federal: 10.5%
- State: 48.7%
- Local: 40.8%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$17,424
Iowa$15,206
United States$16,826
Schools in Mason City Comm School District
By level: 3 high, 2 middle, 4 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Alternative School | High | 9 to 12 | 91 | 18.2 |
| Harding Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 4 | 387 | 14.9 |
| Hoover Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 4 | 361 | 13.4 |
| Jefferson Elementary School | Elementary | PK to 4 | 292 | 11.2 |
| John Adams Middle School | Middle | 7 to 8 | 463 | 14.0 |
| Lincoln Intermediate | Middle | 5 to 6 | 485 | 13.1 |
| Mason City High School | High | 9 to 12 | 891 | 16.8 |
| Mason City Virtual Academy | High | 8 to 12 | 88 | 88.0 |
| Roosevelt Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 4 | 348 | 12.4 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Cerro Gordo County
- Clear Lake Comm School District 1,454 students
- West Fork Comm School District 740 students
More in Iowa
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Finance figures are 2020 finance data in nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.