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LEARNING
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K-12 EDUCATION

K-12 EDUCATION

Quality education to ensure a quality workforce is a shared community value in Iowa. The state has taken a proactive approach
to transform its public education system, with a focus on student achievement and meeting the skills gap.

Mason City Community School ELEMENTARY:
• All day, every day kindergarten
District
The Mason City Community School District takes pride in • Walking School Bus program encourages children to
promoting quality education in a caring and responsive walk to school together under adult supervision;
environment. In Mason City, the district has been reorganized encourages physical activity, improves student
to provide more developmentally appropriate learning concentration, and teaches a healthy habit for life
environments in state-of-the-art buildings. Elementary • PBIS (Positive Behavior Interventions & Supports) a
schools serve PK-4, Lincoln Intermediate School serves grades school-wide system of support includes proactive
5-6, John Adams Middle School serves grades 7-8, and Mason strategies for defining, teaching, and supporting
City High School includes grades 9-12. Additional educational appropriate student behaviors to create positive school
programs for students are provided at the Mason City environments
Alternative High School and Pinecrest Center.
LINCOLN INTERMEDIATE:

• K-6 student to teacher ratio: 19.9:1 • Emphasizes a supportive and structured environment
• Student to device ratio: 1:1 iPads in K-2, 1:1 Chromebooks allowing for social and academic growth through creative,
in 3-12 investigative, and interactive learning
• Information related to student achievement can be • Award-winning STEAM education program
accessed at the Iowa Department of Education’s • On-site greenhouse promotes healthy eating
Iowa School Report Card website: educateiowa.gov/
schoolreportcard. JOHN ADAMS MIDDLE SCHOOL:
• Special services offered: Gifted and talented, guidance • Located on the High School campus, promoting a smooth
counselor, at-risk support, special education, speech and transition to 9th grade
language, English as a Second Language • “Passion Project” program encourages students to explore
their own passions and think critically and creatively in
the classroom

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