North Tama High School

North Tama High School is an intimate high school in Traer, Iowa, run under North Tama County Comm School District. The school caters to 203 students in grades 7 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 57% leaner than the state mean of about 468.

North Tama County Comm School District comprises 2 schools with combined enrollment of 479 students; North Tama High School is among them.

On the student-mix side, North Tama High School shows that 91% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest consists of 4% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. That is noticeably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 80%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school reports having 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.8:1. The state averages around 17.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 43% of students at North Tama High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is noticeably below Tama County's rate of about 56%.

After controlling for student poverty, North Tama High School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 70.5%; this one delivers 64.3%.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Tama County put the typical household earns roughly $70,781 per year, about 21% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Tama County's 10 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,770 students), North Tama High School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: North Tama Elementary, around 0.0 miles off. Within ten miles, there are 3 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. On composite proficiency, North Tama High School comes 4th of 6 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 67.4%.

North Tama High School operates from a countryside location.

Trend over the last 7 years. North Tama High School's enrollment has declined 4% since 2018, when it stood at 212 (now 203). The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 11.0:1 in 2018 to 12.8:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.