South Tama County Middle School

South Tama County Middle School is a mid-tier 6-8 campus in Toledo, Iowa, part of South Tama County. The school teaches 413 students in grades 5 through 8.

Within South Tama County, which oversees 3 schools and 1,368 students, South Tama County Middle School is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, South Tama County Middle School reports that the largest single group is White at 47%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder looks like 38% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 6% Native American. By comparison, Tama County as a whole is about 80% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, On paper, South Tama County Middle School has 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.8:1. The state averages around 15.2:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 63% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, South Tama County Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 60.6%, the actual is 61.1%, a residual of +0.5 points.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Tama County indicate median household income runs about $70,781, 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. South Tama County Middle School is one of 10 public schools in Tama County (combined enrollment of about 2,770 students).

The closest other public school is South Tama County High School, roughly 1.3 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around South Tama County Middle School. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), South Tama County Middle School ranks 7th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 66.4%.

The campus sits in a town-based setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at South Tama County Middle School has declined 9%, going from 456 students in 2018 to 413 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share decreased from 51% to 47%. Class-load math has pulled in: from 14.8:1 in 2018 to 13.8:1 in 2025.

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