Enrollment
364
Elementary
DISTRICT 241 · STATE 325
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TRI-CENTER COMM SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 192799001630
Tri-Center Elementary School
33980 310th St, Neola, IA 51559 · (712) 485-2211 · Pottawattamie County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL364 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.5:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.9:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
34%
124 students
DISTRICT 33% · STATE 41%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
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ISASP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
77.2%
IA avg 73.6% . -0.7pp since 2023
Math
83.3%
IA avg 70.9% . +0.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the ISASP, Iowa's statewide test, about 77 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 83 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Iowa schools, those numbers are about 74 and 71. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
Source: ISASP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
77.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
74.9%
based on IA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 78% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 75% typical for Iowa schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Iowa's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
364
+18 (+5%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
11.5:1
was 14.4:1
% White
97%
was 95%
% Hispanic
2%
was 2%
% Black
0%
was 1%
% Asian
0%
was 1%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About Tri-Center Elementary School
Set in Neola, Iowa, Tri-Center Elementary School is a reasonably sized primary school, overseen by Tri-Center Comm School District. It works with 364 students across grades pre-K through 5.
Across the 3 schools in Tri-Center Comm School District (724 students total), Tri-Center Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
Demographically, Tri-Center Elementary School logs that nearly all students (97%) are White. Other groups include 2% Hispanic. By comparison, Pottawattamie County as a whole is about 88% White, so the school skews considerably more White than its surroundings.
On the resource side, Staff filings list 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.5:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.7:1 average. Roughly 34% of students at Tri-Center Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, Tri-Center Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 74.9%; this one delivers 77.5%.
Around the school, census data for Pottawattamie County shows the typical household earns roughly $73,602 per year, 24% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Across Pottawattamie County's 35 public schools (combined enrollment of about 15,270 students), Tri-Center Elementary School is one campus in the mix.
The closest other public school is Tri-Center High School, roughly 0.0 miles away. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Tri-Center Elementary School comes 7th of 9 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 80.2%.
The campus sits in a countryside setting.
Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Tri-Center Elementary School has expanded 5%, going from 346 students in 2018 to 364 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 14.4:1 in 2018 to 11.5:1 in 2025.
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Pottawattamie County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
93,424
Census ACS
Median income
$73,602
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
24%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
35
15,270 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Tri-Center Comm School District
- Tri-Center High SchoolHigh · 225 students
- Tri-Center Middle SchoolMiddle · 135 students
Other schools in Neola
- Tri-Center High SchoolHigh · 225 students
- Tri-Center Middle SchoolMiddle · 135 students
Nearby schools
- Tri-Center High School0.0 mi · 225
- Tri-Center Middle School0.0 mi · 135
- Underwood High School9.3 mi · 247
- Underwood Elementary School9.4 mi · 424
- Underwood Middle School9.4 mi · 184
- AHSTW Intermediate School13.3 mi · 270
Frequently asked questions
About Tri-Center Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Tri-Center Elementary School?
Tri-Center Elementary School enrolls approximately 364 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Tri-Center Elementary School serve?
Tri-Center Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Tri-Center Elementary School?
Approximately 11.5:1 students per teacher at Tri-Center Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at Tri-Center Elementary School?
Student demographics at Tri-Center Elementary School are roughly 97% White, 2% Hispanic, 0% Black, 0% Asian, 0% Two or more.
What district is Tri-Center Elementary School in?
Tri-Center Elementary School is part of Tri-Center Comm School District.
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