Enrollment
135
Middle
DISTRICT 241 · STATE 400
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TRI-CENTER COMM SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 192799000309
Tri-Center Middle School
33980 310th St, Neola, IA 51559 · (712) 485-2211 · Pottawattamie County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL135 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 44% of Iowa public middle schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Iowa public middle schools
Student : Teacher
19.4:1
7 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.9:1 · STATE 15.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
36%
48 students
DISTRICT 33% · STATE 41%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 46 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 46 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 43 | 32% |
Student demographics
19%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 12% · STATE 48% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). 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
Tri-Center Middle School→Tri-Center High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Tri-Center Comm School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ISASP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
73.1%
IA avg 73.6% . +1.9pp since 2023
Math
77.7%
IA avg 70.9% . +0.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the ISASP, Iowa's statewide test, about 73 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 78 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Iowa schools, those numbers are about 74 and 71. Reading and writing scores are up about 2 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
ISASP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 73.1% | 77.7% |
| 2023-24 | 71.2% | 77.0% |
% Proficient, all students and all tested grades.
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
75.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
74.2%
based on IA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 75% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 74% 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 →
Schools most like Tri-Center Middle School
Tri-Center Middle School's state test result (75.5% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tri-Center Middle School this school | 135 | 35.6% | 75.5% |
| Pleasantville Middle School Pleasantville | 128 | 33.6% | 73.3% |
| West Fork Middle School SHEFFIELD | 161 | 35.4% | 77.0% |
| South Winneshiek Middle School Ossian | 126 | 32.5% | 79.9% |
| Panorama Middle School Panora | 146 | 34.9% | 66.2% |
| Pierson Middle School Pierson | 126 | 38.1% | N/A |
Matched among Iowa middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Tri-Center Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Iowa | In Pottawattamie County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 75.5% | #118 of 224 | #5 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 77.7% | #98 of 224 ▼ 2 | #5 of 7 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 73.1% | #160 of 224 ▲ 8 | #5 of 7 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 135 | #211 of 246 | #7 of 7 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 35.6% | #138 of 237 | #5 of 7 |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
135
-32 (-19%) vs 2020
-26% since 2000-01, when it was 182
Student : Teacher
19.4:1
was 23.9:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 135 | 7 | 19.4:1 | 36% (48) |
| 2023-24 | 140 | 6.9 | 20.2:1 | 30% (42) |
| 2022-23 | 162 | 6.9 | 23.3:1 | 23% (38) |
| 2020-21 | 167 | 7 | 23.9:1 | 32% (54) |
| 2017-18 | 131 | 8 | 16.4:1 | 28% (37) |
| 2015-16 | 154 | 9 | 17.1:1 | 27% (42) |
| 2010-11 | 162 | 10 | 16.2:1 | 25% (40) |
| 2000-01 | 182 | 13 | 14.0:1 | 19% (34) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Tri-Center Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 3% (131 to 135); teachers down 13% (8 to 7).
About Tri-Center Middle School
Tri-Center Middle School is a very small middle school in Iowa, located in Neola. Enrollment totals 135 students across grades 6 through 8. Across middle schools in Iowa, the average enrollment is about 400.
Tri-Center Comm School District, which runs Tri-Center Middle School, has 3 schools and 724 students.
The share of White students at Tri-Center Middle School is 90%. The remaining shares are 8% Hispanic. In Pottawattamie County overall, the White share is about 88%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Tri-Center Middle School scores 19%.
The school lists 7 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 19.4:1. Statewide, middle schools in Iowa average 15.2:1. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 36% of the student body.
Among Iowa public middle schools, Tri-Center Middle School outscored 44%, which works out to a C+ on the allk12 Grade.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Tri-Center Middle School is +1.3 points: 75.5% actual, 74.2% predicted.
Census data for Pottawattamie County show the median household earns about $73,602 a year, 24% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 8% of people live in poverty. Counting Tri-Center Middle School, Pottawattamie County has 35 public schools.
A public school less than a tenth of a mile away, Tri-Center Elementary School, is the closest to Tri-Center Middle School. Tri-Center Middle School has 2 other public schools within five miles. The school's 75.5% average proficiency ranks 8th among 9 nearby schools.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Rural: Distant, meaning it is in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
The school shrank from 167 students in 2020-21 to 135 in 2024-25. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 23.9:1 to 19.4:1.
This page collects posts and questions about Tri-Center Middle School, such as athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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 Elementary SchoolElementary · 364 students
- Tri-Center High SchoolHigh · 225 students
Other schools in Neola
- Tri-Center Elementary SchoolElementary · 364 students
- Tri-Center High SchoolHigh · 225 students
Nearby schools
- Tri-Center Elementary School0.0 mi · 364
- Tri-Center High School0.0 mi · 225
- 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 Middle SchoolHow many students attend Tri-Center Middle School?
Tri-Center Middle School enrolls approximately 135 students in grades 06-08.
Is Tri-Center Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Tri-Center Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at Tri-Center Middle School?
Approximately 19.4:1 students per teacher at Tri-Center Middle School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Tri-Center Middle School?
At Tri-Center Middle School, the student body is approximately 90% White, 8% Hispanic, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is Tri-Center Middle School public or private?
Tri-Center Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Tri-Center Comm School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.