Tripoli Middle/Sr High School

Set in Tripoli, Iowa, Tripoli Middle/Sr High School is a minimally staffed senior high, overseen by Tripoli Comm School District. It works with 170 students across grades 6 through 12. By comparison, Iowa's public schools average about 468 students each, so Tripoli Middle/Sr High School sits 64% leaner than that benchmark.

Across the 2 schools in Tripoli Comm School District (389 students total), Tripoli Middle/Sr High School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, Tripoli Middle/Sr High School records that nearly all students (92%) are White. The remainder breaks down as 5% multiracial, 3% Hispanic. That composition is broadly in line with Bremer County as a whole.

Looking at school resources, Tripoli Middle/Sr High School lists 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.3:1, putting Tripoli Middle/Sr High School tighter than the state norm the norm. About 34% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is above Bremer County's rate of about 21%.

With demographic context factored in, Tripoli Middle/Sr High School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 74.9%, the actual is 72.7%, a residual of -2.2 points.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Bremer County put median household income runs about $86,784, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. In all, Bremer County runs 20 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,346 students), of which Tripoli Middle/Sr High School is one.

The closest other public school is Tripoli Elementary School, roughly 0.1 miles away. Within ten miles, there are 8 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Tripoli Middle/Sr High School ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 83.4%.

Tripoli Middle/Sr High School operates from an outlying location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 28%: 237 students in 2018 compared to 170 in 2025. Class-load math has pulled in: from 12.0:1 in 2018 to 10.3:1 in 2025.

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