High · Iowa

South Tama County High School

South Tama County High School, a public high school in Tama, Iowa: grades 9–12, 421 students, 17.0 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of South Tama County.

Size and class size

Compared with high schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.

Students
421
Teachers (FTE)
24.8
Students per teacher
17.0
Grades
9–12
High

More students per teacher than 84% of high schools in Iowa

Median 13.9 · 346 schools compared

More students per teacher than 68% of high schools in the US

Median 14.4 · 20,809 schools compared

Larger than 67% of high schools in Iowa

Median 295 · 351 schools compared

Larger than 50% of high schools in the US

Median 414 · 22,064 schools compared

State test results

No state test results published for this school: state tests cover grades 3–8, and small groups are not published.

What it offers

Grades
High · Grades 9–12
Type
District school · Regular
Instruction
Some virtual classes
Area
Distant town

Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with South Tama County.

Location

Address
1715 Harding St, Tama, IA 52339
Phone
(641)484-4345
City or town
Tama

Nearby high schools

The closest public high schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.

SchoolGradesStudentsStudents / teacher
7–1220510.9
9–1221712.1
7–1220312.8
Marshalltown High SchoolFree meals for all
9–121,62916.0
7–1290166.7
7–1220510.4

Sources

Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.

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