South Tama County Community School District


South Tama County Community School District is a rural public school district headquartered in Tama, Iowa.

Service area

The district has a total of of area. Almost all of the district is in Tama County while a small portion is in Poweshiek County. The district serves, in addition to Tama, Chelsea, Montour, Toledo, and Vining. It also serves the Meskwaki Settlement, a Native American settlement, and other areas. Typically, Meskwaki Nation students attend the Meskwaki Settlement School and move on to South Tama County High School.

History

In July 2018, Jared Smith became the superintendent. He previously was the principal of Muscatine High School. He received a two-year contract renewal in February 2020.
In 2020, there was a vote to pass a school bond that would rebuild the middle school as an attachment to the high school building in Tama, which would mean the end of use of the Toledo building. Unofficial results as of March 6, 2020, stated that the vote was 53.9% in favor by a margin of 844–722; it failed due to the percentage of voters being below the required 60%. There was opposition from figures who believed that the district did not give sufficient details about the project.
Later that month the district considered another vote.
In August 2019, the middle school suffered a minor fire. A few classrooms sustained minor damage and repairs were complete before the school year began.

Enrollment

, the district as a whole had over 1,500 students.

Schools

South Tama County High School

Athletics

The Trojans compete in the WaMaC Conference in the following sports:
  • Baseball
  • Basketball
  • Bowling
  • Cross Country
  • Football
  • Golf
  • * Girls' Class 2A State Champions - 1998
  • Soccer
  • Softball
  • Swimming
  • Tennis
  • Track and Field
  • Volleyball
  • Wrestling