The Tri-County Community School District, or Tri-County Community School, is a rural

public In public relations and communication science, publics are groups of individual people, and the public (a.k.a. the general public) is the totality of such groupings. This is a different concept to the sociological concept of the ''Öffentlichkei ...

school district A school district is a special-purpose district that operates local public primary and secondary schools in various nations. North America United States In the U.S, most K–12 public schools function as units of local school districts, wh ...

based in

Thornburg, Iowa Thornburg is a village in Keokuk County, Iowa, Keokuk County, Iowa, United States. The population was 45 at the time of the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census. Its sole enterprise is the Tri-County Community School District (Iowa), Tri-County ...

, and serves the towns of Thornburg,

What Cheer What Cheer (pronounced 'WOT-cheer') is a city in Keokuk County, Iowa, United States. It is a former coal town, and from the 1870s to the early 1900s was one of the major coal-producing centers of Iowa. Its greatest recorded population was 3,246, ...

, Keswick, and

Gibson Gibson may refer to: People * Gibson (surname) Businesses * Gibson Brands, Inc., an American manufacturer of guitars, other musical instruments, and audio equipment * Gibson Technology, and English automotive and motorsport company based * Gi ...

and surrounding areas in eastern Keokuk County, with smaller areas in Mahaska and Powesheik counties. The school's mascot is the Trojans. Their colors are black and gold. There are 254 students in total who attend this school as of October 2020. There is little diversity in this school district with a diversity score of .09. Tri-County Community school district has a ranking of #203 of 329 of the safest schools in Iowa and a ranking of #215 of 328 of the best teachers in Iowa. According to Niche, Tri-County Community School District has an overall grade of C-, their elementary specifically has a grade of C−, and their diversity grade is a C+. The student-teacher ratio is 11:1, versus the state average of 15:1. As for where academics are involved, the Tri-County Community school district as a whole has an average math proficiency score of 64%, versus the Iowa public school average of 76% and a below-average score in reading proficiency, having a score of 70% versus the statewide average of 74%. One of the school's Alumni is Ed Thomas.

History

Tri-County school was originally built in 1956, and officially opened in 1966. At first, the district had four buildings: they were located in Keswick, What Cheer, Gibson, and Thornburg. The What Cheer center was demolished in 1978. In 1993, all of the classes in Tri-County were originally held in Thornburg, except for kindergarten through the third grade, which were held in Keswick. The expansion of the school in Thornburg had plans to demolish the North High building, which led to the additions of secondary and elementary classrooms and a library. The building's current design was built in 1998, which led to the elementary grades from the Keswick building to be transferred over to Thornburg. making a Pre-K through 12th grade school district.

Schools

The district operates three schools on one campus in Thornburg: *Tri-County Elementary School *Tri-County Junior High School *Tri-County High School

Tri-County High School

Athletics

The Tri-County Trojans compete in the South Iowa Cedar League Conference in the following sports: *Volleyball (girls) *Football (boys) *Cross-Country (boys and girls) *Basketball (boys and girls) *Wrestling (boys and girls) *Track and field (boys and girls) *Golf (boys and girls) *Baseball (boys) *Softball (girls) *Cheerleading (girls)

Performing Arts

* Speech and drama * Pep and concert band * Choir

References

Iowa Schools
*https://www.publicschoolreview.com/iowa/tri-county-community-school-district/1928020-school-district *https://www.niche.com/k12/d/tri-county-community-school-district-ia/ *https://www.greatschools.org/iowa/keswick/tri_county-community-school-district/

External links

Tri-County Community School
{{authority control Education in Keokuk County, Iowa Education in Mahaska County, Iowa Education in Poweshiek County, Iowa School districts in Iowa School districts established in 1956 1956 establishments in Iowa