Tarpeena is a small rural school situated 25km north of Mount Gambier in the south-east
of South Australia. Tarpeena has a large timber mill that processes pine from plantations within the region. Students at the school live within the township and many families have some connections with the timber industry. Tarpeena Primary School is a small school 
with an onsite Child Parent Centre.

The school is a Category 2 school on the Index of Disadvantage.
Children at Tarpeena study all eight areas of the SACSA framework with a major focus on literacy and numeracy.