The Shelby Consolidated School, also known as Shelby-Tenant Community School, is a historic building located in Shelby, Iowa, United States. The first school in Shelby was organized in 1870. In 1919 the Consolidated Independent School District of Shelby was created from eight school districts. This building replaced an 1899 structure on the same site. It was designed by the Omaha architectural firm of John Latenser & Sons. It was either designed by, or heavily influenced by, John Latenser Sr. The brick, three-story, U-shaped Neoclassical-inspired structure is typical of the many "school buildings that made Latenser a highly respected name in school architecture in the early twentieth century." It is also the only known extant building designed by the firm in Western Iowa. The facility is a