Tatum

Summary:

The Tatum school district in New Mexico consists of three schools: Tatum Elementary, Tatum High, and Tatum Junior High. These schools serve students from pre-kindergarten through 12th grade and are generally performing well, with all three schools ranked in the top 25% of their respective school types in the state.

Tatum Elementary stands out as an exceptional school, consistently outperforming the state averages in both English Language Arts and Mathematics proficiency across all grade levels. The school is particularly strong in 5th and 6th grade Mathematics, with over 60% proficiency compared to the state average of around 32%. Additionally, 5th grade Science proficiency is notably high at 52.94%, well above the state average of 29.3%.

While Tatum Junior High excels in English Language Arts, with 62% proficiency across all grades, significantly higher than the state average of 44.19%, its Mathematics proficiency, though still above the state average, is lower than the other two Tatum schools. Tatum High has a 4-year graduation rate of 78.0%, which is above the state average. The district as a whole appears to be providing a quality education, with opportunities for improvement in Mathematics proficiency at the junior high level and additional support for economically disadvantaged students across all schools.

District Detail

306 West 3rd Street
Tatum, NM 88267

(575) 398-4455

SchoolDigger Rank:
20^th of 82 New Mexico districts

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Grades served: PK, KG-12
Students: 310

Primary Schools: 1
Middle Schools: 1
High Schools: 1
Alternative Schools: 0

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				SAT School Day English Language Arts (2025)	NM-ASR Science (2025)			NM-MSSA English Language Arts (2025)					NM-MSSA Mathematics (2025)				Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	SAT School Day English Language Arts 11th Grade	NM-ASR Science 5th Grade	NM-ASR Science 8th Grade	NM-ASR Science 11th Grade	NM-MSSA English Language Arts 5th Grade	NM-MSSA English Language Arts 6th Grade	NM-MSSA English Language Arts 7th Grade	NM-MSSA English Language Arts 8th Grade	NM-MSSA English Language Arts All Grades	NM-MSSA Mathematics 5th Grade	NM-MSSA Mathematics 6th Grade	NM-MSSA Mathematics 7th Grade	NM-MSSA Mathematics All Grades	Total
Tatum Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	115 West 3rd St	Tatum	88267	Lea County	Tatum	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 398-4455	128	9	14.2	50.8%	73 (57.0%)	0 (0.0%)	52 (40.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (2.3%)	79.5	47^th of 345 public elementary schools	86.4%		71.2	92^nd of 413 public elementary schools	77.7%	45		52.9			47.1	52.4			45.0	64.7	66.7		58.3	$11,658
Tatum High	Public	9-12	307 West 3rd Street	Tatum	88267	Lea County	Tatum	No	(n/a)	No	No	(575) 398-4455	129	14	9.1	43.4%	63 (48.8%)	1 (0.8%)	57 (44.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (6.2%)	56.7	44^th of 131 public high schools	66.4%		60	53^rd of 172 public high schools	69.2%	9	40.0			55.2										$15,560
Tatum Junior High	Public	7-8	320 West 3rd Street	Tatum	88267	Lea County	Tatum	No	(n/a)	No	No	(575) 398-4455	53	6	9.0	56.6%	28 (52.8%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (43.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (3.8%)	73.1	43^rd of 192 public middle schools	77.6%		78.1	12^th of 165 public middle schools	92.7%	31			39.1				63.0	60.9	62.0			40.7	32.0	$14,219

Districts nearby

District	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Lovington	20.42 mi	10
Nm Corrections	34.27 mi	11
Hobbs	34.69 mi	19	62^nd
Dora	47.51 mi	2	9^th

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the New Mexico Public Education Department.

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