Tohatchi High

Tohatchi High is a public high school in Tohatchi, New Mexico, serving around 400 students in grades 9-12. The school is part of the Gallup school district, which is ranked 73 out of 82 districts in the state and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger. Tohatchi High has consistently ranked in the bottom half of New Mexico high schools over the past decade, with its highest ranking being 71 out of 131 schools in the 2024-2025 school year.

Tohatchi High faces significant challenges in terms of student academic performance, with proficiency rates in English Language Arts and Mathematics consistently below the state average. For example, in the 2024-2025 school year, only 24.56% of 11th-grade students at Tohatchi High were proficient or better in SAT School Day/English Language Arts, compared to the state average of 38.44%. The school has also struggled with low graduation rates, ranging from 73.9% to 78.0% over the past few years, which is below the state average. However, Tohatchi High's Native American and English Language Learner (ELL) student subgroups have performed relatively well compared to other New Mexico high schools, indicating the school may be providing targeted support for these populations.

Tohatchi High's performance is generally on par with or slightly better than the nearby Navajo Pine High School, which is also part of the Gallup school district and serves a similar student population. However, both Tohatchi High and Navajo Pine High perform significantly worse than the state averages across various metrics, indicating a broader challenge within the Gallup school district. The Dzit Dit Lool School Of Empowerment Action And Perseverance, a public charter school located nearby, has a lower student-teacher ratio and a slightly higher four-year graduation rate than Tohatchi High, suggesting that alternative educational models may be more effective in this region.