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Tohatchi High

Public Grades 9-12
89th
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 132 New Mexico High Schools
Better than 33% of New Mexico high schools
Summary

Tohatchi High is a public high school in Tohatchi, NM, serving grades 9–12 with 279 students as part of Gallup-McKinley City Schools. It earned 2 stars in 2025–2026 and ranked 89th of 132 high schools (33rd percentile), a meaningful improvement from 2022–2023, when it ranked 154th of 170 (9th percentile, 0 stars). About 76.34% of students were eligible for free/reduced lunch in 2024–2025, down from 95.5% in 2023–2024 and 100% in 2022–2023.

Compared with nearby schools, Tohatchi High is the largest of the three: 279 students versus 140 at Navajo Pine High and 56 at Dzit Dit Lool School Of Empowerment Action And Perseverance. Its 2024–2025 graduation rate of 84.3% is a clear strength, above the district rate (75.8%) and state rate (80.6%). By contrast, Navajo Pine’s 2024–2025 graduation rate was 64.0%, and Dzit Dit Lool’s 2024–2025 rate is not reported; its 2022–2023 rate was 58.8%. In English language arts, Tohatchi’s 2025–2026 11th-grade proficiency was 30.26%, above the district’s 23.96% but below the state’s 36.78%. Its SAT School Day ELA rate was 29.73%, also above district but below state. Navajo Pine’s 11th-grade LA was under 20%, so Tohatchi appears stronger in ELA; Dzit Dit Lool’s scores are suppressed.

Math remains a weak spot at Tohatchi High: its 11th-grade math was 10.53% on NM Combined and 10.81% on SAT School Day, essentially at district levels but below state. Science is also below district and state, and Navajo Pine outperforms Tohatchi there. Subgroup rankings suggest relative strength with English learners, special education students, and low-income students, though gender results have been volatile: male students fell to the 19th percentile in 2025–2026. Overall, Tohatchi is a mid-to-lower-ranked school that has improved from its lowest years; its biggest levers appear to be math and science. Nearby comparisons are limited by missing or suppressed data.

279
Students ?
16.2
Student/teacher ratio ?
$12,807
Per pupil spending ?
76.3%
Free/discounted lunch ?
 Cougar Lane N 491
       Tohatchi, NM  87325

(505) 721-1051

District: Gallup-McKinley City Schools


Feeder schools for Tohatchi High:

Elementary:    Tohatchi Elementary
    Twin Lakes Elementary
Middle:    Tohatchi Middle
Racial breakdown:

American Indian:
96.8%
Two or more races:
1.8%
African American:
0.7%
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At a glance
▲ Ranking trend: Improving — 9th percentile in 2015 → 33rd in 2026
Strengths
✓84% graduate in 4 years — above the New Mexico average (81%)
✓Ranking is trending up — up 24 percentile points since 2015
Worth a look
!Test scores below the New Mexico average (23% vs 28% meeting standards)
Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?
This school23%
District avg21%
New Mexico avg28%
89th of 132
New Mexico public high schools ?
Bottom 33%▲ up 23 pts since 2016
From bottom 10% (2016) to bottom 33% (2026)
See the entire ranking list of New Mexico High Schools →
★★★★★
SchoolDigger rating ?
4th of 6High Schools in the Gallup-McKinley City Schools
60th of 87Gallup-McKinley City Schools among New Mexico districts
Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Mexico percentileRating
202626.589 of 13232.6%★★☆☆☆
202535.271 of 13145.8%★★☆☆☆
202436.688 of 17248.8%★★☆☆☆
202314.0154 of 1709.4%☆☆☆☆☆
202220.0130 of 17726.6%★☆☆☆☆
201918.0160 of 18111.6%★☆☆☆☆
201819.6153 of 18215.9%★☆☆☆☆
201725.8114 of 15827.8%★☆☆☆☆
201618.2167 of 1859.7%★☆☆☆☆
201516.0176 of 1938.8%☆☆☆☆☆
201421.5157 of 19820.7%★☆☆☆☆
201315.6149 of 17715.8%★☆☆☆☆
201227.6124 of 16323.9%★☆☆☆☆
201132.0110 of 15729.9%★★☆☆☆
201035.5104 of 15432.5%★★☆☆☆
200921.9121 of 15119.9%★☆☆☆☆
200831.1105 of 14628.1%★☆☆☆☆
200722.8121 of 15019.3%★☆☆☆☆
200620.2109 of 13418.7%★☆☆☆☆
200522.2100 of 12922.5%★☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Mexico percentileRating
202478.57 of 4283.3%★★★★☆
201927.422 of 3129.0%★★☆☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Mexico percentileRating
202629.059 of 9537.9%★★☆☆☆
202443.065 of 14254.2%★★★☆☆
202311.3135 of 1435.6%☆☆☆☆☆
202211.5152 of 1573.2%☆☆☆☆☆
201918.8130 of 1449.7%★☆☆☆☆
201815.2136 of 1456.2%☆☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Mexico percentileRating
202636.244 of 8950.6%★★★☆☆
202541.856 of 11551.3%★★★☆☆
202441.757 of 12755.1%★★★☆☆
202314.9142 of 1579.6%★☆☆☆☆
202225.099 of 15435.7%★★☆☆☆
201922.5137 of 16114.9%★☆☆☆☆
201824.4135 of 16417.7%★☆☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Mexico percentileRating
202620.681 of 10019.0%★☆☆☆☆
202470.636 of 15076.0%★★★★☆
202313.5139 of 1464.8%☆☆☆☆☆
202233.098 of 15938.4%★★☆☆☆
201914.7148 of 1512.0%☆☆☆☆☆
201820.6125 of 14312.6%★☆☆☆☆

Native American

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Mexico percentileRating
202660.77 of 1861.1%★★★☆☆
202561.68 of 2365.2%★★★★☆
202457.411 of 3770.3%★★★★☆
202322.937 of 4211.9%★☆☆☆☆
202227.333 of 4425.0%★☆☆☆☆
201923.339 of 4717.0%★☆☆☆☆
201825.337 of 4721.3%★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Mexico percentileRating
201975.511 of 6282.3%★★★★☆
How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)
English Language Learner (2024)83rd percentile+34 vs school
Special Education (2019)82nd percentile+71 vs school
Native American (2026)61st percentile+29 vs school
Low Socio Economic Status (2026)51st percentile+18 vs school
Female (2026)38th percentile+5 vs school
Male (2026)19th percentile-14 vs school
By subject vs New Mexico (2025-2026) ?
English Language Arts30%-7 vs state
Science27%-7 vs state
Mathematics11%~ state avg

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Students at Tohatchi High are 97% American Indian, 2% Two or more races.

In the 2024-25 school year, 279 students attended Tohatchi High.

Tohatchi High ranks 89th of 132 New Mexico high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

Tohatchi High is fed by the following schools:

Elementary : Tohatchi Elementary
Elementary : Twin Lakes Elementary
Middle : Tohatchi Middle

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2025–26 NM Combined, NM-ASR, NM-MSSA & SAT School Day test scoresSep 17, 2026
2024–25 graduation ratesFeb 27, 2026
2024–25 NM-ASR, NM-MSSA & SAT School Day test scoresJan 2, 2026
2023–24 graduation ratesApr 22, 2025


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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