Summary:
ZIP code 87325 contains one middle school, Tohatchi Middle, serving grades 6–8 with 297 students in Tohatchi, New Mexico as part of Gallup-McKinley City Schools.
Because Tohatchi Middle is the only middle school in this ZIP code, there are no other local schools to compare it against, so the most useful comparisons are to its own district and to the state. The school is on an upward trend: its state rank moved from the 11th percentile in 2023–2024 to the 21st percentile in 2024–2025 and to the 39th percentile in 2025–2026, with its star rating rising from 1 star to 2 stars. It now sits at the 39th percentile, above its district's 31st percentile, though district and school rankings are not directly equivalent. Math all grades improved from 17.18% to 24.59% proficient, science 8th grade rose from 28.83% to 33.33%, and ELA all grades edged up from 30.93% to 32.79%.
The clearest academic strength is 8th-grade mathematics, where 26.32% of students were proficient — roughly 7.7 to 7.9 points above the district and about 5.8 to 6.0 points above the state. Eighth-grade science was also above the district (33.33% vs. 29.61%) and only slightly below the state (34.19%). The biggest gap is English language arts: 7th-grade ELA was 32.31%, about 8.8 points below district and 14.7 points below state, and 8th-grade ELA was 33.33%, about 6.8 points below district and 10.5 points below state. Seventh-grade math was slightly above district but below state. In context, 79.12% of students were eligible for free/reduced lunch in 2024–2025 and the student-teacher ratio was a low 6.9, indicating a high-need population with small classes or relatively high staffing.
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