Summary:
ZIP code 88267 contains exactly one middle school: Tatum Junior High, located in Tatum, New Mexico, and part of the Tatum Municipal Schools district. It serves grades 7–8 with an enrollment of 53 students, and it is the sole grade 7–8 provider for the district, so its grade-level figures match the district's exactly. Because there is only one middle school in this ZIP code, there are no local school-to-school comparisons; the meaningful benchmarks are the district and the state.
The school's current performance is very strong. It ranks 23rd out of 191 schools in 2025–26, placing it in the 88th percentile with 4 stars, while the district ranks 19th out of 87 districts at the 78th percentile with 4 stars. Rank history shows a dip and a rebound: 12th out of 165 (93rd percentile, 5 stars) in 2023–24, 43rd out of 192 (78th percentile, 4 stars) in 2024–25, and back up to 23rd out of 191 (88th percentile, 4 stars) in 2025–26. Academically, language arts and science are standouts. In 2025–26, all-grades language arts was 75 versus the state's 43.34, and 8th-grade language arts was 84.62 versus the state's 43.61. Eighth-grade science was 53.85 against a state figure of 34.19.
Mathematics is more mixed. All-grades math was 33.33, above the state's 25.54 combined and 27.85 on NM-MSSA, but below the district's 35.88 and 43.52. Note that 8th-grade mathematics is shown as "—", meaning the state suppressed it to protect student privacy; it is unknown, not a zero. Year over year, ELA rose from 62 to 75, science from 39.13 to 53.85, and math from 32 to 33.33. With only 53 students, percentages can swing noticeably, and the school has a 56.6% free/reduced-price lunch rate and a student-teacher ratio of 9.
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