Summary:
ZIP code 88267 contains exactly one high school: Tatum High, the high school of the Tatum Municipal Schools district. It serves grades 9–12 with an enrollment of 129 students, making it a small school where individual students and small year-to-year changes can meaningfully shift the numbers.
Tatum High's clearest strength is graduation: in 2024–2025 its rate was 94.2%, matching the district and running 13.6 percentage points above New Mexico's 80.6%. Its statewide standing has also improved steadily, moving from 53rd of 172 high schools in 2023–2024, to 44th of 131 in 2024–2025, to 37th of 132 in 2025–2026, which is the 72nd percentile with 4 stars. The district itself ranks 19th of 87 in New Mexico with 4 stars. Where results are reported, the school's proficiency sits above the state: 11th-grade Language Arts was 47.83% versus 36.78% statewide, and 11th-grade Science was 52.17% versus state rates of 34.02% (NM Combined) and 34.27% (NM-ASR). Science is the strongest reported subject, and the prior year was also strong at 55.17% versus 41.69% statewide. ELA on the SAT School Day rose from 40% to 47.83% while the state rate slipped slightly.
Mathematics results at the school level are marked with a dash, meaning the state suppressed them to protect student privacy; those figures are simply unknown, not evidence of weakness. Other context: the student-teacher ratio is 9.1 and 43.41% of students qualify for free or reduced lunch. Overall, this is a small, high-performing school with a very strong graduation rate and above-state reading and science results.
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