Ch'ooshgai Community School

Ch'ooshgai Community School is one of the close-knit primary schools in Tohatchi, New Mexico, part of Ch'ooshgai Community School, with 208 students on its rolls from grades K through 8. By comparison, New Mexico's public schools average about 287 students each, so Ch'ooshgai Community School sits 28% leaner than that benchmark.

Ch'ooshgai Community School is a school of Ch'ooshgai Community School, the district that handles curriculum, staffing, and budget for the campus.

Looking at the student body, Ch'ooshgai Community School logs that the student body is overwhelmingly Native American (100%).

Looking at the economic backdrop, Ch'ooshgai Community School records 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 8.3:1. The state averages around 12.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 99% of students at Ch'ooshgai Community School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against McKinley County (around 85%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for McKinley County indicate median household income runs about $47,668, 13% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 28% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Ch'ooshgai Community School is one of 53 public schools in McKinley County (combined enrollment of about 16,807 students).

Nearest neighbor: TOHATCHI MIDDLE, around 0.8 miles off. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Ch'ooshgai Community School operates from a small-town location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Ch'ooshgai Community School has ticked down 40%, going from 347 students in 2018 to 208 in 2025.

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