TATUM HIGH

TATUM HIGH operates as an one-room-style four-year high school in TATUM, New Mexico, run under TATUM. Current enrollment sits at 129 students spanning grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 450 students per school, that is 71% smaller than typical.

TATUM HIGH is one of 3 schools operated by TATUM, a district that caters to 310 students overall.

Demographically, TATUM HIGH records that the most-represented group is White (49%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest reads as 44% Hispanic, 6% multiracial.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 9.2:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 22.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 43% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Lea County runs at roughly 73%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Lea County) logs that median household income runs about $68,015, roughly 16% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 15% of residents live below the federal poverty line. TATUM HIGH is one of 38 public schools in Lea County (combined enrollment of about 15,126 students).

Nearest neighbor: TATUM JR HIGH, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around TATUM HIGH.

TATUM HIGH operates from a small-town location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged up 29%: 100 students in 2018 compared to 129 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 50% to 44% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 11.3:1 in 2018 to 9.2:1 today.

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