TOHATCHI HIGH

TOHATCHI HIGH, a low-enrollment 9-12 campus in TOHATCHI, New Mexico, overseen by GALLUP, instructs 279 students, covering grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 38% below the state mean of about 450.

Within GALLUP, which oversees 33 schools and 12,698 students, TOHATCHI HIGH is one campus in the system.

On demographics, TOHATCHI HIGH shows that the student body is overwhelmingly Native American (97%).

In terms of school funding signals, Around 76% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is south of McKinley County's rate of about 85%.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (McKinley County) logs that median household earnings sit near $47,668, about 13% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 28%. In all, McKinley County runs 53 public schools (combined enrollment of about 16,807 students), of which TOHATCHI HIGH is one.

Nearest neighbor: TOHATCHI MIDDLE, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around TOHATCHI HIGH.

TOHATCHI HIGH operates from a low-density location.

Five-year trend. TOHATCHI HIGH's enrollment has fell 5% since 2018, when it stood at 294 (now 279).

On this page, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.