TATUM MIDDLE

TATUM MIDDLE is one of the tight-knit junior highs in TATUM, Texas, one of the schools within TATUM ISD, with 321 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 643 students each, so TATUM MIDDLE sits 50% leaner than that benchmark.

TATUM ISD comprises 4 schools with combined enrollment of 1,392 students; TATUM MIDDLE is among them.

Looking at the student body, TATUM MIDDLE logs that the most-represented group is White (43%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest is composed of 33% Hispanic, 17% Black, 5% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 66% White, putting the school's mix noticeably less White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, TATUM MIDDLE lists 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.5:1. The state averages around 14.4:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 62% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), TATUM MIDDLE tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 46.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 45.7%.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Rusk County) logs that median household earnings sit near $68,658, about 18% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Rusk County's 29 public schools (combined enrollment of about 10,350 students), TATUM MIDDLE is one campus in the mix.

TATUM H S is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, TATUM MIDDLE comes 6th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 54.2%.

TATUM MIDDLE operates from an outlying location.

Five-year trend. TATUM MIDDLE's enrollment has decreased 16% since 2018, when it stood at 384 (now 321). Over the same period, the White share edged down from 49% to 43%. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 14.1:1 in 2018 to 15.5:1 today.

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