TATUM PRI

As a modestly sized primary school in TATUM, Texas, TATUM PRI works with 328 students from grades pre-K through 2, overseen by TATUM ISD. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 519 students each, so TATUM PRI sits 37% below that benchmark.

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

On demographics, TATUM PRI shows that the largest single group is White at 41%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder is composed of 40% Hispanic, 14% Black, 5% multiracial. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 66%.

On the income-and-resources front, TATUM PRI reports 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 19.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting TATUM PRI higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 71% of students at TATUM PRI qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Rusk County indicate median household income runs about $68,658, 18% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, 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 PRI is one campus in the mix.

TATUM EL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around TATUM PRI.

TATUM PRI operates from a countryside location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at TATUM PRI has decreased 18%, going from 400 students in 2018 to 328 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share edged up from 35% to 40%. Class-load math has widened: from 17.4:1 in 2018 to 19.1:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the TATUM PRI community share and discuss fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.