Tatum
A public school district in Tatum, New Mexico, with 3 operational schools in 2024–25.
The district in 2024–25
- 310
- Students enrolled
- 28.9
- Teachers, full-time equivalent
- Derived by NCES from the state’s counts.
- 57.5
- All staff, full-time equivalent
- $19,735
- Spending per pupil, fiscal year 2023
- Current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them.
How this compares
- Students enrolled: 310 in 2024–25
- Ranks 13,249th of 17,800 districts by enrollment, and 83rd of 153 in New Mexico. Larger than 25% of the 17,800 districts in the fifty states and DC that report an enrollment. The ranking →
- Current spending per pupil: $19,735 in fiscal year 2023
- More than 72% of the 17,189 districts with a spending figure. Current spending leaves out buildings and debt, and a district of a few pupils can spend far more per pupil than any large one.
Spending and revenue
Tatum spent $19,735 per pupil in fiscal year 2023, against $11,185 in fiscal year 2005
Current spending per pupil, each fiscal year: current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them to NCES. In the dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation. A year with no column is a year the survey has no figure for.
U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics — School District Finance Survey (F-33), fiscal year 2005 onwards
The figures behind this chart
| Fiscal year | Spending per pupil | Current expenditure | Membership |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | $19,735 | $5.9 million | 298 |
| FY2022 | $16,410 | $5.1 million | 310 |
| FY2021 | $14,948 | $4.9 million | 329 |
| FY2020 | $13,693 | $4.9 million | 355 |
| FY2019 | $13,111 | $4.5 million | 342 |
| FY2018 | $12,387 | $4.1 million | 331 |
| FY2017 | $13,413 | $4.5 million | 339 |
| FY2016 | $12,728 | $4.6 million | 360 |
| FY2015 | $12,890 | $4.9 million | 383 |
| FY2014 | $11,539 | $4.2 million | 360 |
| FY2013 | $12,378 | $4.1 million | 331 |
| FY2012 | $11,530 | $3.8 million | 332 |
| FY2011 | $11,954 | $3.9 million | 329 |
| FY2010 | $11,795 | $3.8 million | 322 |
| FY2009 | $12,573 | $3.9 million | 309 |
| FY2008 | $11,150 | $3.5 million | 314 |
| FY2007 | $11,378 | $3.4 million | 296 |
| FY2006 | $11,873 | $3.4 million | 283 |
| FY2005 | $11,185 | $3.1 million | 281 |
Revenue by source, fiscal year 2023
| Source | Revenue | Share of total |
|---|---|---|
| Federal | $630.0 thousand | 7.0% |
| State | $5.3 million | 58.6% |
| Local | $3.1 million | 34.4% |
| Total | $9.0 million |
Federal, state and local revenue as the F-33 records them. Each share is of the survey’s total revenue, so a part withheld does not inflate the others.
The district’s schools
3 operational schools, A to Z.
2 more columns on a wider screen
| School | Students |
|---|---|
| Tatum Elementary | 128 |
| Tatum High | 129 |
| Tatum Junior High | 53 |
The district’s entry
- Name as NCES lists it
- TATUM
- Status
- Open
- Type
- Regular public school district that is not a component of a supervisory union
- Charter status
- Not a charter district
- Grades
- Pre-kindergarten to Grade 12
- NCES district ID
- 3502550
Elsewhere
- Public schools in New Mexico — enrollment, teachers and spending across the state, against the nation.
- Every school district in New Mexico — A to Z, each with its page.
- New Mexico on the American Factbook — the state’s entry, across every hub.
Sources
- Common Core of Data (CCD), 2024–25 — National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education · U.S. Government work · retrieved September 25, 2026
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), 2024–25.
- School District Finance Survey (F-33), fiscal years 2005 to 2023
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "School District Finance Survey (F-33)," fiscal years 2005 to 2023.
Data retrieved