📍 1928 Ave P, Tahoka, Lynn County, 79373
Tahoka Middle is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Tahoka, Lynn County. The school has 122 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Shannon Merritt. It is part of the Tahoka Isd school district. It serves grades 6–8 in a rural setting. The school employs 11.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 10.3:1. 27% of students are proficient in reading. 37% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Tahoka Middle enrolls 122 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 11.8 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 10.3:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 60% Hispanic or Latino, 38% White and 1.6% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 73 | 60% |
| White | 46 | 38% |
| Black or African American | 2 | 1.6% |
| Two or more races | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
83 of the school's 122 students (68%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 83 qualify for free lunch and 0 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Tahoka Middle is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Distant). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district TX At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 28, state house district 83.
Tahoka Middle is one of 3 schools in TAHOKA ISD, based in TAHOKA, Texas. The district serves 612 students district-wide and employs 61 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 122 students, Tahoka Middle is smaller than the district average of about 204 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Distant