📍 1200 N Hill St, Tatum, Rusk County, 75691
Tatum Pri is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Tatum, Rusk County. The school has 349 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Kelly Sorenson. It is part of the Tatum Isd school district. It serves grades Pre-K–2 in a rural setting. The school employs 22.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 15.3:1. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Tatum Pri enrolls 349 students across grades Pre-K–2. The student body is 49% male and 51% female. A teaching staff of 22.7 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 15.3:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 42% White, 38% Hispanic or Latino and 14% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 146 | 42% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 132 | 38% |
| Black or African American | 49 | 14% |
| Two or more races | 22 | 6.3% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
234 of the school's 349 students (67%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 195 qualify for free lunch and 39 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Tatum Pri 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-10, state senate district 1, state house district 11.
Tatum Pri is one of 4 schools in TATUM ISD, based in TATUM, Texas. The district serves 1,392 students district-wide and employs 107 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 349 students, Tatum Pri is close to the district average of about 348 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Distant