Tatum Isd

4 campuses · Rusk County

Tatum Isd enrolled 436 students across 4 campuses in 2025. In the class of 2024, 100% graduated in four years (Texas: 92.7%).

At a glance vs. Texas

Tatum Isd Texas
Graduation rate ’21+11.0 vs TX
Tatum Isd 100.0%Texas 89.0%
College/career/military ready ’22-10.3 vs TX
Tatum Isd 45.7%Texas 56.0%
Enrolled in a Texas college ’22+15.4 vs TX
Tatum Isd 60.0%Texas 44.6%
Took the SAT or ACT ’22-36.2 vs TX
Tatum Isd 37.1%Texas 73.3%
College-ready test score ’18-11.9 vs TX
Tatum Isd 8.0%Texas 19.9%
Algebra I proficiency ’25-6.0 vs TX
Tatum Isd 20.0%Texas 26.0%
Advanced course completion ’22+16.6 vs TX
Tatum Isd 69.8%Texas 53.2%

Graduation rate

Share of the class that graduated high school within 4 years.

75808590951002012201520182021202410090

College/career/military ready

Met Texas' readiness checklist: a qualifying test score, college credit, a career certificate, or military enlistment.

20406080100201720192021202320248675

Exists from the class of 2017. A checklist, not a test. See Methods.

Enrolled in a Texas college

Enrolled in a Texas college or university the fall after graduating.

40506070809020162018202020226045

Texas colleges only: misses out-of-state, military, and trade paths. Runs through the class of 2022.

Took the SAT or ACT

Share of graduates who took a college entrance exam.

20406080201220152018202120248150

Can top 100% where juniors test (the denominator is graduates).

College-ready test score

Scored at or above the college-ready benchmark on the SAT or ACT.

010203020122015201820212024150

The benchmark was redefined between 2017 and 2018, and COVID broke the series between 2020 and 2021. Compare within eras, not across the dashed lines.

Algebra I proficiency

Met grade level on the Algebra I STAAR, the state test nearly every student takes.

204060802017201920222024202526

Advanced course completion

Completed at least one advanced or dual-credit course (grades 11-12).

406080201420172020202320247055

Took an AP/IB exam

Took at least one AP or IB exam.

05101520122015201820212024170

Every measure, latest year

Latest year per measure, by student group. Dashes are groups the state masked for privacy, not zeros.
MeasureYearAllBlackHispanicWhiteLow-income
Graduation rate2024100%100%100%100%100%
College/career/military ready202491.6%85.7%97.5%88.7%87.2%
Algebra I proficiency202542.6%20%37.1%56.3%37.3%
Biology proficiency202564%36.7%62.5%80.4%60%
English II proficiency202564.7%33.3%67.4%77.3%54.4%
Grade 3 math202355.2%59%60.5%49.2%
Grade 4 math202346.5%0%40%59.5%40.6%
Grade 5 math202365.8%44.4%60%75.4%54.5%
Grade 6 math202348%35%38.7%56.1%37.9%
Grade 7 math202338.1%23.5%29%47.1%31.1%
Grade 8 math202350.9%29.4%50%64.6%40.5%
Grade 3 reading202357.3%69.2%53.5%57.6%
Grade 4 reading202346.9%12.5%37.8%63.4%37.7%
Grade 5 reading202350.9%38.9%36.7%60.7%33.3%
Grade 6 reading202362.7%60%48.4%73.2%50%
Grade 7 reading202351.4%58.8%32.3%58.8%44.3%
Grade 8 reading202357.9%35.3%50%68.8%45.9%
Advanced course completion202480.9%75.7%82.5%73.5%
Took an AP/IB course20240%0%0%0%0%
Took an AP/IB exam20240%0%0%0%

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