Tohatchi Elementary School - Tohatchi, New Mexico/NM

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Tohatchi Elementary School

P.o. Box 31, Tohatchi, NM, 87325-0031 -

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Definition of Terms

Tohatchi Elementary School

School Level

Primary school

Grades Offered

Grades PK - 5

County

Mckinley County, NM

Students & Faculty

Total Students

212 students

% Male / % Female

52% / 48%

Total Classroom Teachers

19 teachers

Students by Grade

Pre-K - 4 students

Kind - 39 students

Grade 1 - 23 students

Grade 2 - 41 students

Grade 3 - 31 students

Grade 4 - 40 students

Grade 5 - 34 students

This School

(NM) School Average

Teacher : Student Ratio

1:11

1:15

Students by Ethnicity

This School

(NM) School Average

% American Indian	99%	16%
% Asian	1%	1%
% Hispanic	n/a	52%
% Black	n/a	2%
% White	n/a	28%

Additional Student Information

This School

(NM) School Average

% Eligible for Free Lunch

70%

49%

% Eligible for Reduced Lunch

10%

% Migrant Students Enrolled

n/a

(NM) Statewide Testing Performance

School Statewide Performance

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School District Name

Gallup-mckinley County School District

This School's Agency

(NM) District Average

Number of Schools Managed	38	5
Number of Students Managed	13,067 students	818 students
District Total Revenue	$145,686,000	$10,318,000
District Expenditure	$153,270,000	$10,204,000
District Revenue / Student	$11,149	$12,614
District Expenditure / Student	$11,730	$12,474

NM school goes from worst to among best in 3 years (Indian Country Today)
posted on October 19, 2009 at 04:11:26 am
TOHATCHI, N.M. – Fifth grader Darius Yazzie’s after-school chores include hauling water for horses and feeding chickens, while his classmate, Shanika Begay, rides a bus 15 miles each way through the rolling hills of this impoverished corner of the Navajo Nation.
Rural school goes from worst to among best in 3 years (USA Today)
posted on October 14, 2009 at 05:47:12 pm
Fifth grader Darius Yazzie's after-school chores include hauling water for horses and feeding chickens, while his classmate, Shanika Begay, rides a bus 15 miles each way through the rolling hills of this impoverished corner of the Navajo Nation.
Once worst, Navajo school joins best (KRQE & KASA FOX 2 Albuquerque)
posted on October 12, 2009 at 04:44:36 pm
While Tohatchi Elementary School is a new building this year, with walls decorated with Navajo language posters and student artwork, the demographics of poverty and language have added up in the past to some of the worst test scores in New Mexico. But about four years ago, students noticed a change.
NM school goes from worst to among best in 3 years (San Francisco Chronicle)
posted on October 12, 2009 at 03:15:18 pm
Fifth grader Darius Yazzie's after-school chores include hauling water for horses and feeding chickens, while his classmate, Shanika Begay, rides a bus 15 miles each way through the rolling hills of this impoverished corner of the Navajo Nation. Some students...
School goes from worst to among best in 3 years (Boston Herald)
posted on October 12, 2009 at 02:58:37 pm
TOHATCHI, N.M. - Fifth grader Darius Yazzie's after-school chores include hauling water for horses and feeding chickens, while his classmate, Shanika Begay, rides a...