Regular local school district · Rusk County
Tatum ISD, TX: schools, enrollment and spending
Tatum ISD runs 4 public schools with 1,392 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 15.3 students per teacher is about the same as the Texas figure of 15.1.Listed in NCES data as "TATUM ISD".
At a glance
- Schools
- 4
- Students
- 1,392
- Teachers (FTE)
- 91
- Students per teacher
- 15.3
- TX: 15.1 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 510 Crystal Farms Rd, Tatum, TX 75691
- Phone
- (903)947-0161
- County
- Rusk County
- Locale
- Rural: Distant
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 4842240
- State district ID
- TX-201910
- Total staff (FTE)
- 203
- School counselors (FTE)
- 2.0About 696 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 6.0
Students per teacher compared
This district15.3
Texas15.1
United States15.3
2020 finance data
From the F-33 School District Finance Survey for fiscal year 2020, in nominal dollars. Enrollment used for per-pupil figures is the finance survey count (1,473), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $19.6 million
- Federal revenue
- $2.2 million
- State revenue
- $6.3 million
- Local revenue
- $11.0 million
- Total spending
- $20.3 million
- Spending per pupil
- $13,756
- Salaries
- $11.4 million56.1% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $13.4 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 11.4%
- State: 32.3%
- Local: 56.3%
Texas overall
- Federal: 12.6%
- State: 36.9%
- Local: 50.5%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$13,756
Texas$14,396
United States$16,826
Schools in Tatum ISD
By level: 1 high, 1 middle, 2 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Tatum Elementary | Elementary | 3 to 5 | 306 | 17.0 |
| Tatum High School | High | 9 to 12 | 437 | 12.9 |
| Tatum Middle | Middle | 6 to 8 | 321 | 16.1 |
| Tatum Pri | Elementary | PK to 2 | 328 | 19.3 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Rusk County
- Henderson ISD 3,245 students
- West Rusk County Consolidated ISD 1,029 students
- Carlisle ISD 646 students
- Overton ISD 523 students
- Mount Enterprise ISD 501 students
- Leveretts Chapel ISD 242 students
- Laneville ISD 139 students
More in Texas
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Finance figures are 2020 finance data in nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.