Taos Municipal Schools (TMS) or Taos Municipal School District (TMSD) is a school district based in Taos, New Mexico, United States. Taos Municipal Schools has a total area of 637 square miles (1,650 km2).[2] The school district has a total of six schools. The district has one high school, one middle school, three elementary schools, and one magnet school.
| Taos Municipal Schools | |
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| Location | |
310 Camino de la Placita Taos, New Mexico | |
| District information | |
| Type | Public |
| Motto | "All students will be prepared to succeed as productive individuals in society." |
| Grades | K-12 |
| Superintendent | Dr. Lillian Torrez |
| Students and staff | |
| Students | 3,248 (2010-2011) [1] |
| Other information | |
| Website | www |
History
editBeginning in 1997 the number of students declined. Due to elderly people making up an increasing percentage of area residents and a post-1999 drop in births in Taos County, in 2022 the district anticipated an upcoming decline in the number of students.[3]
Service area
editThe district serves the communities of Taos, Arroyo Hondo, Arroyo Seco, Ranchos de Taos, San Cristobal, Talpa, Taos Pueblo, and almost all of Taos Ski Valley.[4] It also includes Cañon, Ranchitos, El Prado, Des Montes, Llano Quemado, and Cordillera.[citation needed]
Schools
edit- Secondary schools
- Taos High School (Taos)
- Taos Middle School (Taos)
- Elementary schools
- Arroyos del Norte Elementary School (Unincorporated area)
- Enos Garcia Elementary School (Taos)
- In 2011 it had 602 students. In 2020 this was down to 440.[3]
- Ranchos Elementary School (Ranchos de Taos)
- In 2011 it had 459 students. In 2020 this was down to 279.[3]
- Magnet schools
- Taos Cyber Magnet School
References
edit- ^ "2010SY 40D Enrollment by District" (PDF). New Mexico State Department of Education. Retrieved August 21, 2011.
- ^ "District Size in Square Miles" (PDF). New Mexico State Department of Education. August 15, 2002. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 20, 2009. Retrieved February 22, 2011.
- ^ a b c Plant, Geoffrey (July 6, 2022). "Taos schools face declining enrollment amid senior age wave". Taos News. Retrieved July 13, 2022.
- ^ "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Taos County, NM" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved July 12, 2022.