Schools · Odessa
Odessa, TX schools
Kids attend one of 23 schools through grade 6, then one of 22 middle schools, one of 6 middle schools and one of 5 high schools.
Grades, test scores, graduation, spending and every school, from U.S. Department of Education data.
TownTapestry School GradeNew
D
Odessa’s School Grade: D
The public schools Odessa’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 89% of Texas’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.
C-Test scoresDGraduation
Texas school districts we grade (1,185)Better than 11%
Lower resultsHigher results
Texas towns with similar household incomes (704)Better than 3%
High confidence. Built on 16,398 tested students and a graduating class of 2,024; ordinary year-to-year swings are unlikely to change the grade.
How the School Grade works
- Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on Texas’s state tests, each against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown below but don’t count toward the grade. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2019.
- The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids: every district that serves it, weighted by the number of students tested in each. Tests count 60% and graduation 40%.
- Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are lined up against the rest of Texas only. A+ top 5%A next 10%A- next 10%B B+ to B−, next 30%C C+ to C−, next 30%D D and D−, bottom 15%
- Individual schools are graded the same way on their own test results, against every public school in Texas with 25+ students. Private schools aren’t graded: they don’t take the state tests.
- What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income closely, so a high grade partly reflects who lives in a town. That’s why we also compare towns with similar incomes. Visit, ask other parents, and read neighbor reviews. It’s our own summary of U.S. Department of Education data, not an official rating.
School path
Where Odessa kids go to school
Grades PK–6
23 schoolsDepends on your address · see the list Ector County Independent School DistrictGrades 6
22 middle schoolsDepends on your address · see the list Ector County Independent School DistrictGrades 7–8
6 middle schoolsDepends on your address · see the list Ector County Independent School DistrictGrades 9–12
5 high schoolsDepends on your address · see the list Ector County Independent School DistrictBased on district boundaries from the U.S. Department of Education. Check with the district before you enroll.
Test scores · 2020–21
State test results
Math (grades PK–12, Ector County Independent)22%
State average 36.5%
Graduation · class of 2019
80% graduate on time
Graduation rate
80%
TX: 90.2%
Graduating class
2,024
students
The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years. #574 of 584 TX towns →
Districts
The district serving Odessa
Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Colleges
Odessa is home to 2 colleges
Odessa CollegeUniversity or college · Public · Odessa5,057on campusThe University of Texas Permian BasinUniversity or college · Public · Odessa3,042on campus
All 2 colleges in Odessa →Every school
All 55 schools in Odessa
Showing 1–30 of 55 schools
Lee Buice ElElementary · Grades K–5 · 844 students
B-PublicBarbara Jordan ElElementary · Grades K–5 · 807 students
BPublicIdea Yukon AcademyElementary · Grades K–5 · 736 students
CharterEl Magnet at ZavalaElementary · Grades PK–5 · 726 students
PublicEl Magnet at BlackshearElementary · Grades K–5 · 715 students
C-PublicDowling ElElementary · Grades K–5 · 712 students
C-PublicEl Magnet at Reagan ElElementary · Grades PK–5 · 685 students
A+PublicSan Jacinto ElElementary · Grades K–5 · 656 students
BPublicCameron Dual Language MagnetElementary · Grades PK–6 · 644 students
C+PublicPease ElElementary · Grades PK–5 · 621 students
PublicEl Magnet at Milam ElElementary · Grades PK–5 · 583 students
C-PublicGoliad ElElementary · Grades K–5 · 565 students
DPublicAustin Montessori MagnetElementary · Grades PK–6 · 550 students
C+PublicHarmony Science Academy - OdessaElementary · Grades K–8 · 541 students
CCharterRoss ElElementary · Grades PK–5 · 512 students
C-PublicEl Magnet at HaysElementary · Grades PK–5 · 511 students
A-PublicBlanton ElElementary · Grades PK–5 · 510 students
B-PublicNoel ElElementary · Grades K–5 · 501 students
DPublicL B Johnson ElElementary · Grades K–5 · 475 students
CPublicSam Houston ElElementary · Grades K–5 · 450 students
C-PublicIreland ElElementary · Grades K–5 · 431 students
C-PublicGonzales ElElementary · Grades PK–5 · 424 students
C+PublicGale Pond Alamo ElElementary · Grades PK–5 · 352 students
BPublicLamar Early Ee-KGElementary · Grades PK–K · 338 students
PublicBurnet ElElementary · Grades K–5 · 325 students
D-PublicSt. Marys Central Catholic SchoolElementary · Grades PK–8 · 222 students
PrivateCrossroads SchoolElementary · Grades PK–K · 128 students
PrivateOdessa Christian SchoolElementary · Grades PK–8 · 127 students
PrivateSt. Johns Episcopal School OdessaElementary · Grades PK–8 · 120 students
PrivateKiddie Kollege PreschoolElementary · Grades PK–K · 90 students
PrivateSchool data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES). Ratings are from neighbors on TownTapestry.