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What's something ODESSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
984
Elementary
DISTRICT 669 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PASCO·NCES 120153007744
ODESSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
12810 INTERLAKEN RD, NEW PORT RICHEY, FL 34655 · (727) 246-3700 · Pasco County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL984 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 61% of Florida public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Florida public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
15.6:1
63 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.2:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
21%
204 students
DISTRICT 43% · STATE 50%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 24 | 2% |
| Kindergarten | 127 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 170 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 144 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 157 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 161 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 201 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (127) is 37% smaller than its 5th grade class (201).
Student demographics
62%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · STATE 70% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveEnglish Language Arts
65.8%
FL avg 56.7% . -0.8pp since 2023
Math
75.3%
FL avg 58.9% . +1.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 66 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 75 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are up about 1 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 65.8% | 75.3% |
| 2023-24 | 66.7% | 74.2% |
% at Level 3 or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: FAST / B.E.S.T.. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
69.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
70.8%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 69% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 71% typical for Florida schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Florida's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like ODESSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
ODESSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (69.2% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| ODESSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 984 | 20.7% | 69.2% |
| OAKSTEAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LAND O LAKES | 1,045 | 16.5% | 70.7% |
| WIREGRASS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WESLEY CHAPEL | 957 | 20.0% | 63.0% |
| BAY MEADOWS ELEMENTARY ORLANDO | 764 | 20.2% | 80.4% |
| SUNLAKE ACADEMY OF MATH AND SCIENCES LUTZ | 984 | 22.7% | 73.3% |
| LAKESIDE ACADEMY ST AUGUSTINE | 1,356 | 17.6% | 73.5% |
Matched among Florida elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where ODESSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Pasco County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 69.2% | #493 of 2,136 | #13 of 60 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 75.3% | #440 of 2,149 ▼ 35 | #6 of 60 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 65.8% | #593 of 2,149 ▼ 109 | #14 of 60 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 984 | #207 of 2,267 | #7 of 61 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.6:1 | #938 of 2,077 | #34 of 60 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 62.3% | #732 of 2,108 | #33 of 60 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 20.7% | #1,995 of 2,188 | #52 of 60 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +21.9% | #179 of 621 | #9 of 26 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
984
-211 (-18%) vs 2020
+56% since 2010-11, when it was 632
Student : Teacher
15.6:1
was 14.1:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 984 | 63.2 | 15.6:1 | 21% (204) |
| 2023-24 | 1,046 | 64 | 16.3:1 | 24% (249) |
| 2022-23 | 976 | 57.9 | 16.9:1 | 27% (268) |
| 2020-21 | 1,195 | 85 | 14.1:1 | 19% (230) |
| 2017-18 | 807 | 60 | 13.4:1 | 27% (218) |
| 2015-16 | 930 | 64 | 14.5:1 | 29% (266) |
| 2010-11 | 632 | 42 | 15.1:1 | 29% (185) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for ODESSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About ODESSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
ODESSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a large elementary school in NEW PORT RICHEY, Florida, one of the schools in PASCO. The school had 984 students in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25. An average school in this group (elementary schools in Florida) has about 604 students.
ODESSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one school in PASCO, a system of 105 schools with 86,873 students.
Roughly 55% of students at ODESSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are White. Beyond that, enrollment is 21% Hispanic, 14% Asian, 6% multiracial, and 3% Black. The White share of the county population is higher, at 72%. Pick two students at random and there is a 62% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
With 63.2 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, the ratio at ODESSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL was 15.6:1. On average, elementary schools in Florida have 17.5:1, compared with 15.6:1 here. ODESSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 21%. It compares with 37% for public schools in Pasco County.
Measured against Florida public elementary schools, ODESSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL receives a B. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, ODESSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL would score about 70.8%. It scores 69.2%, 1.6 points below that figure.
Pasco County census figures show that the median household income is $70,492, about 29% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 8% of residents are in poverty. Pasco County is home to 111 public schools and about 86,873 public school students.
The nearest other public school, STARKEY RANCH K-8, is about 1.3 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. By average proficiency, ODESSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 5th among 9 schools close by.
ODESSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels Suburb: Large.
The school enrolled 984 students in 2024-25, 211 fewer than the 1,195 it had in 2020-21. Federal data show the ratio rising from 14.1:1 to 15.6:1.
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Pasco County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
611,444
Census ACS
Median income
$70,492
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
29%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
111
86,873 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in PASCO
- LAND O' LAKES HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,233 students
- WIREGRASS RANCH HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,218 students
- SUNLAKE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,206 students
- JAMES W. MITCHELL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,201 students
- CYPRESS CREEK HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,006 students
- WESLEY CHAPEL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,928 students
Other schools in NEW PORT RICHEY
- RIVER RIDGE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,798 students
- GULF HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,518 students
- DAYSPRING ACADEMYCombined · 1,259 students
- RIVER RIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,026 students
- GULF MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 796 students
- WENDELL KRINN TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 765 students
Nearby schools
- STARKEY RANCH K-81.3 mi · 1,927
- TRINITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.3 mi · 540
- LONGLEAF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL3.1 mi · 601
- JAMES W. MITCHELL HIGH SCHOOL4.1 mi · 2,201
- SEVEN SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL4.3 mi · 1,498
- MARTINEZ MIDDLE SCHOOL4.5 mi · 1,104
Frequently asked questions
About ODESSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow many students attend ODESSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
ODESSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 984 students in grades PK-05.
Is ODESSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
ODESSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does ODESSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL have?
ODESSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL employs 63 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.6:1.
What is the student diversity at ODESSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at ODESSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are roughly 55% White, 21% Hispanic, 3% Black, 14% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees ODESSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
ODESSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is overseen by PASCO in Pasco County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.