ODESSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

ODESSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a heavily attended elementary-level community in NEW PORT RICHEY, Florida, part of PASCO. The school instructs 984 students in grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Florida's public schools average about 604 students each, so ODESSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits 63% above that benchmark.

Within PASCO, which oversees 105 schools and 86,873 students, ODESSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, ODESSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shows that 55% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school logs 21% Hispanic, 14% Asian, 6% multiracial, 3% Black. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 72%.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 63 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.6:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 17.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 21% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is south of Pasco County's rate of about 37%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, ODESSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 70.8%; this one delivers 69.2%.

In the area at large, Pasco County reports that median household earnings sit near $70,492, roughly 29% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Pasco County runs 111 public schools (combined enrollment of about 86,873 students), of which ODESSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

The closest other public school is STARKEY RANCH K-8, roughly 1.3 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around ODESSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts ODESSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 5th of 9; the average score across the group is 69.7%.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count climbed 22%: 807 students in 2018 compared to 984 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 72% to 55% across the same window. Class-load math has rose: from 13.4:1 in 2018 to 15.6:1 in 2025.

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