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Enrollment
644
Elementary
DISTRICT 565 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ECTOR COUNTY ISD·NCES 481800001573
Cameron Dual Language Magnet
2401 W 8TH ST, ODESSA, TX 79763 · (432) 456-1059 · Ector County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL644 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 58% of Texas public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- CThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Texas public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
22.3:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.8:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
76%
487 students
DISTRICT 76% · STATE 65%
Community
1
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 | 69 | 11% |
| Kindergarten | 91 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 97 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 90 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 87 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 81 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 77 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 52 | 8% |
This year's kindergarten class (91) is 75% larger than its 6th grade class (52).
Student demographics
2%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 32% · STATE 63% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Cameron Dual Language Magnet→Ector Co Youth Center
Based on grade levels within ECTOR COUNTY ISD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
49.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +19.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
46.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +16.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 46 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 19 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 16 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 20.0% | 29.0% | 25.0% | 26.0% |
| Mathematics | 18.0% | 28.0% | 30.0% | 24.0% |
Share of tested students at each STAAR level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
STAAR results by year
| School year | Reading | Mathematics |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 49.0% | 46.0% |
| 2024-25 | 48.0% | 48.0% |
| 2023-24 | 49.0% | 55.0% |
| 2022-23 | 49.0% | 48.0% |
| 2021-22 | 37.0% | 46.0% |
| 2020-21 | 30.0% | 30.0% |
% Meets Grade Level or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: STAAR. 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
46.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.4%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 46% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 41% typical for Texas 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 Texas'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 Cameron Dual Language Magnet
Cameron Dual Language Magnet's state test result (46.0% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameron Dual Language Magnet this school | 644 | 75.6% | 46.0% |
| Bonnie L Garcia Elementary School LAREDO | 631 | 76.7% | 42.7% |
| R C Flores-Mark A Zapata Elementary School EDINBURG | 625 | 77.4% | 50.8% |
| Nye Elementary School LAREDO | 685 | 76.8% | 54.8% |
| Palmer-Laakso Elementary School SAN BENITO | 582 | 75.4% | 60.5% |
| Escandon Elementary School EDINBURG | 605 | 78.7% | 54.5% |
Matched among Texas 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 Cameron Dual Language Magnet ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Ector County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 46.0% | #1,852 of 4,401 | #5 of 30 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 46.0% | #2,145 of 4,466 ▼ 343 | #6 of 30 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 49.0% | #2,621 of 4,466 ▲ 77 | #10 of 30 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -1.0pp | #1,074 of 3,998 | #6 of 27 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 644 | #1,286 of 4,938 | #12 of 33 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.3:1 | #4,559 of 4,622 | #28 of 33 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 1.9% | #4,473 of 4,628 | #33 of 33 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 75.6% | #2,236 of 4,789 | #20 of 33 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +22.0% | #374 of 1,307 | #8 of 19 |
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
644
+40 (+7%) vs 2020
+14% since 1990-91, when it was 566
Student : Teacher
22.3:1
was 16.8:1
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 | 644 | 28.9 | 22.3:1 | 76% (487) |
| 2023-24 | 590 | 30.2 | 19.5:1 | 73% (429) |
| 2022-23 | 613 | 32.2 | 19.0:1 | 66% (406) |
| 2020-21 | 604 | 36 | 16.8:1 | 66% (400) |
| 2017-18 | 528 | 33.1 | 15.9:1 | 63% (332) |
| 2015-16 | 646 | 40 | 16.1:1 | 65% (417) |
| 2010-11 | 652 | 42 | 15.5:1 | 82% (535) |
| 2000-01 | 570 | 34 | 16.8:1 | 91% (517) |
| 1990-91 | 566 | 34 | 16.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Cameron Dual Language Magnet.
Since 2017-18: students up 22% (528 to 644); teachers down 13% (33.1 to 28.9).
About Cameron Dual Language Magnet
Cameron Dual Language Magnet is a public elementary school in ODESSA, Texas. The school offers pre-K through 6 and enrolls 644 students. Across elementary schools in Texas, the average enrollment is about 519.
Across its 45 schools, ECTOR COUNTY ISD enrolls 34,336 students. Cameron Dual Language Magnet is one of those schools.
Hispanic students account for 99% of the school's enrollment. Among all residents of Ector County, the Hispanic share is about 64%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 2%.
There are about 22.3 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at Cameron Dual Language Magnet, which has 28.9. Elementary schools in Texas have an average ratio of 15.1:1. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 76%.
Cameron Dual Language Magnet holds a B allk12 Grade, placing it above 58% of Texas public elementary schools.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 41.4% at Cameron Dual Language Magnet; the school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 46.0%.
In Ector County, where the school is located, the median household earns about $71,536 a year, 18% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 14% of people live in poverty. Counting Cameron Dual Language Magnet, Ector County has 56 public schools.
Pease Elementary School is about 1.1 miles from Cameron Dual Language Magnet, the shortest distance to any other public school. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. The nearest schools with test data average 32.6%, lower than Cameron Dual Language Magnet's 46.0%.
Locale: City: Mid-size. In NCES terms, the school is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
By 2024-25, enrollment had risen to 644, from 604 in 2020-21. The ratio was 16.8:1 in 2020-21 and 22.3:1 in 2024-25.
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Ector County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
164,654
Census ACS
Median income
$71,536
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
18%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
14%
Below federal line
Schools in county
56
38,123 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in ECTOR COUNTY ISD
- Permian High SchoolHigh · 4,138 students
- Odessa High SchoolHigh · 3,814 students
- Nimitz Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,310 students
- Ector College Prep Success AcademyMiddle · 1,272 students
- Wilson & Young Medal of Honor Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,227 students
- Crockett Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,181 students
Other schools in ODESSA
- Permian High SchoolHigh · 4,138 students
- Odessa High SchoolHigh · 3,814 students
- Compass Academy Charter SchoolCombined · 1,558 students
- Nimitz Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,310 students
- Ector College Prep Success AcademyMiddle · 1,272 students
- Wilson & Young Medal of Honor Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,227 students
Nearby schools
- Pease Elementary School1.1 mi · 621
- Odessa High School1.2 mi · 3,814
- San Jacinto Elementary School1.2 mi · 656
- El Magnet at Zavala1.3 mi · 726
- Crockett Middle School1.3 mi · 1,181
- Richard Milburn Academy Odessa1.5 mi · 350
Frequently asked questions
About Cameron Dual Language MagnetWhat is the total enrollment at Cameron Dual Language Magnet?
Cameron Dual Language Magnet enrolls approximately 644 students in grades PK-06.
What grades does Cameron Dual Language Magnet serve?
Cameron Dual Language Magnet serves grades PK-06.
How many students per teacher at Cameron Dual Language Magnet?
Approximately 22.3:1 students per teacher at Cameron Dual Language Magnet.
What is the student diversity at Cameron Dual Language Magnet?
Student demographics at Cameron Dual Language Magnet are roughly 1% White, 99% Hispanic, 0% Two or more.
Is Cameron Dual Language Magnet public or private?
Cameron Dual Language Magnet is a public K-12 school, overseen by ECTOR COUNTY ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.