Carver Early Ee-Kg

Carver Early Ee-Kg is a small elementary school in ODESSA, Texas, one of the schools in ECTOR COUNTY ISD. The school offers pre-K and enrolls 385 students. That puts enrollment 26% below the 519-student average for elementary schools in Texas.

District-wide, ECTOR COUNTY ISD has 45 schools and 34,336 students.

Carver Early Ee-Kg is 82% Hispanic by enrollment. Beyond that, enrollment is 10% White, 5% Black, and 3% multiracial. In Ector County overall, about 64% of residents are Hispanic. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 32%.

Its ratio of 34.2:1 is based on 11.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. Elementary schools in Texas average 15.1:1, 19.1 fewer students per teacher than here. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 63%. That is lower than the 71% average for public schools in Ector County.

For Ector County, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $71,536, about 18% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 14% of residents are in poverty. There are 56 public schools in the county, enrolling about 38,123, Carver Early Ee-Kg among them.

El Magnet at Blackshear is less than a tenth of a mile from Carver Early Ee-Kg, the shortest distance to any other public school. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8.

Locale: City: Mid-size. In NCES terms, the school is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.

The school counted 222 students in 2020-21 and 385 in 2024-25. A shift in the grades offered could account for part of the difference. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio increased from 14.8:1 to 34.2:1.

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