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What's the most underrated thing about COMPASS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
1,558
Combined
STATE 485
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·COMPASS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL·NCES 480141712503
Compass Academy Charter School
5530 BILLY HEXT RD, ODESSA, TX 79765 · (432) 272-1836 · Ector County
GRADES KG–12COMBINED12-CITYCHARTERREGULAR SCHOOL1,558 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 37% of Texas public K-12 schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats 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 Texas public K-12 schools
Student : Teacher
17.0:1
91 FTE teachers
STATE 11.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
3%
41 students
STATE 65%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other combined schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 144 | 9% |
| Grade 1 | 139 | 9% |
| Grade 2 | 141 | 9% |
| Grade 3 | 135 | 9% |
| Grade 4 | 132 | 8% |
| Grade 5 | 126 | 8% |
| Grade 6 | 133 | 9% |
| Grade 7 | 129 | 8% |
| Grade 8 | 126 | 8% |
| Grade 9 | 100 | 6% |
| Grade 10 | 99 | 6% |
| Grade 11 | 97 | 6% |
| Grade 12 | 57 | 4% |
This year's kindergarten class (144) is 14% larger than its 8th grade class (126).
Student demographics
50%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
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
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
57.0%
TX avg 54.5% . -3.0pp since 2021
Mathematics
42.0%
TX avg 45.3%
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 57 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 42 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are down about 3 points since 2021.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 18.0% | 39.0% | 24.0% | 19.0% |
| Mathematics | 12.0% | 30.0% | 34.0% | 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 | 57.0% | 42.0% |
| 2024-25 | 60.0% | 42.0% |
| 2023-24 | 56.0% | 44.0% |
| 2021-22 | 60.0% | N/A |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of TX schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
49.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
72.6%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-23.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 49% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 73% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
1,558
+236 (+18%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
17.0:1
was 17.2:1
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 | 1,558 | 91.4 | 17.0:1 | 3% (41) |
| 2023-24 | 1,448 | 87.3 | 16.6:1 | 5% (67) |
| 2022-23 | 1,399 | 84.9 | 16.5:1 | 7% (92) |
| 2020-21 | 1,322 | 77 | 17.2:1 | 10% (137) |
| 2017-18 | 1,027 | 57 | 18.0:1 | 18% (180) |
| 2015-16 | 673 | 39 | 17.3:1 | 21% (143) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Compass Academy Charter School.
Since 2017-18: students up 52% (1,027 to 1,558); teachers up 60% (57 to 91.4).
About Compass Academy Charter School
Compass Academy Charter School, a large combined-grade school, is located in ODESSA, Texas. Grades offered run from kindergarten through 12, with 1,558 students enrolled. For comparison, combined schools in Texas average about 485 students.
Federal records list Compass Academy Charter School as its own district.
At Compass Academy Charter School, White students make up 60% of the student body. After that, the student body is 37% Hispanic. Census figures show Ector County is about 48% White. Pick two students at random and there is a 50% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Compass Academy Charter School counts 91.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 17.0 students for each one. This ratio sits 5.3 above the 11.7:1 average for combined schools in Texas. About 3% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits. Compared with the 71% average for public schools in Ector County, the school's rate is lower.
allk12 grades Compass Academy Charter School a C+. The grade compares the school only with Texas public K-12 schools, because each state gives its own test.
In Texas, Compass Academy Charter School is one of the bottom 10% of schools on BeatsExpectations, with an average proficiency rate on state tests of 49.3% compared with a predicted 72.6%.
Federal survey data for Ector County show that the median household income is $71,536, roughly 18% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 14% of residents live below the federal poverty line. There are 56 public schools in Ector County, enrolling about 38,123 students in all.
The nearest other public school, L B Johnson Elementary School, is about 1.7 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. On state test proficiency, Compass Academy Charter School ranks 3rd in a group of 8 nearby schools.
NCES describes the area around Compass Academy Charter School as City: Mid-size, meaning inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000. This is a charter school, which is a tuition-free public school operating under a charter.
Federal data show an 18% enrollment gain, from 1,322 in 2020-21 to 1,558 in 2024-25.
Topics for discussion here include school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 ODESSA
- 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 Compass Academy Charter schools
One other US public school is named Compass Academy Charter. Compass Academy Charter School is the largest of the 2.
- Compass Academy Charter SchoolVineland, NJ · 183 students
Nearby schools
- L B Johnson Elementary School1.7 mi · 475
- IDEA Yukon College Preparatory1.8 mi · 503
- IDEA Yukon Academy1.8 mi · 736
- The STEM Academy2.3 mi · 755
- Nimitz Middle School2.6 mi · 1,310
- Blanton Elementary School2.7 mi · 510
Frequently asked questions
About Compass Academy Charter SchoolHow many students attend Compass Academy Charter School?
Compass Academy Charter School enrolls approximately 1,558 students in grades KG-12.
What grades does Compass Academy Charter School serve?
Compass Academy Charter School serves grades KG-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Compass Academy Charter School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Compass Academy Charter School is approximately 17.0:1 (91 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Compass Academy Charter School?
Compass Academy Charter School reports a student body of 60% White, 37% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Compass Academy Charter School?
Compass Academy Charter School is overseen by COMPASS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL in Ector County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.