EDWARD K DOWNING EL

Located at 1480 N KNOX AVE, in ODESSA, Texas, EDWARD K DOWNING EL is a substantial elementary school that serves 834 students (grades K through 5), run under ECTOR COUNTY ISD. That puts it 61% larger than the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 519 students.

Within ECTOR COUNTY ISD, which oversees 45 schools and 34,336 students, EDWARD K DOWNING EL is one campus in the system.

Demographically, EDWARD K DOWNING EL shows that nearly all students (94%) are Hispanic; the rest consists of 5% White. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 64%.

Looking at school resources, EDWARD K DOWNING EL reports 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 22.1:1. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 89% of students at EDWARD K DOWNING EL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is noticeably above Ector County's rate of about 71%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, EDWARD K DOWNING EL is in the bottom 10% of Texas public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 35.1%; EDWARD K DOWNING EL posts 16.3%, -18.8 points below that line.

In the broader community, census data for Ector County shows the typical household earns roughly $71,536 per year, about 18% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 14% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Ector County runs 56 public schools (combined enrollment of about 38,123 students), of which EDWARD K DOWNING EL is one.

Nearest neighbor: LAURO CAVAZOS EL, around 1.7 miles off. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), EDWARD K DOWNING EL ranks 7th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 30.8%.

The school occupies a low-density site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at EDWARD K DOWNING EL has grew 14%, going from 732 students in 2018 to 834 in 2025. Class-load math has grew: from 17.8:1 in 2018 to 22.1:1 in 2025.

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