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What's the state of after-school transportation at EL MAGNET AT BLACKSHEAR?
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Enrollment
715
Elementary
DISTRICT 565 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ECTOR COUNTY ISD·NCES 481800005866
El Magnet at Blackshear
501 S DIXIE BLVD, ODESSA, TX 79761 · (432) 456-1279 · Ector County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL715 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 20% of Texas public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C-Three-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
22.0:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.8:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
92%
659 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 117 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 118 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 125 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 107 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 123 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 125 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (117) is 6% smaller than its 5th grade class (125).
Student demographics
25%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
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
33.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +9.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
24.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +2.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 33 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 24 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 9 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 2 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 9.0% | 24.0% | 29.0% | 38.0% |
| Mathematics | 10.0% | 14.0% | 25.0% | 51.0% |
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 | 33.0% | 24.0% |
| 2024-25 | 38.0% | 32.0% |
| 2023-24 | 37.0% | 34.0% |
| 2022-23 | 30.0% | 33.0% |
| 2021-22 | 36.0% | 26.0% |
| 2020-21 | 24.0% | 22.0% |
% 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
31.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.3%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 31% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 34% 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 El Magnet at Blackshear
El Magnet at Blackshear's state test result (31.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| El Magnet at Blackshear this school | 715 | 92.2% | 31.0% |
| Anson Jones Elementary School BRYAN | 695 | 94.2% | 40.4% |
| McGhee Elementary School CHANNELVIEW | 770 | 92.6% | 43.1% |
| Best Elementary School HOUSTON | 655 | 93.0% | 23.9% |
| Horn Elementary School HOUSTON | 675 | 90.2% | 35.1% |
| Ebby Halliday Elementary School DALLAS | 722 | 94.0% | 25.6% |
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 El Magnet at Blackshear ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Ector County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 31.0% | #3,569 of 4,401 | #15 of 30 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 24.0% | #4,243 of 4,466 ▼ 682 | #29 of 30 ▼ 12 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 33.0% | #4,156 of 4,466 ▼ 487 | #27 of 30 ▼ 9 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -3.0pp | #844 of 3,998 | #4 of 27 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 715 | #822 of 4,938 | #8 of 33 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.0:1 | #4,547 of 4,622 | #22 of 33 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 25.1% | #3,592 of 4,628 | #21 of 33 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 92.2% | #820 of 4,789 | #1 of 33 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +3.3% | #1,094 of 1,307 | #17 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
715
+45 (+7%) vs 2020
+21% since 1990-91, when it was 592
Student : Teacher
22.0:1
was 15.6:1
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 | 715 | 32.5 | 22.0:1 | 92% (659) |
| 2023-24 | 693 | 35.7 | 19.4:1 | 86% (596) |
| 2022-23 | 672 | 35.8 | 18.8:1 | 80% (537) |
| 2020-21 | 670 | 43 | 15.6:1 | 79% (527) |
| 2017-18 | 692 | 46.3 | 14.9:1 | 72% (495) |
| 2015-16 | 695 | 46 | 15.1:1 | 68% (475) |
| 2010-11 | 718 | 44 | 16.3:1 | 67% (484) |
| 2000-01 | 669 | 44 | 15.2:1 | 61% (410) |
| 1990-91 | 592 | 40 | 14.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for El Magnet at Blackshear.
Since 2017-18: students up 3% (692 to 715); teachers down 30% (46.3 to 32.5).
About El Magnet at Blackshear
Federal records list El Magnet at Blackshear as an elementary school in ODESSA, Texas. The school teaches kindergarten through 5 and enrolls 715 students. The school is 38% bigger than the average for elementary schools in Texas.
Federal data list 45 schools in ECTOR COUNTY ISD, with 34,336 students enrolled.
Of every 100 students at El Magnet at Blackshear, about 86 are Hispanic. It is also 9% Black and 3% White. For comparison, the population of Ector County is roughly 64% Hispanic. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, El Magnet at Blackshear scores 25%.
With 32.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 22.0:1. Statewide, elementary schools in Texas average 15.1:1. Roughly 92% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Ector County average 71%.
On the allk12 Grade, El Magnet at Blackshear lands at C-, ahead of 20% of Texas public elementary schools.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, El Magnet at Blackshear is 3.3 points below the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 31.0% actual, 34.3% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Texas.
The county, Ector County, is where the school is located. Median household income comes to about $71,536, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 18% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 14%. The county's public schools total 56, with about 38,123 students.
A public school less than a tenth of a mile away, Carver Early Ee-Kg, is the closest to El Magnet at Blackshear. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. The school's 31.0% average proficiency ranks 5th among 7 nearby schools.
El Magnet at Blackshear has an NCES locale of City: Mid-size.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, El Magnet at Blackshear had a net gain of 45 students, or 7%. The number of students per teacher increased from 15.6 to 22.0 over 4 years.
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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
- Carver Early Ee-Kg0.1 mi · 385
- El Magnet at Milam Elementary School0.1 mi · 583
- El Magnet at Hays0.7 mi · 511
- Lamar Early Ee-Kg0.8 mi · 338
- El Magnet at Travis0.9 mi · 292
- Ector College Prep Success Academy1.3 mi · 1,272
Frequently asked questions
About El Magnet at BlackshearHow large is El Magnet at Blackshear?
El Magnet at Blackshear enrolls approximately 715 students in grades KG-05.
Is El Magnet at Blackshear an elementary, middle, or high school?
El Magnet at Blackshear is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does El Magnet at Blackshear have?
El Magnet at Blackshear employs 33 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 22.0:1.
How diverse is El Magnet at Blackshear?
El Magnet at Blackshear reports a student body of 3% White, 86% Hispanic, 9% Black, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees El Magnet at Blackshear?
El Magnet at Blackshear is overseen by ECTOR COUNTY ISD in Ector County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.