EL MAGNET AT HAYS

Set in ODESSA, Texas, EL MAGNET AT HAYS is a medium-sized K-5 school, overseen by ECTOR COUNTY ISD. It hosts 511 students across grades pre-K through 5.

EL MAGNET AT HAYS is one of 45 schools operated by ECTOR COUNTY ISD, a district that caters to 34,336 students overall.

In terms of who attends, EL MAGNET AT HAYS records that 76% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Other groups include 14% White, 5% Black, 3% multiracial. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 64%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 22.2:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. About 60% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is below Ector County's rate of about 71%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, EL MAGNET AT HAYS ranks in the top 10% of Texas public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 47.7%; EL MAGNET AT HAYS posts 63.7%, +16.0 points above that line.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Ector County indicate the typical household earns roughly $71,536 per year, 18% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 14%. Across Ector County's 56 public schools (combined enrollment of about 38,123 students), EL MAGNET AT HAYS is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: EL MAGNET AT MILAM EL, around 0.6 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around EL MAGNET AT HAYS. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), EL MAGNET AT HAYS ranks 1st on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 36.2%.

EL MAGNET AT HAYS operates from a metropolitan location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at EL MAGNET AT HAYS has edged up 25%, going from 409 students in 2018 to 511 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 71% to 76% across the same window. Class-load math has rose: from 13.7:1 in 2018 to 22.2:1 in 2025.

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