EL MAGNET AT REAGAN EL

As a medium-sized elementary-level community in ODESSA, Texas, EL MAGNET AT REAGAN EL enrolls 685 students from grades pre-K through 5, run under ECTOR COUNTY ISD. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 519 students each, so EL MAGNET AT REAGAN EL sits 32% above that benchmark.

Within ECTOR COUNTY ISD, which oversees 45 schools and 34,336 students, EL MAGNET AT REAGAN EL is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, EL MAGNET AT REAGAN EL records that 67% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. The remainder breaks down as 22% White, 7% Asian, 3% Black. That composition is broadly in line with Ector County as a whole.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, EL MAGNET AT REAGAN EL has 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 22.1:1. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 43% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Ector County runs at roughly 71%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, EL MAGNET AT REAGAN EL is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 55.0%; this one delivers 88.0%, a residual of +33.0 points.

In the broader community, census data for Ector County shows median household earnings sit near $71,536, 18% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 14%. Across Ector County's 56 public schools (combined enrollment of about 38,123 students), EL MAGNET AT REAGAN EL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is BONHAM MIDDLE, roughly 0.3 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around EL MAGNET AT REAGAN EL. On composite proficiency, EL MAGNET AT REAGAN EL comes 1st of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 33.0%.

Geographically, the school is in an inner-city area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at EL MAGNET AT REAGAN EL has expanded 19%, going from 574 students in 2018 to 685 in 2025. The White share of enrollment fell from 38% to 22% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 16.6:1 in 2018 to 22.1:1 today.

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