Enrollment
352
Elementary
DISTRICT 565 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ECTOR COUNTY ISD·NCES 481800001566
Gale Pond Alamo Elementary School
801 E 23RD ST, ODESSA, TX 79760 · (432) 456-1019 · Ector County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL352 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 68% of Texas public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-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
15.0:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.8:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
66%
233 students
DISTRICT 76% · STATE 65%
Community
0
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 45 | 13% |
| Kindergarten | 62 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 50 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 51 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 46 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 52 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 46 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (62) is 35% larger than its 5th grade class (46).
Student demographics
39%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
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STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
48.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +26.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
49.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +25.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 48 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 49 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 26 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 25 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 21.0% | 27.0% | 27.0% | 25.0% |
| Mathematics | 20.0% | 29.0% | 23.0% | 28.0% |
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 | 48.0% | 49.0% |
| 2024-25 | 50.0% | 51.0% |
| 2023-24 | 56.0% | 67.0% |
| 2022-23 | 63.0% | 44.0% |
| 2021-22 | 47.0% | 44.0% |
| 2020-21 | 22.0% | 24.0% |
% 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
52.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.4%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 52% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 45% 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 Gale Pond Alamo Elementary School
Gale Pond Alamo Elementary School's state test result (52.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gale Pond Alamo Elementary School this school | 352 | 66.2% | 52.0% |
| Brauchle Elementary School SAN ANTONIO | 396 | 65.9% | 40.8% |
| Love Elementary School HOUSTON | 340 | 64.4% | 38.2% |
| Refugio Elementary School REFUGIO | 300 | 67.7% | 27.1% |
| Banquete Elementary School BANQUETE | 336 | 67.9% | 35.5% |
| Dodson Primary School DENVER CITY | 334 | 69.5% | N/A |
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 Gale Pond Alamo Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Ector County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 52.0% | #1,268 of 4,401 | #3 of 30 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 49.0% | #1,843 of 4,466 ▼ 319 | #4 of 30 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.0% | #2,744 of 4,466 ▼ 298 | #11 of 30 ▼ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -5.0pp | #661 of 3,998 | #3 of 27 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 352 | #3,860 of 4,938 | #29 of 33 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.0:1 | #2,470 of 4,622 | #1 of 33 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 38.6% | #3,125 of 4,628 | #13 of 33 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 66.2% | #2,769 of 4,789 | #25 of 33 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.8% | #1,534 of 2,838 | #6 of 9 |
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
352
-46 (-12%) vs 2020
-28% since 1990-91, when it was 487
Student : Teacher
15.0:1
was 14.7:1
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 | 352 | 23.4 | 15.0:1 | 66% (233) |
| 2023-24 | 324 | 18.5 | 17.5:1 | 67% (217) |
| 2022-23 | 317 | 17 | 18.7:1 | 73% (232) |
| 2020-21 | 398 | 27 | 14.7:1 | 59% (236) |
| 2017-18 | 418 | 28.5 | 14.7:1 | 55% (230) |
| 2015-16 | 427 | 29 | 14.7:1 | 59% (251) |
| 2010-11 | 493 | 33 | 14.9:1 | 69% (338) |
| 2000-01 | 473 | 29 | 16.3:1 | 70% (331) |
| 1990-91 | 487 | 27 | 18.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Gale Pond Alamo Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 16% (418 to 352); teachers down 18% (28.5 to 23.4).
About Gale Pond Alamo Elementary School
This page covers Gale Pond Alamo Elementary School, a small elementary school in ODESSA, Texas. A federal count lists 352 students at the school, in pre-K through 5. Average enrollment for elementary schools in Texas is about 519, so this school runs 32% smaller than that.
ECTOR COUNTY ISD serves 34,336 students across 45 schools.
Gale Pond Alamo Elementary School's enrollment is 77% Hispanic. Next come 15% White, 3% Black, and 3% multiracial. That compares with about 64% Hispanic among all Ector County residents. By the diversity index, Gale Pond Alamo Elementary School comes in at 39%.
Staffing totals 23.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 15.0:1. Elementary schools in Texas average about 15.1:1, a similar figure. A measure often used for student poverty, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, stands at 66%.
allk12 grades Gale Pond Alamo Elementary School a B+. The grade compares the school only with Texas public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
A school with Gale Pond Alamo Elementary School's lunch-eligibility share in Texas is predicted to score 45.4%. Gale Pond Alamo Elementary School scores 52.0%, 6.6 points above that line.
Among Ector County residents, median household income is about $71,536, 18% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 14% of people live in poverty. Federal data list 56 public schools in Ector County, with a combined enrollment of about 38,123.
The nearest other public school, George H W Bush New Tech Odessa, is about 0.5 miles away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Gale Pond Alamo Elementary School. Among the 8 closest schools with test data, this one included, Gale Pond Alamo Elementary School ranks 4th on average proficiency.
In the federal locale system, Gale Pond Alamo Elementary School is coded City: Mid-size, for schools inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, Gale Pond Alamo Elementary School went from 398 students to 352.
Parents and students can post about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news at Gale Pond Alamo Elementary School. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
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
- George H W Bush New Tech Odessa0.5 mi · 414
- Odessa Collegiate Academy Early College High School0.6 mi · 476
- Odessa Career and Technical Early College High School0.6 mi · 418
- Dowling Elementary School0.7 mi · 712
- Premier H S Odessa0.7 mi · 99
- Sam Houston Elementary School0.9 mi · 450
Frequently asked questions
About Gale Pond Alamo Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Gale Pond Alamo Elementary School?
Gale Pond Alamo Elementary School enrolls approximately 352 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Gale Pond Alamo Elementary School serve?
Gale Pond Alamo Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Gale Pond Alamo Elementary School?
Approximately 15.0:1 students per teacher at Gale Pond Alamo Elementary School.
How diverse is Gale Pond Alamo Elementary School?
Gale Pond Alamo Elementary School reports a student body of 15% White, 77% Hispanic, 3% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Gale Pond Alamo Elementary School?
Gale Pond Alamo Elementary School 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.