LAURO CAVAZOS EL

LAURO CAVAZOS EL is a moderately sized elementary school in ODESSA, Texas, run under ECTOR COUNTY ISD. The school serves 614 students in grades pre-K through 5.

ECTOR COUNTY ISD comprises 45 schools with combined enrollment of 34,336 students; LAURO CAVAZOS EL is among them.

On the student-mix side, LAURO CAVAZOS EL lists that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (93%); the rest is composed of 6% White. The wider county runs roughly 64% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, LAURO CAVAZOS EL has 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 22.7:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. About 87% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is higher than Ector County's rate of about 71%.

With demographic context factored in, LAURO CAVAZOS EL is in the bottom 10% of Texas public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 36.0%; LAURO CAVAZOS EL posts 17.0%, -19.0 points below that line.

Zooming out to the county, Ector County reports that median household income runs about $71,536, 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 LAURO CAVAZOS EL is one.

The closest other public school is G E 'BUDDY' WEST EL, roughly 1.1 miles away. 7 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, LAURO CAVAZOS EL comes 6th of 7 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 30.7%.

Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.

Looking at the recent track record. LAURO CAVAZOS EL's enrollment has ticked down 20% since 2018, when it stood at 764 (now 614). The White share of enrollment shrank from 13% to 6% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 16.8:1 in 2018 to 22.7:1 today.

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