LEE BUICE EL

Set in ODESSA, Texas, LEE BUICE EL is an expansive elementary-level community, run under ECTOR COUNTY ISD. It teaches 844 students across grades K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 519 students per school, that is 63% bigger than typical.

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

Demographically, LEE BUICE EL shows that Hispanic students make up the majority at 67%. Other groups include 23% White, 5% Black, 3% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Ector County as a whole.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 20.8:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting LEE BUICE EL higher than the state norm the norm. About 64% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

With demographic context factored in, LEE BUICE EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 45.9%, the actual is 32.3%, a residual of -13.6 points.

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%. In all, Ector County runs 56 public schools (combined enrollment of about 38,123 students), of which LEE BUICE EL is one.

BARBARA JORDAN EL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.4 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), LEE BUICE EL ranks 4th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 32.5%.

The school occupies a countryside site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at LEE BUICE EL has increased 30%, going from 649 students in 2018 to 844 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share declined from 37% to 23%. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 17.3:1 in 2018 to 20.8:1 today.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.