NOEL EL

As a mid-tier K-5 school in ODESSA, Texas, NOEL EL educates 501 students from grades K through 5, overseen by ECTOR COUNTY ISD.

ECTOR COUNTY ISD runs 45 schools in total, collectively educating 34,336 students. NOEL EL is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, NOEL EL lists that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (89%). Other groups include 8% White. By comparison, Ector County as a whole is about 64% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 19.8:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. An estimated 87% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Ector County (around 71%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

After controlling for student poverty, NOEL EL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 35.8%; this one delivers 27.3%.

In the broader community, Ector County reports that median household earnings sit near $71,536, about 18% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 14%. In all, Ector County runs 56 public schools (combined enrollment of about 38,123 students), of which NOEL EL is one.

The closest other public school is CROCKETT MIDDLE, roughly 0.7 miles away. 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), NOEL EL ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 47.9%.

The campus sits in a high-density setting.

Five-year trend. NOEL EL's enrollment has shrank 6% since 2018, when it stood at 534 (now 501). Hispanic enrollment moved from 79% to 89% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 12.6:1 in 2018 to 19.8:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, members of the NOEL EL community share and discuss school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.