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Enrollment
501
Elementary
DISTRICT 565 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ECTOR COUNTY ISD·NCES 481800005458
Noel Elementary School
2200 NEWCOMB DR, ODESSA, TX 79764 · (432) 456-1249 · Ector County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL501 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
19.8:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.8:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
87%
437 students
DISTRICT 76% · STATE 65%
Community
1
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 78 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 87 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 68 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 72 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 100 | 20% |
| Grade 5 | 96 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (78) is 19% smaller than its 5th grade class (96).
Student demographics
20%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
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
38.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +11.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
31.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +10.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 38 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 31 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 11 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 10 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 10.0% | 28.0% | 27.0% | 35.0% |
| Mathematics | 10.0% | 21.0% | 25.0% | 44.0% |
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 | 38.0% | 31.0% |
| 2024-25 | 30.0% | 30.0% |
| 2023-24 | 33.0% | 32.0% |
| 2022-23 | 24.0% | 30.0% |
| 2021-22 | 20.0% | 22.0% |
| 2020-21 | 27.0% | 21.0% |
% 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
26.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.4%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 27% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 36% 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 Noel Elementary School
Noel Elementary School's state test result (26.8% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Noel Elementary School this school | 501 | 87.2% | 26.8% |
| North Elementary School PLAINVIEW | 492 | 87.4% | 33.3% |
| Mendez Elementary School SAN MARCOS | 533 | 88.2% | 37.5% |
| Harvey Elementary School KINGSVILLE | 486 | 88.5% | 24.4% |
| R A Hall Elementary School BEEVILLE | 463 | 86.4% | 36.3% |
| Plum Creek Elementary School LOCKHART | 522 | 85.6% | 41.9% |
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 Noel Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Ector County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 26.8% | #3,933 of 4,401 | #25 of 30 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 31.0% | #3,816 of 4,466 ▼ 69 | #25 of 30 ▼ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 38.0% | #3,834 of 4,466 ▲ 337 | #20 of 30 ▲ 5 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +7.5pp | #1,793 of 3,998 | #13 of 27 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 501 | #2,534 of 4,938 | #22 of 33 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.8:1 | #4,431 of 4,622 | #13 of 33 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 20.5% | #3,743 of 4,628 | #25 of 33 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 87.2% | #1,364 of 4,789 | #9 of 33 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.2% | #2,369 of 2,838 | #9 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
501
+62 (+14%) vs 2020
-14% since 1990-91, when it was 584
Student : Teacher
19.8:1
was 14.6:1
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 | 501 | 25.4 | 19.8:1 | 87% (437) |
| 2023-24 | 490 | 24.8 | 19.7:1 | 84% (412) |
| 2022-23 | 451 | 24.1 | 18.7:1 | 85% (384) |
| 2020-21 | 439 | 30 | 14.6:1 | 65% (287) |
| 2017-18 | 534 | 42.5 | 12.6:1 | 59% (315) |
| 2015-16 | 609 | 44 | 13.8:1 | 61% (371) |
| 2010-11 | 680 | 43 | 15.8:1 | 75% (512) |
| 2000-01 | 544 | 39 | 13.9:1 | 66% (357) |
| 1990-91 | 584 | 39 | 15.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Noel Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 6% (534 to 501); teachers down 40% (42.5 to 25.4).
About Noel Elementary School
Noel Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school with an address in ODESSA, Texas. It enrolls 501 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are kindergarten through 5.
The 45 schools in ECTOR COUNTY ISD enroll 34,336 students altogether, Noel Elementary School among them.
Hispanic students account for 89% of the school's enrollment. The school is also 8% White. The Hispanic share of the county population is lower, at 64%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 20, compared with 70 nationally.
Noel Elementary School lists 25.4 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 19.8 students per teacher. Across elementary schools in Texas, the average ratio is 15.1:1. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 87% of the student body. The average for public schools in Ector County is 71%.
Noel Elementary School sits between the top and bottom 10% of Texas schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 26.8% and a predicted 36.4%.
Looking at the county, Ector County, median household income comes to about $71,536, about 18% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 14%. The county's public schools total 56, with about 38,123 students.
The closest school to Noel Elementary School is Crockett Middle School, located about 0.7 miles away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Noel Elementary School. In a group of 8 nearby schools with scores, Noel Elementary School ranks 6th on average proficiency.
NCES assigns Noel Elementary School the locale City: Mid-size, meaning inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Over 4 years, enrollment rose by 62 students, from 439 to 501. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio increased from 14.6:1 to 19.8:1.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback here. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
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
Other Noel Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Noel Elementary. Noel Elementary School is the largest of the 2.
- NOEL ELEM.NOEL, MO · 349 students
Nearby schools
- Crockett Middle School0.7 mi · 1,181
- Richard Milburn Academy Odessa0.8 mi · 350
- Pease Elementary School0.8 mi · 621
- San Jacinto Elementary School1.2 mi · 656
- Burleson Elementary School1.2 mi · 381
- Bowie Middle School1.4 mi · 874
Frequently asked questions
About Noel Elementary SchoolHow large is Noel Elementary School?
Noel Elementary School enrolls approximately 501 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Noel Elementary School serve?
Noel Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Noel Elementary School?
Approximately 19.8:1 students per teacher at Noel Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at Noel Elementary School?
Student demographics at Noel Elementary School are roughly 8% White, 89% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Noel Elementary School?
Noel 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.