Odem Elementary School

ODEM, Texas, is home to Odem Elementary School, a small elementary school. The school counted 247 students in 2024-25, covering pre-K through 2. The school is 52% below the average for elementary schools in Texas.

A total of 4 schools make up ODEM-EDROY ISD, with 927 students enrolled.

Hispanic students account for 85% of the school's enrollment. After that, the student body is 15% White. Among all residents of San Patricio County, the Hispanic share is about 57%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 26%.

The student-to-teacher ratio at Odem Elementary School is 15.6:1, based on 15.8 full-time-equivalent teachers. It is about the same as the 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas. Odem Elementary School counts 64% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is in line with the 63% average for public schools in San Patricio County.

The county, San Patricio County, is where the school is located. The median household earns about $69,704 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 18%, and about 12% of people live in poverty. Counting Odem Elementary School, San Patricio County has 33 public schools.

Odem Elementary School is less than a tenth of a mile from Odem Junior High School, its nearest public school. Around the school, 3 other public schools are within five miles.

NCES lists the school's locale as Rural: Fringe. That means it sits in rural territory close to an urban area.

By 2024-25, enrollment had risen to 247, from 221 in 2020-21. By 2024-25, the school had 15.6 students per teacher, compared with 13.0 in 2020-21.

Odem Elementary School has a community page on allk12 for topics such as pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.