ODEM EL

Located at 1 OWL SQUARE, in ODEM, Texas, ODEM EL is a small elementary school that serves 247 students (grades pre-K through 2), one of the schools within ODEM-EDROY ISD. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 519 students each, so ODEM EL sits 52% leaner than that benchmark.

Within ODEM-EDROY ISD, which oversees 4 schools and 927 students, ODEM EL is one campus in the system.

On demographics, ODEM EL logs that 85% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority; the rest breaks down as 15% White. The wider county runs roughly 57% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, The school employs 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.6:1. The state averages about 15.1:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 64% of students at ODEM EL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for San Patricio County indicate median household income runs about $69,704, roughly 18% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. ODEM EL is one of 33 public schools in San Patricio County (combined enrollment of about 13,920 students).

The closest other public school is ODEM INT, roughly 0.0 miles away. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

ODEM EL operates from a low-density location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 11%: 276 students in 2018 compared to 247 in 2025. Class-load math has pulled in: from 17.5:1 in 2018 to 15.6:1 in 2025.

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