Enrollment
278
High
DISTRICT 232 · STATE 796
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ODEM-EDROY ISD·NCES 483336003744
Odem High School
1 OWL SQUARE, ODEM, TX 78370 · (361) 368-8121 · San Patricio County
GRADES 09–12HIGH41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL278 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 54% of Texas public high schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Texas public high schools
Student : Teacher
10.8:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.4:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
60%
168 students
DISTRICT 64% · STATE 65%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 67 | 24% |
| Grade 10 | 70 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 67 | 24% |
| Grade 12 | 74 | 27% |
Student demographics
32%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 30% · 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
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within ODEM-EDROY ISD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
60.0%
TX avg 54.5% . -7.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
39.0%
TX avg 45.3%
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 60 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 39 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are down about 7 points since 2020.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 8.0% | 52.0% | 17.0% | 23.0% |
| Mathematics | 6.0% | 33.0% | 53.0% | 8.0% |
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 | 60.0% | 39.0% |
| 2024-25 | 58.0% | 39.0% |
| 2023-24 | 61.0% | 31.0% |
| 2022-23 | 67.0% | N/A |
| 2021-22 | 33.0% | N/A |
| 2020-21 | 67.0% | N/A |
% 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
54.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.9%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 55% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% 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 Odem High School
Odem High School's state test result (54.8% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Odem High School this school | 278 | 60.4% | 54.8% |
| Sabinal Secondary SABINAL | 224 | 63.4% | 33.2% |
| Harold T Branch Academy for Career & Technical Ed CORPUS CHRISTI | 248 | 62.1% | 76.3% |
| Kermit High School KERMIT | 395 | 60.3% | 44.3% |
| Ozona High School OZONA | 214 | 58.4% | 52.5% |
| Booker JH/H S BOOKER | 173 | 61.3% | 58.5% |
Matched among Texas high 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 Odem High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In San Patricio County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 54.8% | #657 of 1,385 | #3 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 39.0% | #856 of 1,425 ▼ 114 | #6 of 7 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 60.0% | #634 of 1,425 ▲ 7 | #2 of 7 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 278 | #1,199 of 2,107 | #6 of 9 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.8:1 | #167 of 1,344 | #2 of 7 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 31.8% | #989 of 1,346 | #4 of 7 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 60.4% | #788 of 1,522 | #5 of 7 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.5% | #450 of 557 | #4 of 6 |
Ranked against other public high 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
278
+7 (+3%) vs 2020
-15% since 1990-91, when it was 327
Student : Teacher
10.8:1
was 11.3:1
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 | 278 | 25.8 | 10.8:1 | 60% (168) |
| 2023-24 | 274 | 26.1 | 10.5:1 | 65% (179) |
| 2022-23 | 279 | 23.3 | 12.0:1 | 63% (175) |
| 2020-21 | 271 | 24 | 11.3:1 | 58% (156) |
| 2017-18 | 288 | 22.9 | 12.6:1 | 76% (219) |
| 2015-16 | 303 | 22 | 13.8:1 | 67% (204) |
| 2010-11 | 299 | 26 | 11.5:1 | 58% (174) |
| 2000-01 | 349 | 26 | 13.4:1 | 50% (176) |
| 1990-91 | 327 | 25 | 13.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Odem High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 3% (288 to 278); teachers up 13% (22.9 to 25.8).
About Odem High School
Odem High School is a very small high school in Texas, with an address in ODEM. It has an enrollment of 278 students in grades 9 through 12. Across high schools in Texas, the average enrollment is about 796.
The district, ODEM-EDROY ISD, operates 4 schools serving 927 students.
The share of Hispanic students at Odem High School is 81%. Next come 18% White. The county population is about 57% Hispanic. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Odem High School scores 32%.
Odem High School lists 25.8 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 10.8 students per teacher. The gap from the 15.1:1 average for high schools in Texas is 4.3 students per teacher. The school reported 60% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25.
Among Texas public high schools, Odem High School outscored 54%, which works out to a B- on the allk12 Grade.
Odem High School is 7.0 points above its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (54.8% versus 47.9%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Texas.
In the wider San Patricio County area, the median household earns about $69,704 a year, 18% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 12% of people live in poverty. San Patricio County counts 33 public schools with about 13,920 students.
Odem Elementary School is less than a tenth of a mile from Odem High School, the shortest distance to any other public school. Other public schools within five miles: 3. Nearby schools with test data average 50.3% proficiency; Odem High School posts 54.8%.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Rural: Fringe.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, Odem High School had a net gain of 7 students, or 3%.
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San Patricio County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
70,181
Census ACS
Median income
$69,704
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
18%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
33
13,920 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in ODEM-EDROY ISD
- Odem Elementary SchoolElementary · 247 students
- Odem Junior High SchoolMiddle · 204 students
- Odem Intermediate SchoolElementary · 198 students
Other schools in ODEM
- Odem Elementary SchoolElementary · 247 students
- Odem Junior High SchoolMiddle · 204 students
- Odem Intermediate SchoolElementary · 198 students
Nearby schools
- Odem Elementary School0.0 mi · 247
- Odem Intermediate School0.0 mi · 198
- Odem Junior High School0.0 mi · 204
- Calallen Middle School6.3 mi · 858
- Wilma Magee Intermediate School6.5 mi · 419
- E Merle Smith Middle School6.9 mi · 425
Frequently asked questions
About Odem High SchoolHow large is Odem High School?
Odem High School enrolls approximately 278 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Odem High School serve?
Odem High School serves grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Odem High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Odem High School is approximately 10.8:1 (26 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Odem High School?
Odem High School reports a student body of 18% White, 81% Hispanic, 0% Black, 0% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is Odem High School in?
Odem High School is part of ODEM-EDROY ISD.
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