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Enrollment
476
High
DISTRICT 1,337 · STATE 796
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ECTOR COUNTY ISD·NCES 481800013377
Odessa Collegiate Academy Early College High School
802 N SAM HOUSTON, ODESSA, TX 79760 · (432) 456-6429 · Ector County
GRADES 09–12HIGH12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL476 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 88% of Texas public high schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- FThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
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
25.3:1
19 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.6:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
50%
239 students
DISTRICT 76% · STATE 65%
Community
1
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 | 124 | 26% |
| Grade 10 | 123 | 26% |
| Grade 11 | 115 | 24% |
| Grade 12 | 114 | 24% |
Student demographics
43%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
91.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +12.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
70.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +41.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 91 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 70 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 12 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 41 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 23.0% | 68.0% | 6.0% | 3.0% |
| Mathematics | 27.0% | 43.0% | 27.0% | 3.0% |
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 | 91.0% | 70.0% |
| 2024-25 | 93.0% | 60.0% |
| 2023-24 | 97.0% | 65.0% |
| 2022-23 | 97.0% | 80.0% |
| 2021-22 | 81.0% | 60.0% |
| 2020-21 | 79.0% | 29.0% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of TX schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
84.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
52.3%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+32.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 85% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 52% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 33 points, placing it in Texas's top 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 Odessa Collegiate Academy Early College High School
Odessa Collegiate Academy Early College High School's state test result (84.8% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Odessa Collegiate Academy Early College High School this school | 476 | 50.2% | 84.8% |
| George H W Bush New Tech Odessa ODESSA | 414 | 50.0% | 68.7% |
| Perryton High School PERRYTON | 549 | 54.3% | 52.0% |
| Denver City High School DENVER CITY | 512 | 52.1% | 46.6% |
| Karnes City High School KARNES CITY | 281 | 50.9% | 48.8% |
| Calhoun High School PORT LAVACA | 989 | 51.1% | 51.3% |
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 Odessa Collegiate Academy Early College High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Ector County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 84.8% | #49 of 1,385 | N/A |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 70.0% | #139 of 1,425 ▲ 87 | N/A |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 91.0% | #61 of 1,425 ▼ 18 | N/A |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -8.0pp | #39 of 1,184 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 476 | #930 of 2,107 | #3 of 8 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 25.3:1 | #1,324 of 1,344 | N/A |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 43.1% | #851 of 1,346 | N/A |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 50.2% | #1,005 of 1,522 | N/A |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +122.4% | #20 of 672 | N/A |
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
476
+117 (+33%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
25.3:1
was 25.6:1
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 | 476 | 18.8 | 25.3:1 | 50% (239) |
| 2023-24 | 460 | 18.1 | 25.4:1 | 47% (215) |
| 2022-23 | 429 | 17.5 | 24.6:1 | 51% (218) |
| 2020-21 | 359 | 14 | 25.6:1 | 30% (106) |
| 2017-18 | 214 | 14.1 | 15.1:1 | 21% (45) |
| 2015-16 | 42 | 4 | 10.5:1 | 36% (15) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Odessa Collegiate Academy Early College High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 122% (214 to 476); teachers up 33% (14.1 to 18.8).
About Odessa Collegiate Academy Early College High School
Odessa Collegiate Academy Early College High School is a high school in ODESSA, Texas, and it is part of ECTOR COUNTY ISD. A federal count lists 476 students at the school, in grades 9 through 12. An average school in this group (high schools in Texas) has about 796 students.
The district for Odessa Collegiate Academy Early College High School is ECTOR COUNTY ISD, with 45 schools and 34,336 students.
Odessa Collegiate Academy Early College High School's enrollment is 73% Hispanic. The next largest groups are 19% White, 4% Asian, and 3% Black. In Ector County overall, about 64% of residents are Hispanic. Odessa Collegiate Academy Early College High School has a diversity index of 43%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
A ratio of 25.3:1 comes from the school's 18.8 full-time-equivalent teachers. For comparison, high schools in Texas average 15.1:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 50% in 2024-25. It compares with 71% for public schools in Ector County.
Measured against Texas public high schools, Odessa Collegiate Academy Early College High School receives an A. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
The BeatsExpectations model predicts 52.3% for Odessa Collegiate Academy Early College High School, given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The actual figure is 84.8%. The 32.5-point gap ranks in the top 10% of Texas schools.
Federal survey data for Ector County show that median household income is about $71,536, about 18% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 14%. A total of 56 public schools operate in Ector County, serving about 38,123 students.
The closest public school, Odessa Career and Technical Early College High School, is less than a tenth of a mile from Odessa Collegiate Academy Early College High School. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Odessa Collegiate Academy Early College High School places 1st of 8 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
Federal data place Odessa Collegiate Academy Early College High School in the City: Mid-size locale, which means it is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
The student count in 2024-25 was 476, 33% above the 359 of 2020-21.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss science fairs, picture day, and bus routes at Odessa Collegiate Academy Early College High School. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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
Nearby schools
- Odessa Career and Technical Early College High School0.1 mi · 418
- George H W Bush New Tech Odessa0.3 mi · 414
- Bowie Middle School0.5 mi · 874
- Premier H S Odessa0.5 mi · 99
- Gale Pond Alamo Elementary School0.6 mi · 352
- Sam Houston Elementary School0.8 mi · 450
Frequently asked questions
About Odessa Collegiate Academy Early College High SchoolHow large is Odessa Collegiate Academy Early College High School?
Odessa Collegiate Academy Early College High School enrolls approximately 476 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Odessa Collegiate Academy Early College High School serve?
Odessa Collegiate Academy Early College High School serves grades 09-12.
How many teachers does Odessa Collegiate Academy Early College High School have?
Odessa Collegiate Academy Early College High School employs 19 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 25.3:1.
What is the student diversity at Odessa Collegiate Academy Early College High School?
Student demographics at Odessa Collegiate Academy Early College High School are roughly 19% White, 73% Hispanic, 3% Black, 4% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Odessa Collegiate Academy Early College High School?
Odessa Collegiate Academy Early College High 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.