ODESSA COLLEGIATE ACADEMY EARLY COLLEGE H S

ODESSA COLLEGIATE ACADEMY EARLY COLLEGE H S operates as a compact high school in ODESSA, Texas, run under ECTOR COUNTY ISD. Current enrollment sits at 476 students spanning grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 796 students each, so ODESSA COLLEGIATE ACADEMY EARLY COLLEGE H S sits 40% below that benchmark.

Within ECTOR COUNTY ISD, which oversees 45 schools and 34,336 students, ODESSA COLLEGIATE ACADEMY EARLY COLLEGE H S is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, ODESSA COLLEGIATE ACADEMY EARLY COLLEGE H S lists that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 73% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school reports 19% White, 4% Asian, 3% Black. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 64%.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 25.3:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting ODESSA COLLEGIATE ACADEMY EARLY COLLEGE H S higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 50% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is lower than Ector County's rate of about 71%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), ODESSA COLLEGIATE ACADEMY EARLY COLLEGE H S is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 52.0%; this one delivers 86.5%, a residual of +34.5 points.

Across the wider county, Ector County reports that the typical household earns roughly $71,536 per year, roughly 18% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 14%. In all, Ector County runs 56 public schools (combined enrollment of about 38,123 students), of which ODESSA COLLEGIATE ACADEMY EARLY COLLEGE H S is one.

The closest other public school is ODESSA CAREER AND TECHNICAL EARLY COLLEGE H S, roughly 0.1 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), ODESSA COLLEGIATE ACADEMY EARLY COLLEGE H S ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 45.6%.

The campus sits in a downtown setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count rose 122%: 214 students in 2018 compared to 476 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment ticked up from 63% to 73% over that span. Class-load math has grew: from 15.1:1 in 2018 to 25.3:1 in 2025.

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