O'DONNELL MIDDLE

O'DONNELL MIDDLE is a middle-grades school of heavily attended scale in HOUSTON, Texas, overseen by ALIEF ISD, educateing 1,214 students in grades 7 through 8. That puts it 89% bigger than the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 643 students.

Across the 46 schools in ALIEF ISD (38,610 students total), O'DONNELL MIDDLE accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, O'DONNELL MIDDLE reports that the largest single group is Hispanic at 45%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest breaks down as 37% Black, 11% Asian, 5% White. That composition is broadly in line with Harris County as a whole.

Looking at school resources, O'DONNELL MIDDLE logs 81 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.0:1. The state averages about 14.4:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 88% of students at O'DONNELL MIDDLE qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Harris County (around 70%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

After controlling for student poverty, O'DONNELL MIDDLE performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 35.3%, the actual is 43.6%, a residual of +8.3 points.

In the broader community, census data for Harris County shows the typical household earns roughly $74,983 per year, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. O'DONNELL MIDDLE is one of 1205 public schools in Harris County (combined enrollment of about 886,911 students).

The closest other public school is HEARNE EL, roughly 0.2 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts O'DONNELL MIDDLE at 5th of 8; the average score across the group is 49.2%.

O'DONNELL MIDDLE operates from a residential location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at O'DONNELL MIDDLE has contracted 8%, going from 1,320 students in 2018 to 1,214 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment climbed from 40% to 45% over that span.

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