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Enrollment
558
Elementary
DISTRICT 443 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ODYSSEY ACADEMY INC·NCES 480010813274
Odyssey Academy - Texas City
10000 EMMETT F LOWRY EXPWY STE 1300, TEXAS CITY, TX 77591 · (409) 978-8015 · Galveston County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY13-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL558 STUDENTS
F
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 4% of Texas public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C-Three-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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
18.8:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.6:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
76%
425 students
DISTRICT 75% · STATE 65%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 80 | 14% |
| Kindergarten | 60 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 59 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 63 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 64 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 66 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 48 | 9% |
| Grade 6 | 44 | 8% |
| Grade 7 | 38 | 7% |
| Grade 8 | 36 | 6% |
This year's kindergarten class (60) is 67% larger than its 8th grade class (36).
Student demographics
68%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · 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
41.0%
TX avg 54.5% . -5.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
25.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +10.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 41 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 25 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are down about 5 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 10 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 16.0% | 25.0% | 29.0% | 30.0% |
| Mathematics | 6.0% | 19.0% | 31.0% | 44.0% |
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 | 41.0% | 25.0% |
| 2024-25 | 41.0% | 26.0% |
| 2023-24 | 40.0% | 19.0% |
| 2022-23 | 35.0% | 35.0% |
| 2021-22 | 42.0% | 21.0% |
| 2020-21 | 46.0% | 15.0% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of TX schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
27.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.2%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-14.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 27% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 41% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Odyssey Academy - Texas City
Odyssey Academy - Texas City's state test result (27.0% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Odyssey Academy - Texas City this school | 558 | 76.2% | 27.0% |
| Brookhaven Elementary School KILLEEN | 503 | 78.7% | 33.2% |
| Steadham Elementary School ROWLETT | 490 | 72.2% | 37.0% |
| Starrett Elementary School GRAND PRAIRIE | 479 | 77.9% | 27.4% |
| Sampson-Howard Elementary School TEMPLE | 611 | 81.2% | 39.0% |
| Sul Ross Elementary School BRYAN | 476 | 74.6% | 46.5% |
Matched among Texas elementary 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 Odyssey Academy - Texas City ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Galveston County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 27.0% | #3,917 of 4,401 | #41 of 45 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 25.0% | #4,188 of 4,466 ▼ 176 | #43 of 45 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 41.0% | #3,515 of 4,466 ▼ 140 | #38 of 45 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -2.0pp | #943 of 3,998 | #12 of 41 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 558 | #1,964 of 4,938 | #25 of 49 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.8:1 | #4,331 of 4,622 | #44 of 46 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.3% | #684 of 4,628 | #5 of 46 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 76.2% | #2,199 of 4,789 | #20 of 49 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +115.4% | #14 of 1,307 | #1 of 13 |
Ranked against other public elementary 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
558
+64 (+13%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
18.8:1
was 15.0:1
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 | 558 | 29.7 | 18.8:1 | 76% (425) |
| 2023-24 | 718 | 50 | 14.4:1 | 82% (587) |
| 2022-23 | 707 | 50.7 | 13.9:1 | 77% (544) |
| 2020-21 | 494 | 33 | 15.0:1 | 67% (332) |
| 2017-18 | 259 | 20.8 | 12.5:1 | 46% (118) |
| 2015-16 | 300 | 30 | 10.0:1 | 33% (99) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Odyssey Academy - Texas City.
Since 2017-18: students up 115% (259 to 558); teachers up 43% (20.8 to 29.7).
About Odyssey Academy - Texas City
Odyssey Academy - Texas City, a medium-sized elementary school, is located in TEXAS CITY, Texas. The school enrolls 558 students, from pre-K through 8.
Odyssey Academy - Texas City is one of the 3 schools that make up ODYSSEY ACADEMY INC (1,681 students in total).
At Odyssey Academy - Texas City, the largest share of students is Hispanic, at 39%. The remaining shares are 36% Black, 16% White, and 6% multiracial. Galveston County as a whole is about 26% Hispanic, so the school's share is higher. Pick two students at random and there is a 68% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
With 29.7 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, the ratio at Odyssey Academy - Texas City was 18.8:1. This ratio sits 3.7 above the 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas. A measure often used for student poverty, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, stands at 76%. The average for public schools in Galveston County is 57%.
The allk12 Grade for Odyssey Academy - Texas City is F. Compared with Texas public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 4% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
The BeatsExpectations model predicts 41.2% for Odyssey Academy - Texas City, given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The actual figure is 27.0%. The 14.2-point gap ranks in the bottom 10% of Texas schools.
According to the American Community Survey, in Galveston County, the median household income is $86,105, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 9% of people live in poverty. Odyssey Academy - Texas City is one of 95 public schools in the county.
The school nearest to Odyssey Academy - Texas City is Dickinson Junior High School, at a distance of about 1.0 miles. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 33.6%; Odyssey Academy - Texas City's is 27.0%, ranking 6th of 8.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is City: Small. This is a charter school, which is a tuition-free public school operating under a charter.
Federal data show a 13% enrollment gain, from 494 in 2020-21 to 558 in 2024-25. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 15.0:1 to 18.8:1.
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Galveston County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
358,990
Census ACS
Median income
$86,105
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
35%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
95
62,767 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in ODYSSEY ACADEMY INC
- Odyssey Academy - GalvestonCombined · 795 students
- Odyssey Academy - WebsterElementary · 328 students
Other schools in TEXAS CITY
- Texas City High SchoolHigh · 1,689 students
- Dickinson Junior High SchoolMiddle · 1,060 students
- Blocker Middle SchoolMiddle · 802 students
- Fry Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 769 students
- Giles Middle SchoolMiddle · 553 students
- Manuel Guajardo Jr Elementary SchoolElementary · 501 students
Nearby schools
- Dickinson Junior High School1.0 mi · 1,060
- Giles Middle School2.2 mi · 553
- Simms Elementary School2.6 mi · 482
- Ignite Community School - Mainland2.8 mi · 327
- La Marque High School2.9 mi · 737
- Hitchcock Headstart3.0 mi · 181
Frequently asked questions
About Odyssey Academy - Texas CityWhat is the total enrollment at Odyssey Academy - Texas City?
Odyssey Academy - Texas City enrolls approximately 558 students in grades PK-08.
What age range does Odyssey Academy - Texas City serve?
Odyssey Academy - Texas City serves students from grade PK through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Odyssey Academy - Texas City?
Approximately 18.8:1 students per teacher at Odyssey Academy - Texas City.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Odyssey Academy - Texas City?
At Odyssey Academy - Texas City, the student body is approximately 16% White, 39% Hispanic, 36% Black, 1% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Odyssey Academy - Texas City in?
Odyssey Academy - Texas City is part of ODYSSEY ACADEMY INC.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.