PEASE EL

As a reasonably sized K-5 school in ODESSA, Texas, PEASE EL hosts 621 students from grades pre-K through 5, one of the schools within ECTOR COUNTY ISD.

PEASE EL is one of 45 schools operated by ECTOR COUNTY ISD, a district that teaches 34,336 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, PEASE EL records that nearly all students (87%) are Hispanic. Other groups include 10% White. The wider county runs roughly 64% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 21.5:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 84% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Ector County runs at roughly 71%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, PEASE EL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 37.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 29.9%.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Ector County) records that median household earnings sit near $71,536, roughly 18% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 14% of residents live below the federal poverty line. PEASE EL is one of 56 public schools in Ector County (combined enrollment of about 38,123 students).

Nearest neighbor: CROCKETT MIDDLE, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around PEASE EL. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), PEASE EL ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 36.0%.

The campus sits in a high-density setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count grew 3%: 602 students in 2018 compared to 621 in 2025. Class-load math has grew: from 16.5:1 in 2018 to 21.5:1 in 2025.

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