PERMIAN H S

PERMIAN H S operates as a big secondary school in ODESSA, Texas, one of the schools within ECTOR COUNTY ISD. Current enrollment sits at 4,138 students spanning grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 796 students each, so PERMIAN H S sits 420% larger than that benchmark.

ECTOR COUNTY ISD runs 45 schools in total, collectively educating 34,336 students. PERMIAN H S is one of those campuses.

On demographics, PERMIAN H S reports that Hispanic students make up the majority at 72%. The remainder breaks down as 18% White, 6% Black, 2% multiracial. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 64%.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, PERMIAN H S has 209 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 19.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting PERMIAN H S higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 68% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

With demographic context factored in, PERMIAN H S performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 44.1%, the actual is 35.8%, a residual of -8.3 points.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Ector County put the typical household earns roughly $71,536 per year, 18% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 14%. Across Ector County's 56 public schools (combined enrollment of about 38,123 students), PERMIAN H S is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is IRELAND EL, roughly 0.4 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), PERMIAN H S ranks 6th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 41.5%.

The campus sits in an urban setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at PERMIAN H S has grew 9%, going from 3,789 students in 2018 to 4,138 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share contracted from 27% to 18%. Class-load math has rose: from 17.1:1 in 2018 to 19.8:1 in 2025.

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