RICHARD MILBURN ACADEMY ODESSA

RICHARD MILBURN ACADEMY ODESSA is a senior high of modestly sized scale in ODESSA, Texas, one of the schools within RICHARD MILBURN ALTER HIGH SCHOOL (KILLEEN), instructing 350 students in grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 796 students each, so RICHARD MILBURN ACADEMY ODESSA sits 56% below that benchmark.

Across the 9 schools in RICHARD MILBURN ALTER HIGH SCHOOL (KILLEEN) (1,607 students total), RICHARD MILBURN ACADEMY ODESSA accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, RICHARD MILBURN ACADEMY ODESSA logs that 79% of the student body identifies as Hispanic; the rest looks like 14% White, 5% Black. The wider county runs roughly 64% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 7 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 50.6:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. Around 56% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Ector County runs at roughly 71%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

Zooming out to the county, Ector County reports that the typical household earns roughly $71,536 per year, about 18% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 14%. Across Ector County's 56 public schools (combined enrollment of about 38,123 students), RICHARD MILBURN ACADEMY ODESSA is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: SAN JACINTO EL, around 0.5 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The campus sits in a high-density setting. As a public charter, RICHARD MILBURN ACADEMY ODESSA runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at RICHARD MILBURN ACADEMY ODESSA has fell 21%, going from 444 students in 2018 to 350 in 2025. The White share of enrollment decreased from 22% to 14% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 31.4:1 in 2018 to 50.6:1 today.

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