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Enrollment
512
Elementary
DISTRICT 565 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ECTOR COUNTY ISD·NCES 481800001591
Ross Elementary School
4600 N EVERGLADE AVE, ODESSA, TX 79762 · (432) 456-1199 · Ector County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL512 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
17.3:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.8:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
77%
394 students
DISTRICT 76% · 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 | 52 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 94 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 75 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 67 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 78 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 71 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 75 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (94) is 25% larger than its 5th grade class (75).
Student demographics
50%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 32% · 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
52.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +38.0pp since 2021
Mathematics
47.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +33.0pp since 2021
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 52 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 47 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 38 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 33 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 19.0% | 33.0% | 22.0% | 26.0% |
| Mathematics | 16.0% | 31.0% | 25.0% | 28.0% |
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 | 52.0% | 47.0% |
| 2024-25 | 51.0% | 44.0% |
| 2023-24 | 47.0% | 40.0% |
| 2022-23 | 20.0% | 40.0% |
| 2021-22 | 14.0% | 14.0% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
40.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.8%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 41% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Texas's top nor bottom 10%.
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 Ross Elementary School
Ross Elementary School's state test result (40.7% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ross Elementary School this school | 512 | 77.0% | 40.7% |
| Birdville Elementary School HALTOM CITY | 479 | 78.9% | 39.5% |
| C O Chandler Elementary School VICTORIA | 456 | 75.9% | 29.2% |
| L B Johnson Elementary School ODESSA | 475 | 77.9% | 39.1% |
| Blanton Elementary School ODESSA | 510 | 80.2% | 39.2% |
| Washington Elementary School BIG SPRING | 489 | 79.8% | 48.4% |
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 Ross Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Ector County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.7% | #2,504 of 4,401 | #9 of 30 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 47.0% | #2,040 of 4,466 ▲ 181 | #5 of 30 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 52.0% | #2,251 of 4,466 ▲ 96 | #7 of 30 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +19.5pp | #517 of 3,998 | #3 of 27 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 512 | #2,401 of 4,938 | #19 of 33 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.3:1 | #4,006 of 4,622 | #4 of 33 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 50.3% | #2,389 of 4,628 | #2 of 33 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 77.0% | #2,149 of 4,789 | #19 of 33 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +30.9% | #244 of 1,307 | #4 of 19 |
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
512
+132 (+35%) vs 2020
+13% since 1990-91, when it was 452
Student : Teacher
17.3:1
was 15.8:1
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 | 512 | 29.6 | 17.3:1 | 77% (394) |
| 2023-24 | 422 | 22.7 | 18.6:1 | 77% (324) |
| 2022-23 | 408 | 25.9 | 15.8:1 | 76% (310) |
| 2020-21 | 380 | 24 | 15.8:1 | 67% (256) |
| 2017-18 | 391 | 23.3 | 16.8:1 | 63% (248) |
| 2015-16 | 357 | 25 | 14.3:1 | 50% (180) |
| 2010-11 | 615 | 36 | 17.1:1 | 68% (416) |
| 2000-01 | 421 | 28 | 15.0:1 | 49% (207) |
| 1990-91 | 452 | 25 | 18.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ross Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 31% (391 to 512); teachers up 27% (23.3 to 29.6).
About Ross Elementary School
Located in ODESSA, Texas, Ross Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school. It serves 512 students in pre-K through 5.
ECTOR COUNTY ISD operates 45 schools. Combined enrollment is 34,336 students.
At Ross Elementary School, Hispanic students make up 67% of the student body. It is also 20% White, 6% Black, 4% multiracial, and 3% Asian. For comparison, Ector County is about 64% Hispanic. Ross Elementary School's diversity index is 50%, against a US figure of 70%.
Its 29.6 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 17.3:1. This ratio sits 2.2 above the 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas. The school's lunch program data list 77% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals.
Ross Elementary School sits between the top and bottom 10% of Texas schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate on state tests of 40.7% and a predicted 40.8%.
Federal survey data for Ector County show that the median household income is $71,536, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 18% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 14%. Ector County is home to 56 public schools and about 38,123 public school students.
Goliad Elementary School is the closest public school, about 0.5 miles away in a straight line. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Ross Elementary School. Of the 8 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Ross Elementary School is 1st on average proficiency.
Federal data place Ross Elementary School in the City: Mid-size locale, which means it is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Enrollment at Ross Elementary School climbed 35% between 2020-21 and 2024-25, from 380 to 512 students. The ratio of students to teachers went from 15.8:1 to 17.3:1 over the same years.
The discussion area below is open to posts about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Ector County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
164,654
Census ACS
Median income
$71,536
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
18%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
14%
Below federal line
Schools in county
56
38,123 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in ECTOR COUNTY ISD
- Permian High SchoolHigh · 4,138 students
- Odessa High SchoolHigh · 3,814 students
- Nimitz Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,310 students
- Ector College Prep Success AcademyMiddle · 1,272 students
- Wilson & Young Medal of Honor Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,227 students
- Crockett Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,181 students
Other schools in ODESSA
- Permian High SchoolHigh · 4,138 students
- Odessa High SchoolHigh · 3,814 students
- Compass Academy Charter SchoolCombined · 1,558 students
- Nimitz Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,310 students
- Ector College Prep Success AcademyMiddle · 1,272 students
- Wilson & Young Medal of Honor Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,227 students
Other Ross Elementary schools
14 other US public schools in 9 states are named Ross Elementary. Ross Elementary School is the 3rd largest of the 15.
- Ross Elementary SchoolHOUSTON, TX · 262 students
- Ross ElementaryMemphis, TN · 665 students
- Ross ElementaryTopeka, KS · 563 students
- Ross Elementary SchoolDodge City, KS · 502 students
- Ross Elementary SchoolPittsburgh, PA · 498 students
Nearby schools
- Goliad Elementary School0.5 mi · 565
- Ireland Elementary School0.6 mi · 431
- Wilson & Young Medal of Honor Middle School0.8 mi · 1,227
- Permian High School0.9 mi · 4,138
- Burnet Elementary School1.0 mi · 325
- Sam Houston Elementary School1.1 mi · 450
Frequently asked questions
About Ross Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Ross Elementary School?
Ross Elementary School enrolls approximately 512 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Ross Elementary School serve?
Ross Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Ross Elementary School have?
Ross Elementary School employs 30 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.3:1.
What is the student diversity at Ross Elementary School?
Student demographics at Ross Elementary School are roughly 20% White, 67% Hispanic, 6% Black, 3% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Ross Elementary School public or private?
Ross Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by ECTOR COUNTY ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.