SAN JACINTO EL

SAN JACINTO EL operates as a moderately sized K-5 school in ODESSA, Texas, run under ECTOR COUNTY ISD. Current enrollment sits at 656 students spanning grades K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 519 students per school, that is 26% above typical.

ECTOR COUNTY ISD runs 45 schools in total, collectively educating 34,336 students. SAN JACINTO EL is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, SAN JACINTO EL shows that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (81%). Beyond that, the school records 9% White, 6% Black, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 64% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, On paper, SAN JACINTO EL has 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 21.2:1. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 87% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is higher than Ector County's rate of about 71%.

After controlling for student poverty, SAN JACINTO EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 36.1%, the actual is 50.1%, a residual of +14.0 points.

In the area at large, census data for Ector County shows median household income runs about $71,536, 18% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 14%. In all, Ector County runs 56 public schools (combined enrollment of about 38,123 students), of which SAN JACINTO EL is one.

BOWIE MIDDLE is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), SAN JACINTO EL ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 49.7%.

The campus sits in an inner-city setting.

Looking at the recent track record. SAN JACINTO EL's enrollment has edged up 39% since 2018, when it stood at 472 (now 656). White enrollment moved from 14% to 9% across the same window. Class-load math has loosened: from 15.6:1 in 2018 to 21.2:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.