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What's one thing WILSON & YOUNG MEDAL OF HONOR MIDDLE gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
1,227
Middle
DISTRICT 1,117 · STATE 643
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ECTOR COUNTY ISD·NCES 481800001582
Wilson & Young Medal of Honor Middle School
601 E 38TH ST, ODESSA, TX 79762 · (432) 456-0459 · Ector County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,227 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 33% of Texas public middle schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B-Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Texas public middle schools
Student : Teacher
18.7:1
66 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.1:1 · STATE 14.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
70%
855 students
DISTRICT 76% · STATE 65%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 440 | 36% |
| Grade 7 | 406 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 381 | 31% |
Student demographics
41%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
53.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +28.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
46.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +31.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 53 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 46 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 28 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 31 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 24.0% | 29.0% | 28.0% | 19.0% |
| Mathematics | 13.0% | 33.0% | 30.0% | 24.0% |
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 | 53.0% | 46.0% |
| 2024-25 | 49.0% | 39.0% |
| 2023-24 | 45.0% | 40.0% |
| 2022-23 | 43.0% | 35.0% |
| 2021-22 | 39.0% | 22.0% |
| 2020-21 | 25.0% | 15.0% |
% 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
37.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
43.9%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 37% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 44% 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 Wilson & Young Medal of Honor Middle School
Wilson & Young Medal of Honor Middle School's state test result (37.5% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wilson & Young Medal of Honor Middle School this school | 1,227 | 69.7% | 37.5% |
| Nimitz Middle School ODESSA | 1,310 | 67.6% | 35.0% |
| Eisenhower Middle School SAN ANTONIO | 951 | 66.7% | 33.3% |
| Nimitz Middle School SAN ANTONIO | 995 | 66.6% | 37.7% |
| Lockhart Junior High School LOCKHART | 1,501 | 75.5% | 34.1% |
| Keefer Crossing Middle School NEW CANEY | 1,271 | 75.5% | 27.6% |
Matched among Texas middle 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 Wilson & Young Medal of Honor Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Ector County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 37.5% | #1,060 of 1,635 | #2 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 46.0% | #669 of 1,670 ▲ 241 | #2 of 7 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 53.0% | #893 of 1,670 ▲ 93 | #3 of 7 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +10.5pp | #753 of 1,570 | #3 of 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,227 | #108 of 1,749 | #3 of 7 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.7:1 | #1,464 of 1,542 | #5 of 7 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 41.2% | #1,079 of 1,543 | #3 of 7 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 69.7% | #724 of 1,648 | #5 of 7 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +27.7% | #95 of 437 | N/A |
Ranked against other public middle 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
1,227
-18 (-1%) vs 2020
+31% since 1990-91, when it was 936
Student : Teacher
18.7:1
was 17.5:1
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 | 1,227 | 65.5 | 18.7:1 | 70% (855) |
| 2023-24 | 1,193 | 70.1 | 17.0:1 | 75% (896) |
| 2022-23 | 1,245 | 67.1 | 18.6:1 | 56% (694) |
| 2020-21 | 1,245 | 71 | 17.5:1 | 44% (550) |
| 2017-18 | 961 | 63.3 | 15.2:1 | 40% (387) |
| 2015-16 | 897 | 63 | 14.2:1 | 40% (363) |
| 2010-11 | 572 | 42 | 13.6:1 | 66% (379) |
| 2000-01 | 772 | 65 | 11.9:1 | 52% (400) |
| 1990-91 | 936 | 54 | 17.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Wilson & Young Medal of Honor Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 28% (961 to 1,227); teachers up 4% (63.3 to 65.5).
About Wilson & Young Medal of Honor Middle School
Wilson & Young Medal of Honor Middle School, located in ODESSA, Texas, is a large middle school. Enrollment totals 1,227 students across grades 6 through 8. That puts enrollment 91% above the 643-student average for middle schools in Texas.
Wilson & Young Medal of Honor Middle School reports to ECTOR COUNTY ISD, which has 45 schools and 34,336 students.
Of every 100 students at Wilson & Young Medal of Honor Middle School, about 75 are Hispanic. The school is also 17% White, 4% Black, and 3% multiracial. The Hispanic share of the county population is lower, at 64%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Wilson & Young Medal of Honor Middle School scores 41%.
On staff are 65.5 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 18.7:1. Middle schools in Texas average 14.4:1, 4.4 fewer students per teacher than here. Wilson & Young Medal of Honor Middle School has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 70%. The average for public schools in Ector County is similar, at 71%.
Wilson & Young Medal of Honor Middle School holds a C allk12 Grade, placing it above 33% of Texas public middle schools.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Wilson & Young Medal of Honor Middle School would score about 43.9%. It scores 37.5%, 6.5 points below that figure.
For Ector County, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $71,536, about 18% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 14% of residents are in poverty. There are 56 public schools in the county, enrolling about 38,123, Wilson & Young Medal of Honor Middle School among them.
Wilson & Young Medal of Honor Middle School's closest public school neighbor is Sam Houston Elementary School, about 0.4 miles away. Within five miles of Wilson & Young Medal of Honor Middle School, there are at least 8 other public schools. In a group of 9 nearby schools with scores, Wilson & Young Medal of Honor Middle School ranks 4th on average proficiency.
Federal data place Wilson & Young Medal of Honor Middle 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 was essentially flat over 4 years: 1,245 in 2020-21, 1,227 in 2024-25. Federal data show the ratio rising from 17.5:1 to 18.7:1.
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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
- Crockett Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,181 students
- Murry Fly Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,091 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
- Crockett Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,181 students
Nearby schools
- Sam Houston Elementary School0.4 mi · 450
- Ross Elementary School0.8 mi · 512
- Burnet Elementary School0.8 mi · 325
- George H W Bush New Tech Odessa0.8 mi · 414
- Goliad Elementary School0.9 mi · 565
- Burleson Elementary School1.0 mi · 381
Frequently asked questions
About Wilson & Young Medal of Honor Middle SchoolHow many students attend Wilson & Young Medal of Honor Middle School?
Wilson & Young Medal of Honor Middle School enrolls approximately 1,227 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Wilson & Young Medal of Honor Middle School serve?
Wilson & Young Medal of Honor Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Wilson & Young Medal of Honor Middle School?
Approximately 18.7:1 students per teacher at Wilson & Young Medal of Honor Middle School.
How diverse is Wilson & Young Medal of Honor Middle School?
Wilson & Young Medal of Honor Middle School reports a student body of 17% White, 75% Hispanic, 4% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Wilson & Young Medal of Honor Middle School?
Wilson & Young Medal of Honor Middle School is overseen by ECTOR COUNTY ISD in Ector County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.