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How has Odyssey School changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
520
Elementary
DISTRICT 510 · STATE 491
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·OGDEN CITY DISTRICT·NCES 490072001273
Odyssey School
375 GODDARD STREET, OGDEN, UT 84403 · (801) 737-8400 · Weber County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL520 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
20.4:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.1:1 · STATE 21.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
78%
407 students
DISTRICT 57% · STATE 33%
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 | 16 | 3% |
| Kindergarten | 54 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 74 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 74 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 82 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 79 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 78 | 15% |
| Grade 6 | 63 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (54) is 14% smaller than its 6th grade class (63).
Student demographics
40%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 57% · STATE 47% · 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
RISE / Utah Aspire+ 2024-25 . % Proficient + Highly ProficientEnglish Language Arts
13.3%
UT avg 41.4% . -0.4pp since 2023
Math
10.9%
UT avg 41.8% . +1.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the RISE / Utah Aspire+, Utah's statewide test, about 13 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 11 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Utah schools, those numbers are about 41 and 42. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
RISE / Utah Aspire+ results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 13.3% | 10.9% |
| 2023-24 | 13.7% | 9.0% |
% Proficient + Highly Proficient, all students and all tested grades.
Source: RISE / Utah Aspire+. 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
14.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
21.5%
based on UT schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 15% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 22% typical for Utah 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 Utah'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 Odyssey School
Odyssey School's state test result (14.7% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Odyssey School this school | 520 | 78.3% | 14.7% |
| Franklin School PROVO | 398 | 72.1% | 22.8% |
| Paradise Canyon ST GEORGE | 461 | 70.3% | 40.9% |
| Columbia School WEST JORDAN | 599 | 68.1% | 16.1% |
| Lincoln School OGDEN | 488 | 63.3% | 21.2% |
| Newman School SALT LAKE CITY | 405 | 63.2% | 28.6% |
Matched among Utah 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 Odyssey School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Utah | In Weber County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 14.7% | #556 of 562 | #43 of 43 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 10.9% | #572 of 578 no change | #44 of 44 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 13.3% | #565 of 578 ▲ 2 | #44 of 44 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 520 | #287 of 613 | #23 of 45 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.4:1 | #215 of 556 | #16 of 44 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 39.9% | #312 of 559 | #30 of 44 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 78.3% | #16 of 582 | #1 of 44 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.5% | #354 of 388 | #29 of 32 |
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
520
+76 (+17%) vs 2020
-15% since 2010-11, when it was 615
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 | 520 | 25.5 | 20.4:1 | 78% (407) |
| 2023-24 | 484 | 23.8 | 20.3:1 | 79% (382) |
| 2022-23 | 448 | 22.5 | 19.9:1 | 100% (446) |
| 2020-21 | 444 | N/A | N/A | 99% (440) |
| 2017-18 | 539 | N/A | N/A | 100% (539) |
| 2015-16 | 593 | N/A | N/A | 99% (590) |
| 2010-11 | 615 | 23 | 26.7:1 | 100% (612) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Odyssey School.
About Odyssey School
Odyssey School is an elementary school located in OGDEN, Utah, in Weber County. It offers pre-K through 6 and has 520 students enrolled.
Odyssey School is part of a district of 18 schools: Ogden City District, with 10,244 students.
More than half of enrollment at Odyssey School is Hispanic: 75%. Enrollment also includes 18% White and 3% multiracial. The school's Hispanic share is 56 points above the 19% share among Weber County residents. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 40%.
There are 25.5 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 20.4:1. The average for elementary schools in Utah, 21.8:1, is higher. Of all students at Odyssey School, 78% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. It compares with 35% for public schools in Weber County.
The model predicts 21.5% for a school in Utah with Odyssey School's free or reduced-price lunch share. Odyssey School posts 14.7%.
For Weber County, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $90,005, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 29%, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. The county has 95 public schools and about 49,670 students.
Liberty Elementary School is about 0.7 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 28.7%; Odyssey School's is 14.7%, ranking 8th of 8.
Locale: City: Small. In NCES terms, the school is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Over 4 years, enrollment rose by 76 students, from 444 to 520.
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Weber County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
269,648
Census ACS
Median income
$90,005
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
29%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
95
49,670 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Ogden City District
- Ben Lomond HighHigh · 1,180 students
- Ogden HighHigh · 1,127 students
- Mount Ogden Junior HighMiddle · 803 students
- East Ridge Elementary SchoolElementary · 714 students
- New Bridge SchoolElementary · 665 students
- Highland Junior HighMiddle · 649 students
Other schools in OGDEN
- Weber HighHigh · 2,002 students
- Bonneville HighHigh · 1,373 students
- Davinci AcademyCombined · 1,271 students
- West Field High SchoolHigh · 1,257 students
- Ben Lomond HighHigh · 1,180 students
- Ogden HighHigh · 1,127 students
Other Odyssey schools
One other US public school is named Odyssey. Odyssey School is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Odyssey SchoolWOODS CROSS, UT · 553 students
Nearby schools
- Liberty Elementary School0.7 mi · 554
- George Washington High0.7 mi · 281
- Mount Ogden Junior High1.3 mi · 803
- Ogden High1.4 mi · 1,127
- Wasatch School1.5 mi · 357
- Burch Creek School1.5 mi · 577
Frequently asked questions
About Odyssey SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Odyssey School?
Odyssey School enrolls approximately 520 students in grades PK-06.
What grades does Odyssey School serve?
Odyssey School serves grades PK-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Odyssey School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Odyssey School is approximately 20.4:1 (26 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Odyssey School?
At Odyssey School, the student body is approximately 18% White, 75% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Odyssey School public or private?
Odyssey School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Ogden City District.
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