Elementary · Texas

El Magnet at Blackshear

Free meals for all

El Magnet at Blackshear, a public elementary school in Odessa, Texas: grades k–5, 715 students, 22.0 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Ector County ISD.

Size and class size

Compared with elementary schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.

Students: 715
Teachers (FTE): 32.5
Students per teacher: 22.0
Grades: K–5; Elementary

More students per teacher than 98% of elementary schools in Texas

Median 14.8 · 4,723 schools compared

More students per teacher than 92% of elementary schools in the US

Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared

Larger than 83% of elementary schools in Texas

Median 515 · 4,738 schools compared

Larger than 90% of elementary schools in the US

Median 415 · 51,933 schools compared

State test results

Share of students scoring proficient or above on Texas's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.

Reading and writing

Texas: 54%

37%proficient

−0.9 points from 2023–24 school year

A lower share proficient than 84% of elementary schools in Texas

Median 52% · 4,441 elementary schools compared

275 students tested, grades 3, 4, 5 · STAAR - English; proficient means Levels 3-4

Math

Texas: 42%

33%proficient

−1.8 points from 2023–24 school year

A lower share proficient than 74% of elementary schools in Texas

Median 43% · 4,441 elementary schools compared

289 students tested, grades 3, 4, 5 · STAAR - English; proficient means Levels 3-4

Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.

Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.

What it offers

Grades: Elementary · Grades K–5
Type: District school · Regular
Meals: Free breakfast and lunch for every student
Area: Midsize city
Run by: Ector County ISD

Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Ector County ISD.

Location

Address: 501 S Dixie Blvd, Odessa, TX 79761
Phone: (432)456-1279
City or town: Odessa
County: Ector County

Quality of life in Odessa Schools in Odessa

Nearby elementary schools

The closest public elementary schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.

School	Grades	Students	Students / teacher	Reading	Math
El Magnet at Milam ElFree meals for all	Pre-K–5	583	16.8	53%	46%	0.1 mi
El Magnet at HaysFree meals for all	Pre-K–5	511	22.2	84%	74%	0.7 mi
Lamar Early Ee-KgFree meals for all	Pre-K–K	338	27.8	—	—	0.8 mi
Austin Montessori MagnetFree meals for all	Pre-K–6	550	19.1	50%	35%	1.3 mi
Dowling ElFree meals for all	K–5	712	24.3	34%	33%	1.6 mi
El Magnet at ZavalaFree meals for all	Pre-K–5	726	21.3	35%	35%	1.7 mi

Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.

Sources

Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository v3.1.

Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.

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