ODESSA H S
ODESSA · TX · ECTOR COUNTY ISD · Public
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REG DAY SCHOOL FOR DEAF → PREMIER H S ODESSA → ODESSA CAREER AND TECHNICAL EARLY COLLEGE H S → ODESSA COLLEGIATE ACADEMY EARLY COLLEGE H S → RICHARD MILBURN ACADEMY ODESSA → GEORGE H W BUSH NEW TECH ODESSA → Montessori Mastery School Of Odessa → PERMIAN H S →📋 At a glance
- 📚 15 AP courses offered — Elite
- ✅ Dual-enrollment program (college credit while in HS)
- ✅ Gifted & talented program
- 🔢 5 calculus classes · 119 physics · 88 chemistry
- 🎓 AP rigor: Top 3.7% of US high schools
- 📝 SAT/ACT participation: 91th percentile by test-taker volume
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How ODESSA H S compares for families
Among the nation's most academically rigorous high schools.
- ▸ StatewideAP rigor sits in the top 3.7% of US high schools with 15 AP courses.
- ▸ LocallyTX students outperform the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (+4 points).
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: REG DAY SCHOOL FOR DEAF, PREMIER H S ODESSA, ODESSA CAREER AND TECHNICAL EARLY COLLEGE H S and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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🎓 Academic rigor
AP + advanced-course offerings
Elite — exceptional AP + advanced course breadth
Top 3.7% of US high schools
✅ Gifted/talented program
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). CRDC reports what's offered + enrolled — it doesn't collect AP exam pass rates (College Board owns that data and doesn't release it school-level).
SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-2191th percentile by test-taker volume
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). Volume — not score — is what's reported here. A higher count means more students at this school are entering the college admissions pipeline. Note: 2020-21 was COVID-disrupted; some districts (especially those that stayed remote longer) report unusually low or zero takers.
👩🏫 Teacher workforce · federal CRDC
Teacher experience & reliability
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2017-18 — the most recent vintage that publishes per-school teacher quality fields; the 2020-21 sweep had them suppressed). "Inexperienced" = teachers in their first or second year. "Chronic absence" = teachers absent 10+ days/year.
🏛️ Federal Title I context
High-poverty school
Title I Schoolwide eligible
≥75% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. These schools qualify for the highest tier of federal Title I funding and typically receive extra wraparound services. Academic outcomes vary widely — check the state assessment + grad-rate tiles.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, free/reduced-price lunch eligibility. The actual Title I designation is a district decision and may differ from eligibility — but the federal eligibility math is what we show here. We don't claim to assert whether the district formally chose to enroll this school in Title I.
Counselor capacity
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020-2021. Counselor ratio = the school's most recent total enrollment ÷ counselor FTE. The American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommends a 250:1 maximum; the US national median across schools with on-staff counselors is roughly 430:1.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of -0.9%/year, projecting from 2024's 3,814 students:
≈ 161 fewer students by 2029 — a real revenue/relevance risk worth getting ahead of.
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Revenue at risk
At $13,152 per student in district revenue, the 161 students projected to be lost by 2029 represent ≈ $2,117,472/year in funding at risk.
District total revenue ÷ enrollment, NCES F-33. Public funding largely follows enrollment, so a shrinking class is a recurring budget hit.
Nearby high schools — the local competition
The closest high schools families here also consider, and where their enrollment is heading.
| School | Type | Miles | HS enrollment | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| REG DAY SCHOOL FOR DEAF ODESSA |
Public | 0.0 | 2 | — |
| PREMIER H S ODESSA ODESSA |
Public · charter | 0.6 | 99 | +2.1% |
| ODESSA CAREER AND TECHNICAL EARLY COLLEGE H S ODESSA |
Public | 1.0 | 418 | +20.1% |
| ODESSA COLLEGIATE ACADEMY EARLY COLLEGE H S ODESSA |
Public | 1.1 | 476 | +28.0% |
| RICHARD MILBURN ACADEMY ODESSA ODESSA |
Public · charter | 1.1 | 350 | +10.1% |
| GEORGE H W BUSH NEW TECH ODESSA ODESSA |
Public | 1.3 | 414 | -5.9% |
| Montessori Mastery School Of Odessa Odessa |
Private | 2.4 | 113 | +56.9% |
| PERMIAN H S ODESSA |
Public | 2.8 | 4,138 | +10.8% |