O'DONNELL SCHOOL
O'DONNELL · TX · O'DONNELL ISD · Public · K-12 combined
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- 📚 1 AP courses offered — Moderate
- ✅ Dual-enrollment program (college credit while in HS)
- ✅ Gifted & talented program
- 🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 40% of US high schools
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How O'DONNELL SCHOOL compares for families
Solid mid-tier academic profile.
- ▸ LocallyTX students outperform the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (+4 points).
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: TAHOKA H S, LAMESA SCHOOLS, DAWSON SCHOOL and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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🎓 Academic rigor
AP + advanced-course offerings
Moderate — some AP / advanced course access
Bottom 40% 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).
Chronic absenteeism
Why this matters to enrollment: A low chronic-absence rate is the cleanest school-level signal of strong family connection, classroom culture, and student engagement — all upstream drivers of enrollment stability. For school leaders: an Enrollment Trend Audit traces this dynamic forward →
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020–2021. Rate = students chronically absent ÷ 2024 total enrollment.
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 -5.1%/year, projecting from 2024's 253 students:
≈ 58 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 $19,738 per student in district revenue, the 58 students projected to be lost by 2029 represent ≈ $1,144,804/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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TAHOKA H S TAHOKA |
Public | 13.9 | 183 | +8.3% |
| LAMESA SCHOOLS LAMESA |
Public | 17.2 | 463 | -6.7% |
| DAWSON SCHOOL WELCH |
Public | 17.5 | 37 | — |
| WILSON SCHOOL WILSON |
Public | 24.9 | 36 | — |
| NEW HOME SCHOOL NEW HOME |
Public | 25.4 | 200 | +29.9% |
| BORDEN COUNTY SCHOOL GAIL |
Public | 25.7 | 75 | +7.1% |
| KLONDIKE ISD LAMESA |
Public | 28.8 | 69 | +21.1% |
| BROWNFIELD H S BROWNFIELD |
Public | 29.1 | 465 | +4.3% |