📍 1510 e 17th, Odessa, Ector County, 79761
Dowling el is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Odessa, Ector County. The school has 440 pupils enrolled. The Principal is William Weekly. It is part of the Ector County Isd school district. It serves grades K–5 in an urban setting. The school employs 28.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 15.6:1. 22% of students are proficient in reading. 22% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Dowling el enrolls 440 students across grades K–5. The student body is 58% male and 42% female. A teaching staff of 28.2 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 15.6:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 83% Hispanic or Latino, 9.3% White and 6.4% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 366 | 83% |
| White | 41 | 9.3% |
| Black or African American | 28 | 6.4% |
| Two or more races | 3 | <1% |
| Asian | 1 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
385 of the school's 440 students (88%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 370 qualify for free lunch and 15 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Dowling el is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Midsize). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district TX At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 31, state house district 81.
Dowling el is one of 46 schools in ECTOR COUNTY ISD, based in ODESSA, Texas. The district serves 33,663 students district-wide and employs 1,834 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 440 students, Dowling el is smaller than the district average of about 732 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Midsize