📍 1101 e Monahans St, Odessa, Ector County, 79761
El Magnet at Hays is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Odessa, Ector County. The school has 460 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Paula Dannheim. It is part of the Ector County Isd school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in an urban setting. The school employs 24.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 18.6:1. 57% of students are proficient in reading. 52% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
El Magnet at Hays enrolls 460 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 49% male and 51% female. A teaching staff of 24.8 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 18.6:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 77% Hispanic or Latino, 13% White and 4.3% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 355 | 77% |
| White | 62 | 13% |
| Black or African American | 20 | 4.3% |
| Two or more races | 11 | 2.4% |
| Asian | 10 | 2.2% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
260 of the school's 460 students (57%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 248 qualify for free lunch and 12 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
El Magnet at Hays 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.
El Magnet at Hays 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 460 students, El Magnet at Hays 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