📍 300 e 37th St, Odessa, Ector County, 79762
Sam Houston el is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Odessa, Ector County. The school has 392 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Crystal Marquez. It is part of the Ector County Isd school district. It serves grades K–5 in an urban setting. The school employs 19.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 20.0:1. 22% of students are proficient in reading. 27% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Sam Houston el enrolls 392 students across grades K–5. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 19.6 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 20.0:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 87% Hispanic or Latino, 6.1% White and 4.1% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 342 | 87% |
| White | 24 | 6.1% |
| Black or African American | 16 | 4.1% |
| Two or more races | 8 | 2% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
351 of the school's 392 students (90%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 342 qualify for free lunch and 9 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Sam Houston 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.
Sam Houston 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 392 students, Sam Houston 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