📍 1 Owl Square, Odem, San Patricio County, 78370
Odem el is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Odem, San Patricio County. The school has 233 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Shannon Seale. It is part of the Odem-Edroy Isd school district. It serves grades Pre-K–2 in a rural setting. The school employs 15.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 14.7:1. Technology infrastructure includes campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Odem el enrolls 233 students across grades Pre-K–2. The student body is 49% male and 51% female. A teaching staff of 15.8 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 14.7:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 87% Hispanic or Latino, 13% White and <1% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 202 | 87% |
| White | 30 | 13% |
| Two or more races | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
166 of the school's 233 students (71%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 161 qualify for free lunch and 5 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Odem el is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Fringe). 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 21, state house district 43.
Odem el is one of 4 schools in ODEM-EDROY ISD, based in ODEM, Texas. The district serves 927 students district-wide and employs 69 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 233 students, Odem el is close to the district average of about 232 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Fringe