Skip to content
BCER

Elementary · Regular · Grades K to 5

El Magnet at Blackshear, Odessa, TX

CEP schoolEl Magnet at Blackshear is a public elementary school in Odessa, part of Ector County ISD. It enrolled 715 students in 2024-25, with 22.3 students per full-time teacher.Listed in NCES data as "EL MAGNET AT BLACKSHEAR".

Enrollment and teachers

Students
715
Teachers (FTE)
32.0
Students per teacher
22.3
Grades
K to 5

This school's ratio is 2.8 higher than the district figure of 19.5. The Texas average across schools is 15.1. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school22.3
District19.5
Texas15.1
United States15.3

School details

Address
501 S Dixie Blvd, Odessa, TX 79761
Phone
(432)456-1279
District
Ector County ISD
County
Ector County
Level
Elementary
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
No
Locale
City: Midsize
NCES school ID
481800005866
Location from NCES coordinates. Map data OpenStreetMap contributors. Open larger map

School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.
Free lunch
654
Reduced-price lunch
5
Free or reduced-price lunch
65992.2% of enrollment.
Community Eligibility Provision
Yes (CEP school)

Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.

Related schools

Other elementary schools in Ector County ISD

Elementary schools elsewhere in Odessa

We publish official enrollment and staffing data, not ratings or test scores.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.