Elementary · Regular · Grades PK to 5

Lauro Cavazos Elementary, Odessa, TX

CEP schoolLauro Cavazos Elementary is a public elementary school in Odessa, part of Ector County ISD. It enrolled 614 students in 2024-25, with 22.7 students per full-time teacher.Listed in NCES data as "LAURO CAVAZOS EL".

Enrollment and teachers

Students: 614
Teachers (FTE): 27.0
Students per teacher: 22.7
Grades: PK to 5

This school's ratio is 3.2 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 school22.7

District19.5

Texas15.1

United States15.3

School details

Address: 9301 W 16th St, Odessa, TX 79763
Phone: (432)456-1309
District: Ector County ISD
County: Ector County
Level: Elementary
Type: Regular
Status: Open
Charter: No
Locale: Suburb: Midsize
NCES school ID: 481800006689

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School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.

Free lunch: 521
Reduced-price lunch: 12
Free or reduced-price lunch: 53386.8% 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

Murry Fly Elementary 1,091 students
Lee Buice Elementary 844 students
Edward K Downing Elementary 834 students
Barbara Jordan Elementary 807 students
G E 'Buddy' West Elementary 780 students
El Magnet at Zavala 726 students
El Magnet at Blackshear 715 students
Dowling Elementary 712 students
El Magnet at Reagan Elementary 685 students
San Jacinto Elementary 656 students
Cameron Dual Language Magnet 644 students
Pease Elementary 621 students

Elementary schools elsewhere in Odessa

IDEA Yukon Academy IDEA Public Schools
Harmony Science Academy - Odessa Harmony Public Schools - West Texas

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.