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Dowling Elementary

Q: Is Dowling Elementary a good school?

Dowling Elementary ranks in the bottom 14.6% of Texas elementary schools.

Q: How many students attend Dowling Elementary?

In the 2024-25 school year, 712 students attended Dowling Elementary.

Q: What is the racial makeup of Dowling Elementary?

Students at Dowling Elementary are 90% Hispanic, 5% White, 2% African American, 2% Two or more races.

Public Grades K-5

3974^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 4,651 Texas Elementary Schools

Better than 15% of Texas elementary schools

Summary

Dowling Elementary is a public elementary school located in Odessa, Texas, serving grades K-5 with a total enrollment of 594 students. It is part of the Ector County Independent School District (ECISD), which is ranked 665 out of 961 school districts in Texas and has a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Dowling Elementary has consistently ranked in the bottom quartile of Texas elementary schools, with its performance on STAAR tests significantly below the district and state averages across all grade levels and subject areas. For example, in 2024-2025, only 22.95% of Dowling's 3rd-grade students were proficient or better in STAAR Reading, compared to 41.82% for ECISD and 52.02% for the state. The school's performance is particularly low in STAAR Science, with only 4.84% of 5th-grade students proficient or better in 2024-2025, compared to 18.94% for ECISD and 29.57% for the state.

Dowling Elementary's academic challenges are further compounded by its high percentage of economically disadvantaged students (87.37% in 2023-2024) and the significant achievement gaps between student subgroups. While the school spends more per student ($12,335 in 2020-2021) compared to the district average, this does not appear to translate into better academic outcomes. Interestingly, nearby schools, such as El Magnet at Blackshear and Harmony Science Academy - Odessa, which serve similar student populations, demonstrate that higher academic achievement is possible within the same district and geographic area.

712

Students ?

24.2

Student/teacher ratio ?

$8,650

Per pupil spending ?

87.9%

Free/discounted lunch ?

1510 E 17th
Odessa, TX 79761-1553

(432) 456-1079

District: Ector County Independent School District (Isd)

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

90.2%

White:

5.1%

African American:

2.1%

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At a glance

▲ Ranking trend: Improving — 2nd percentile in 2015 → 15th in 2025

Strengths

✓Ranking is trending up — up 13 percentile points since 2015

Worth a look

!Test scores below the Texas average (24% vs 46% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (15th percentile)

!Science scores 25 pts below the Texas average

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school24%

District avg35%

Texas avg46%

3,974^th of 4,651

Texas public elementary schools ?

Bottom 15%▲ up 12 pts since 2015

From bottom 2% (2015) to bottom 15% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

19^th of 26Elementary Schools in the Ector County Independent School District (Isd)

665^th of 961Ector County Independent School District (Isd) among Texas districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2025	21.0	3974 of 4651	14.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	30.4	3440 of 4710	27.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	24.7	3716 of 4647	20.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	13.9	4248 of 4581	7.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	21.9	3722 of 4578	18.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	7.1	4424 of 4479	1.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	10.8	4218 of 4359	3.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2017	17.4	3910 of 4329	9.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2016	9.1	4107 of 4286	4.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2015	6.0	4220 of 4320	2.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2014	41.6	2823 of 4260	33.7%	★★☆☆☆
2013	28.9	3447 of 4221	18.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2012	17.4	3931 of 4206	6.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2011	25.8	3551 of 4095	13.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2010	25.8	3429 of 3937	12.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2009	18.8	3574 of 3884	8.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2008	17.9	3473 of 3768	7.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2007	29.1	3106 of 3724	16.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2006	35.3	2667 of 3476	23.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2005	34.4	2685 of 3475	22.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2004	32.5	2777 of 3465	19.9%	★☆☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2023	43.4	1317 of 2443	46.1%	★★☆☆☆
2021	11.8	2422 of 2444	0.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	11.4	2479 of 2515	1.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	12.7	2428 of 2483	2.2%	☆☆☆☆☆

At Risk

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2022	11.3	4381 of 4461	1.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	29.8	3375 of 4331	22.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	13.9	4197 of 4295	2.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	23.8	3733 of 4240	12.0%	★☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2025	17.7	2677 of 2918	8.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	28.7	2885 of 3668	21.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	32.3	2661 of 3556	25.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	22.6	3082 of 3487	11.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	50.1	1466 of 3446	57.5%	★★★☆☆
2019	41.6	2024 of 3333	39.3%	★★☆☆☆
2018	50.8	1454 of 3226	54.9%	★★★☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2025	19.4	3298 of 3744	11.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	25.5	3751 of 4658	19.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	26.0	3664 of 4588	20.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	18.1	4094 of 4561	10.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	18.6	3972 of 4499	11.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	6.3	4319 of 4348	0.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	21.6	3747 of 4306	13.0%	★☆☆☆☆

Gifted and Talented

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2025	2.0	2613 of 2619	0.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	0.7	2949 of 2958	0.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	14.0	2756 of 3006	8.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	19.1	2939 of 3184	7.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	25.8	2719 of 3106	12.5%	★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2025	18.8	3308 of 3644	9.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	36.7	3013 of 4465	32.5%	★★☆☆☆
2023	32.0	3268 of 4401	25.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	16.5	4085 of 4376	6.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	24.8	3579 of 4329	17.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	10.6	4120 of 4188	1.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	14.5	4015 of 4168	3.7%	☆☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2025	20.2	3353 of 3705	9.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	39.9	2916 of 4594	36.5%	★★☆☆☆
2023	28.7	3601 of 4521	20.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	15.8	4205 of 4477	6.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	24.5	3761 of 4451	15.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	9.7	4251 of 4309	1.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	14.3	4132 of 4264	3.1%	☆☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2025	13.8	3512 of 3739	6.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	37.0	3012 of 4647	35.2%	★★☆☆☆
2023	26.4	3649 of 4585	20.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	14.5	4245 of 4563	7.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	27.0	3391 of 4498	24.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	10.2	4240 of 4357	2.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	7.9	4262 of 4319	1.3%	☆☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2025	31.2	2637 of 3549	25.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	57.2	1434 of 4292	66.6%	★★★☆☆
2022	27.2	3225 of 3952	18.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	54.9	1176 of 3799	69.0%	★★★☆☆
2019	33.6	2524 of 3684	31.5%	★★☆☆☆
2018	20.8	3269 of 3558	8.1%	☆☆☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2025	10.0	2514 of 2612	3.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	7.7	3039 of 3108	2.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	14.6	2893 of 3082	6.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	34.6	2168 of 3082	29.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	3.9	3118 of 3142	0.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	12.6	2989 of 3127	4.4%	☆☆☆☆☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

African American (2023)46th percentile+26 vs school

Special Education (2025)26th percentile+11 vs school

Female (2025)12th percentile-3 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)10th percentile-5 vs school

Hispanic (2025)9th percentile-5 vs school

English Language Learner (2025)8th percentile-6 vs school

Male (2025)6th percentile-8 vs school

White (2025)4th percentile-11 vs school

At Risk (2022)2nd percentile-5 vs school

Gifted and Talented (2025)<1st percentile-14 vs school

By subject vs Texas (2024-2025) ?

Reading34%-21 vs state

Mathematics33%-12 vs state

Science5%-25 vs state

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				STAAR Spanish Reading (2025)			STAAR Spanish Mathematics (2025)			STAAR Spanish Science (2025)	STAAR EOC Algebra I (2025)	STAAR Reading (2025)						STAAR Mathematics (2025)						STAAR Science (2025)		STAAR Social Studies (2025)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	STAAR Spanish Reading 3rd Grade	STAAR Spanish Reading 4th Grade	STAAR Spanish Reading 5th Grade	STAAR Spanish Mathematics 3rd Grade	STAAR Spanish Mathematics 4th Grade	STAAR Spanish Mathematics 5th Grade	STAAR Spanish Science 5th Grade	STAAR EOC Algebra I End of Course	STAAR Reading 3rd Grade	STAAR Reading 4th Grade	STAAR Reading 5th Grade	STAAR Reading 6th Grade	STAAR Reading 7th Grade	STAAR Reading 8th Grade	STAAR Mathematics 3rd Grade	STAAR Mathematics 4th Grade	STAAR Mathematics 5th Grade	STAAR Mathematics 6th Grade	STAAR Mathematics 7th Grade	STAAR Mathematics 8th Grade	STAAR Science 5th Grade	STAAR Science 8th Grade	STAAR Social Studies 8th Grade	Total
Dowling Elementary	Public	K-5	1510 E 17th	Odessa	79761	Ector County	Ector County Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(432) 456-1079	712	29	24.2	87.9%	36 (5.1%)	15 (2.1%)	642 (90.2%)	2 (0.3%)	1 (0.1%)	4 (0.6%)	12 (1.7%)	21	3974^th of 4651 public elementary schools	14.6%		30.4	3440^th of 4710 public elementary schools	27.0%	534	11.9	34.6	22.9	13.6	16.1	12.5	8.3		23.0	34.3	43.6				42.6	29.9	27.9				4.8			$8,650
Gale Pond Alamo Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	801 E 23rd St	Odessa	79760	Ector County	Ector County Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(432) 456-1019	352	23	15.0	66.2%	54 (15.3%)	12 (3.4%)	270 (76.7%)	4 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	11 (3.1%)	53.3	1952^nd of 4651 public elementary schools	58.0%		77.4	853^rd of 4710 public elementary schools	81.9%	1099									45.5	45.8	57.8				40.9	47.9	62.2				28.9			$8,288
El Magnet At Reagan Elementary	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-5	2321 E 21st St	Odessa	79761	Ector County	Ector County Independent School District (Isd)	No	Yes	(n/a)	No	(432) 456-1189	685	31	22.1	43.2%	148 (21.6%)	20 (2.9%)	457 (66.7%)	46 (6.7%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (1.8%)	99	19^th of 4651 public elementary schools	99.6%		98.5	38^th of 4710 public elementary schools	99.2%	19	82.4								86.8	100.0	95.8				82.8	84.0	89.6				94.8			$13,554
Lamar Early Ee-Kg	Public	PK-K	501 Lettie Lee	Odessa	79761	Ector County	Ector County Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(432) 456-1159	338	12	27.7	72.5%	32 (9.5%)	10 (3.0%)	290 (85.8%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.5%)								(n/a)																								$9,578
Harmony Science Academy - Odessa	Public, Charter	K-8	2755 N Grandview Ave	Odessa	79762	Ector County	Harmony Public Schools - West Texas	Yes	No	(n/a)	Yes	(432) 363-6000	541	30	17.7	73.4%	83 (15.3%)	29 (5.4%)	407 (75.2%)	10 (1.8%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	11 (2.0%)	49	2197^th of 4651 public elementary schools	52.8%		47.9	2311^th of 4710 public elementary schools	50.9%	114								56.0	57.9	50.0	55.0	57.1	44.2	61.8	22.8	46.7	45.0	53.6	57.7	79.6	16.7	55.3	17.3	$11,001
Burnet Elementary	Public	K-5	3700 Permian Dr	Odessa	79762	Ector County	Ector County Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(432) 456-1049	325	17	18.7	84.9%	55 (16.9%)	18 (5.5%)	234 (72.0%)	4 (1.2%)	2 (0.6%)	6 (1.8%)	6 (1.8%)	11.5	4436^th of 4651 public elementary schools	4.6%		11.5	4484^th of 4710 public elementary schools	4.8%	48									28.6	21.4	20.0				16.1	37.5	18.6				7.1			$8,457
Austin Montessori Magnet	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-6	901 N Lee Ave	Odessa	79761	Ector County	Ector County Independent School District (Isd)	No	Yes	(n/a)	Yes	(432) 456-1029	550	29	19.1	57.5%	63 (11.5%)	10 (1.8%)	464 (84.4%)	3 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (1.8%)	37.4	2957^th of 4651 public elementary schools	36.4%		37.8	2966^th of 4710 public elementary schools	37.0%	9									50.8	45.8	40.7	69.7			47.5	30.5	20.4	42.4			11.1			$7,932
Gonzales Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	2700 Disney St	Odessa	79761	Ector County	Ector County Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(432) 456-1119	424	24	17.8	80.4%	82 (19.3%)	18 (4.2%)	308 (72.6%)	3 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (3.1%)	16.3	4216^th of 4651 public elementary schools	9.4%		17.4	4197^th of 4710 public elementary schools	10.9%	19									41.7	27.7	37.5				20.0	15.4	27.8				13.9			$7,495
Sam Houston Elementary	Public	K-5	300 E 37th St	Odessa	79762	Ector County	Ector County Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(432) 456-1139	450	23	19.1	89.3%	35 (7.8%)	11 (2.4%)	390 (86.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (1.6%)	7 (1.6%)	35.9	3056^th of 4651 public elementary schools	34.3%		24.2	3830^th of 4710 public elementary schools	18.7%	774	17.7	36.8	31.3	15.4	26.7	0.0	0.0		35.6	45.7	55.6				25.4	52.0	45.1				10.9			$8,868
El Magnet At Blackshear	Public, Magnet	K-5	501 S Dixie Blvd	Odessa	79761	Ector County	Ector County Independent School District (Isd)	No	Yes	(n/a)	Yes	(432) 456-1279	715	33	21.9	92.2%	24 (3.4%)	61 (8.5%)	615 (86.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.3%)	13 (1.8%)	25	3726^th of 4651 public elementary schools	19.9%		30.7	3417^th of 4710 public elementary schools	27.5%	309	15.4	24.1	50.0	16.7	0.0	34.2	15.8		27.8	33.0	50.6				33.0	32.7	33.0				16.5			$7,170

Frequently Asked Questions about Dowling Elementary

What district is Dowling Elementary in?

Ector County Independent School District (Isd)

Is Dowling Elementary a good school?

Dowling Elementary ranks in the bottom 14.6% of Texas elementary schools.

How many students attend Dowling Elementary?

In the 2024-25 school year, 712 students attended Dowling Elementary.

What is the racial makeup of Dowling Elementary?

Students at Dowling Elementary are 90% Hispanic, 5% White, 2% African American, 2% Two or more races.

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