Schools in Zip Code 99159

Schools in ZIP code 99159 include two small schools serving preschool through 12th grade: P C Jantz Elementary serves grades PK–6, while Odessa High School serves grades 7–12. Both are located in Odessa and are part of the Odessa School District. Together, they enroll 224 students, with relatively low student-teacher ratios of 13-to-1 at the elementary school and 12.2-to-1 at the high school.

P C Jantz Elementary currently shows encouraging improvement in math and science. Math proficiency rose from 35.94% to 45.59%, putting the school slightly above both the district and state in math. Science also improved substantially, from 30.43% to 42.86%, although it remains below the statewide level. The main concerns are declining ELA performance and uneven upper-grade math results: only 28.57% of fifth graders and 26.32% of sixth graders were proficient in math. Parents may want to look closely at how the school is supporting students during the transition into upper elementary grades.

Odessa High School has the stronger current science result, with 50% proficiency, slightly below the state but above the district. However, its ELA and math results trail both comparison groups, and science declined sharply from 70.37% the prior year. ELA is the most significant concern, particularly in eighth grade, where proficiency was 26.67%; seventh-grade ELA was much stronger at 56.25%. Historically, the high school has ranked higher than the elementary school, but current results are mixed. Across the Odessa School District, the clearest priorities are improving ELA, strengthening fifth- and sixth-grade math, and investigating the high school’s science decline. Because enrollment is small, year-to-year and grade-level percentages may change noticeably with the performance of only a few students.