THE STEM ACADEMY
ODESSA · TX · ECTOR COUNTY ISD · Public charter · K-12 combined
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COMPASS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL → TEXAS LEADERSHIP OF MIDLAND → RICHARD MILBURN ACADEMY ODESSA → PREMIER H S OF MIDLAND → GEORGE H W BUSH NEW TECH ODESSA → PREMIER H S ODESSA → ODESSA CAREER AND TECHNICAL EARLY COLLEGE H S → RICHARD MILBURN ACADEMY MIDLAND →📋 At a glance
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Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How THE STEM ACADEMY compares for families
What families should know about THE STEM ACADEMY.
- ▸ LocallyTX students outperform the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (+4 points).
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: COMPASS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL, TEXAS LEADERSHIP OF MIDLAND, RICHARD MILBURN ACADEMY ODESSA and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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🏛️ Federal Title I context
Title I Schoolwide eligible
≥40% FRPL — qualifies for Title I Schoolwide program
40-74% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. The district can use Title I funds across the whole school under federal Schoolwide Program rules.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, free/reduced-price lunch eligibility. The actual Title I designation is a district decision and may differ from eligibility — but the federal eligibility math is what we show here. We don't claim to assert whether the district formally chose to enroll this school in Title I.
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The in-state tuition gap is the flagship's biggest draw — most in-state families pay far less than the out-of-state sticker. Average net price after aid runs about $19,857/yr. Admission odds depend on your student's GPA and test scores, not which high school they attend.
Source: IPEDS admissions, tuition & enrollment + College Scorecard net price. Flagship = the state's primary public research university.
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Texas's public scholarships
Texas families have two big levers: a guaranteed-admission rule for the top of each graduating class, and the need-based TEXAS Grant that pairs with it. Class rank does more here than almost anywhere.
Graduate in the top 10% of your Texas public-HS class and finish the required curriculum for automatic admission to TX public universities (UT Austin caps at the top 5%). (Must finish the required college-prep curriculum (Distinguished plan).)
Official program details ↗Texas's flagship need-based grant — no GPA gate to qualify (a 3.0 or top-third rank just gives priority when funds run short). (Enroll within 16 months of HS, ≥¾ time, in a bachelor's program.)
Official program details ↗Graduate at least a semester early with the Distinguished plan plus a 3.0 GPA and an 80th-percentile test (or top-10% rank) for a TEXAS Grant-sized scholarship. (Graduate at least a semester early with the Distinguished plan.)
Official program details ↗Eligibility rules change yearly — confirm with the official program before relying on it. Amounts are recent published figures; awards cover tuition/fees, not housing or books unless noted. Verified 2026-06-14.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of -0.7%/year, projecting from 2024's 755 students:
≈ 27 fewer students by 2029 — a real revenue/relevance risk worth getting ahead of.
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Revenue at risk
At $13,152 per student in district revenue, the 27 students projected to be lost by 2029 represent ≈ $355,104/year in funding at risk.
District total revenue ÷ enrollment, NCES F-33. Public funding largely follows enrollment, so a shrinking class is a recurring budget hit.
Most similar nearby high schools
The schools most like this one — same type, blended on distance and size — and where their enrollment is heading. These are the schools families here weigh against each other.
| School | Type | Miles | HS enrollment | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| COMPASS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL ODESSA |
Public · charter | 2.3 | 353 | +20.5% |
| TEXAS LEADERSHIP OF MIDLAND MIDLAND |
Public · charter | 14.0 | 222 | +101.8% |
| RICHARD MILBURN ACADEMY ODESSA ODESSA |
Public · charter | 4.8 | 350 | +10.1% |
| PREMIER H S OF MIDLAND MIDLAND |
Public · charter | 13.3 | 162 | +5.9% |
| GEORGE H W BUSH NEW TECH ODESSA ODESSA |
Public | 3.6 | 414 | -5.9% |
| PREMIER H S ODESSA ODESSA |
Public · charter | 3.9 | 99 | +2.1% |
| ODESSA CAREER AND TECHNICAL EARLY COLLEGE H S ODESSA |
Public | 3.8 | 418 | +20.1% |
| RICHARD MILBURN ACADEMY MIDLAND MIDLAND |
Public · charter | 13.3 | 149 | +3.5% |