Richard Milburn Academy Odessa

Size

Of the 9 high schools in Richard Milburn Alternative High School (Killeen), Richard Milburn Academy Odessa is the largest, with 21.8% of the district's students. The 8 nearest high schools are a median 1.1 miles away and have a median of 416 students, so Richard Milburn Academy Odessa is close to their typical size.

NCES lists it as an alternative school: one that serves students whose needs a regular school may not meet, or that offers a non-traditional program alongside regular schools. As a charter school it is publicly funded and charges no tuition, but it is run under a charter rather than directly by a local school board.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 enrollment and school type. Share of district students = this school's students ÷ the district's students. Nearest schools by straight-line distance between NCES EDGE locations.

Grades

Its largest grade is grade 10 with 109 students, and its smallest is grade 12 with 51, against an average of 88 per grade. This year grade 12 has 52% fewer students than grade 9 (51 against 106). Each grade is a different group of students, so the gap is not a dropout or growth rate.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership by grade.

Students

Hispanic students are the largest group, at 78.6% of enrollment, a higher share than across Richard Milburn Alternative High School (Killeen) (67.6%). White students are next, at 14.3%. Students from 5 of the 7 race and ethnicity groups NCES reports are enrolled.

55.7% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, against 66.7% across Richard Milburn Alternative High School (Killeen) and a median of 63.8% for Texas high schools. Families apply for free or reduced-price meals, and eligibility depends on household income.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership and school lunch program data. District shares weight each school by its enrollment.

Teachers

Richard Milburn Academy Odessa has 6.91 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 50.7 students per teacher. At the median Texas high school ratio of 14, a school with 350 students would have about 25 teachers, so Richard Milburn Academy Odessa has 18.1 fewer.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Expected teachers = this school's students ÷ the median students per teacher of Texas high schools (14).

Location

NCES classifies its location as city, midsize, which means it is inside a principal city of 100,000 to 250,000 people. The nearest other high school is Odessa Career and Technical Early College High School, 1 miles away in Ector County ISD. There are 8 high schools within 5 miles and 8 within 10 miles.

Source: NCES EDGE school locations and locale codes, 2024-25. Distances are straight lines.