Middle School Boundary Changes for 2026-27
As our community grows, change becomes necessary. In November 2023, Ector County voters approved a school bond package that included a new middle school in a fast-growing area in west Odessa. It is the first new middle school built since the 1980s, and it is the first middle school located outside of Loop 338.
The new school, to be named for long-time ECISD educators Adela & Gilbert Vasquez, will open in August 2026. As school officials create the new attendance zone for Vasquez MS, it will require changes to all middle school boundaries.
An initial set of four (4) proposals were presented to the school board during its October 14 workshop, and those same potential maps were shown to parents and community members during three Town Hall meetings on November 5 and 6. Based on feedback from those Town Hall meetings and recommendations from our Board of Trustees, two more proposals were created for consideration.
What you will find on this page:
- Seven (7) maps – the first is the current boundaries for our six middle schools, then you will see the six proposed maps that the school board will consider.
- The presentation made to parents and community members at the Town Hall meetings with the two new maps added into the slide show. These slides not only show the attendance zones but also give projected enrollment figures for each of the middle schools.
- A link to Frequently Asked Questions about these boundary changes.
- A link to a survey where you can add your thoughts about each of the proposals.
The goal of any rezoning effort is to allow students to attend a neighborhood school, to reduce travel time, and to level out enrollment between the schools as much as possible.
Current Middle School Boundaries
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Plan 1
Plan 2
Plan 5
Plan 3
Plan 6
Plan 4
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Frequently Asked Questions
- Why is ECISD changing the middle school boundaries?
- Is this going to impact all ECISD schools?
- How will the changes affect the demographics – like economically disadvantaged or ethnic percentages – of the middle schools?
- How will this affect transportation for students who need to ride a bus to and from school?
- Will students have the choice to stay at their current middle schools?
- Why don’t the proposals fill up Ector Middle School when it has a much higher capacity?
- Why does it appear that enrollment numbers are projected to go down in the coming years?
Why is ECISD changing the middle school boundaries?
Is this going to impact all ECISD schools?
How will the changes affect the demographics – like economically disadvantaged or ethnic percentages – of the middle schools?
How will this affect transportation for students who need to ride a bus to and from school?
Will students have the choice to stay at their current middle schools?
Why don’t the proposals fill up Ector Middle School when it has a much higher capacity?
Why does it appear that enrollment numbers are projected to go down in the coming years?
Survey
When creating potential school boundaries, consideration is given to the schools’ locations, building attendance zones that are contiguous (meaning it is all connected), the most efficient routing of bus transportation taking into account major roads and railroad tracks.