Overlea High

Set in Baltimore, Maryland, Overlea High is a mid-sized high school, part of Baltimore County Public Schools. It enrolls 1,474 students across grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 24% bigger than the state mean of about 1,185.

Within Baltimore County Public Schools, which oversees 177 schools and 110,872 students, Overlea High is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Overlea High records that 64% of the student body identifies as Black. Beyond that, the school reports 15% Hispanic, 12% White, 5% multiracial, 3% Asian. By comparison, Baltimore County as a whole is about 31% Black, so the school skews noticeably more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 87 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.0:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.3:1, putting Overlea High higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 65% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Baltimore County runs at roughly 53%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Overlea High performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 35.5%, the actual is 25.0%, a residual of -10.5 points.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Baltimore County indicate median household income runs about $91,768, roughly 42% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Across Baltimore County's 180 public schools (combined enrollment of about 110,872 students), Overlea High is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Elmwood Elementary, roughly 0.5 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Overlea High comes 6th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 34.1%.

Geographically, the school is in a commuter-belt area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count grew 52%: 971 students in 2018 compared to 1,474 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 20% to 12% across the same window. Class-load math has grew: from 15.4:1 in 2018 to 17.0:1 in 2025.

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