Overlook Elementary

Located at 3298 Curtis Dr, in Temple Hills, Maryland, Overlook Elementary is an intimate elementary campus that instructs 255 students (grades pre-K through 5), part of Prince George's County Public Schools. That puts it 47% below the typical public school in Maryland, which averages around 481 students.

Across the 199 schools in Prince George's County Public Schools (132,693 students total), Overlook Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Overlook Elementary reports that nearly all students (80%) are Black; the rest reads as 14% Hispanic, 3% White. That is considerably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 59%.

On the resource side, Overlook Elementary records 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.8:1, putting Overlook Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 37% of students at Overlook Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Prince George's County runs at roughly 79%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, On a poverty-adjusted basis, Overlook Elementary sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 52.2%; actual is 26.3%, a gap of -25.9 points.

In the area at large, Prince George's County reports that median household earnings sit near $101,798, roughly 37% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Across Prince George's County's 203 public schools (combined enrollment of about 132,693 students), Overlook Elementary is one campus in the mix.

I Dream PCS is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.1 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 4 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Overlook Elementary ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 22.3%.

Overlook Elementary operates from a commuter-belt location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Overlook Elementary has remained close to its prior level, going from 249 students in 2018 to 255 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 86% to 80% across the same window.

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