Overland Elementary School

Overland Elementary School is one of the big elementary schools in ROCHESTER, Minnesota, one of the schools within Rochester Public School District, with 549 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 60% above the typical public school in Minnesota, which averages around 344 students.

Within Rochester Public School District, which oversees 44 schools and 17,171 students, Overland Elementary School is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Overland Elementary School records that the largest single group is White at 43%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 26% Black, 11% multiracial, 11% Asian, 9% Hispanic. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 77%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, An estimated 46% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Olmsted County (around 35%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Overland Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 40.4%, the actual is 45.4%, a residual of +5.0 points.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Olmsted County indicate the typical household earns roughly $95,406 per year, 49% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. In all, Olmsted County runs 72 public schools (combined enrollment of about 24,627 students), of which Overland Elementary School is one.

PrairieCare is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.5 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Overland Elementary School ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 36.3%.

Geographically, the school is in an urban area.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. Members of the school community can share what they know.