OVERTON HIGH SCHOOL

Located at 401 7TH ST, in OVERTON, Nebraska, OVERTON HIGH SCHOOL is a rural-scale four-year high school that educates 118 students (grades 7 through 12), one of the schools within OVERTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS. By comparison, Nebraska's public schools average about 391 students each, so OVERTON HIGH SCHOOL sits 70% smaller than that benchmark.

OVERTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS runs 2 schools in total, collectively educating 285 students. OVERTON HIGH SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, OVERTON HIGH SCHOOL records that 85% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest is composed of 14% Hispanic. That is noticeably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 59%.

In terms of school funding signals, The school lists 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 8.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 10.6:1, putting OVERTON HIGH SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 42% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Dawson County (around 61%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

With demographic context factored in, OVERTON HIGH SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 61.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 54.1%.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Dawson County indicate median household earnings sit near $69,880, about 18% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Across Dawson County's 19 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,509 students), OVERTON HIGH SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: OVERTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, around 0.0 miles off. Within ten miles, there are 3 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), OVERTON HIGH SCHOOL ranks 5th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 56.4%.

The school occupies a rural site.

Five-year trend. OVERTON HIGH SCHOOL's enrollment has shrank 15% since 2018, when it stood at 139 (now 118). The Hispanic share of enrollment climbed from 8% to 14% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 10.4:1 in 2018 to 8.0:1 today.

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