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Overbrook Senior High School
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Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsWhat this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 26 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 5 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Jersey schools, those numbers are about 53 and 42. Reading and writing scores are down about 11 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 8 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 19% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 28% typical for New Jersey schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among New Jersey's top nor bottom 10%.
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Overbrook Senior High School
As a mid-tier senior high in PINE HILL, New Jersey, Overbrook Senior High School instructs 860 students from grades 9 through 12, part of Pine Hill School District.
Pine Hill School District runs 4 schools in total, collectively educating 2,016 students. Overbrook Senior High School is one of those campuses.
For racial and ethnic makeup, Overbrook Senior High School records that 37% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder breaks down as 29% Black, 27% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 3% Asian. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 55%.
On the resource side, On paper, Overbrook Senior High School has 65 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.3:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 69% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Camden County (around 50%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, Overbrook Senior High School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 28.4%; this one delivers 18.7%.
In the area at large, the surrounding county (Camden County) logs that median household earnings sit near $88,755, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Overbrook Senior High School is one of 158 public schools in Camden County (combined enrollment of about 82,104 students).
Nearest neighbor: Pine Hill Middle School, around 0.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Overbrook Senior High School at 9th of 9; the average score across the group is 34.9%.
Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.
Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Overbrook Senior High School has rose 32%, going from 652 students in 2018 to 860 in 2025. The White share of enrollment edged down from 51% to 37% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 10.2:1 in 2018 to 13.3:1 today.
Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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