Overhills High

As an expansive 9-12 campus in Spring Lake, North Carolina, Overhills High instructs 1,981 students from grades 9 through 12, one of the schools within Harnett County Schools. Enrollment runs roughly 160% larger than the state mean of about 761.

Within Harnett County Schools, which oversees 29 schools and 20,095 students, Overhills High is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Overhills High records that the most-represented group is Black (34%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder is composed of 31% White, 24% Hispanic, 8% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 20% Black, putting the school's mix considerably more Black than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, The school currently runs with 74 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 26.8:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 19.6:1 average. Around 51% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Harnett County (around 74%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

With demographic context factored in, On a poverty-adjusted basis, Overhills High sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 63.3%; actual is 37.8%, a gap of -25.5 points.

In the surrounding community, Harnett County reports that median household income runs about $71,287, roughly 25% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. In all, Harnett County runs 31 public schools (combined enrollment of about 20,611 students), of which Overhills High is one.

Nearest neighbor: Overhills Middle, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 4 other public schools cluster around Overhills High. On composite proficiency, Overhills High comes 7th of 7 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 45.3%.

Geographically, the school is in an urban area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count climbed 8%: 1,826 students in 2018 compared to 1,981 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share increased from 16% to 24%. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 19.1:1 in 2018 to 26.8:1 today.

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