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How has Overhills High changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
1,981
High
DISTRICT 1,053 · STATE 761
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HARNETT COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370201002733
Overhills High
2495 Ray Road, Spring Lake, NC 28390 · (910) 436-1436 · Harnett County
GRADES 09–12HIGH13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,981 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 18% of North Carolina public high schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded North Carolina public high schools
Student : Teacher
26.8:1
74 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.3:1 · STATE 19.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
51%
1,009 students
DISTRICT 76% · STATE 82%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 597 | 30% |
| Grade 10 | 481 | 24% |
| Grade 11 | 448 | 23% |
| Grade 12 | 455 | 23% |
Student demographics
72%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · STATE 71% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
NC EOG / EOC 2024-25 . % Grade Level Proficient (Level 3+)English Language Arts
48.0%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
25.0%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 48 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 25 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all North Carolina schools, those numbers are about 51 and 52.
Source: NC EOG / EOC. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of NC schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
37.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
63.3%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-25.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 38% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 63% typical for North Carolina schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Overhills High
Overhills High's state test result (37.8% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overhills High this school | 1,981 | 50.9% | 37.8% |
| Central Cabarrus High Concord | 1,369 | 54.0% | 40.6% |
| Jay M Robinson High Concord | 1,210 | 51.8% | 44.8% |
| Rolesville High Rolesville | 2,321 | 50.6% | 36.8% |
| Garner High Garner | 1,670 | 54.7% | 39.2% |
| Northside High Jacksonville | 1,067 | 54.8% | 42.9% |
Matched among North Carolina high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Overhills High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Harnett County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 37.8% | #326 of 468 | N/A |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 25.0% | #331 of 464 | N/A |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.0% | #309 of 448 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,981 | #37 of 598 | #1 of 6 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 26.8:1 | #438 of 473 | N/A |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 72.1% | #26 of 474 | N/A |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 50.9% | #379 of 527 | N/A |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +8.5% | #83 of 164 | N/A |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
1,981
+151 (+8%) vs 2020
+23% since 2010-11, when it was 1,607
Student : Teacher
26.8:1
was 19.3:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 1,981 | 74 | 26.8:1 | 51% (1,009) |
| 2023-24 | 2,024 | 98.2 | 20.6:1 | 48% (973) |
| 2022-23 | 1,971 | 103.2 | 19.1:1 | 47% (921) |
| 2020-21 | 1,830 | 95 | 19.3:1 | 28% (516) |
| 2017-18 | 1,826 | 95.5 | 19.1:1 | 41% (748) |
| 2015-16 | 1,865 | 86 | 21.7:1 | 47% (869) |
| 2010-11 | 1,607 | 83 | 19.4:1 | 43% (695) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Overhills High.
Since 2017-18: students up 8% (1,826 to 1,981); teachers down 22% (95.5 to 74).
About Overhills High
Overhills High is a high-enrollment high school for students in Spring Lake, North Carolina. Enrollment in 2024-25 was 1,981 students in grades 9 through 12. The average for high schools in North Carolina is about 761 students, so this school is 160% bigger than average.
The 29 schools in Harnett County Schools enroll 20,095 students altogether, Overhills High among them.
Federal enrollment data show Black students as the largest group at Overhills High, at 34%. Other reported shares: 31% White, 24% Hispanic, and 8% multiracial. Harnett County's residents are about 20% Black, 14 points below the school's share. Pick two students at random and there is a 72% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Dividing enrollment by its 74 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 26.8:1. That is higher than the 19.6:1 average for high schools in North Carolina. Eligible students account for 51% of enrollment in the free or reduced-price lunch program. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Harnett County is 74%.
The allk12 Grade for Overhills High is C-. Compared with North Carolina public high schools, the school scored higher than 18% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Overhills High is 25.5 points below expectations on state tests, given its student poverty level, placing it in the bottom 10% in North Carolina.
Across Harnett County, the median household income is $71,287, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 25% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 11%. Harnett County is home to 31 public schools and about 20,611 public school students.
The closest public school to Overhills High is Overhills Middle, about 0.2 miles away. Overhills High is one of several public schools in the area, with 4 others within five miles. Nearby schools with test data average 45.3% proficiency; Overhills High posts 37.8%.
NCES lists the school's locale as City: Small. That means it sits inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Enrollment at Overhills High climbed 8% between 2020-21 and 2024-25, from 1,830 to 1,981 students. Its ratio of students to teachers was 19.3:1 in 2020-21, and 26.8:1 in 2024-25.
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Harnett County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
139,150
Census ACS
Median income
$71,287
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
25%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
31
20,611 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Harnett County Schools
- Harnett Central HighHigh · 1,522 students
- Western Harnett HighHigh · 1,324 students
- Triton HighHigh · 1,274 students
- Benhaven ElementaryElementary · 1,065 students
- Harnett Central MiddleMiddle · 1,059 students
- Overhills ElementaryElementary · 866 students
Other schools in Spring Lake
- Overhills ElementaryElementary · 866 students
- Overhills MiddleMiddle · 758 students
- William T Brown ElementaryElementary · 562 students
- Spring Lake MiddleMiddle · 500 students
- Anderson Creek AcademyElementary · 305 students
- Manchester ElementaryElementary · 254 students
Nearby schools
- Overhills Middle0.2 mi · 758
- Overhills Elementary0.3 mi · 866
- Anderson Creek Academy2.3 mi · 305
- Anderson Creek Primary3.9 mi · 553
- Manchester Elementary5.2 mi · 254
- Spring Lake Middle5.3 mi · 500
Frequently asked questions
About Overhills HighHow large is Overhills High?
Overhills High enrolls approximately 1,981 students in grades 09-12.
Is Overhills High an elementary, middle, or high school?
Overhills High is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many teachers does Overhills High have?
Overhills High employs 74 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 26.8:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Overhills High?
At Overhills High, the student body is approximately 31% White, 24% Hispanic, 34% Black, 1% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is Overhills High public or private?
Overhills High is a public K-12 school, overseen by Harnett County Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.