OVERHOLSER ES

As an expansive K-5 school in Bethany, Oklahoma, OVERHOLSER ES instructs 584 students from grades pre-K through 5, run under PUTNAM CITY. By comparison, Oklahoma's public schools average about 366 students each, so OVERHOLSER ES sits 60% above that benchmark.

PUTNAM CITY runs 26 schools in total, collectively educating 18,836 students. OVERHOLSER ES is one of those campuses.

On demographics, OVERHOLSER ES lists that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 57% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school records 23% White, 9% Black, 9% multiracial. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 20%.

On the income-and-resources front, The school lists 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.0:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 89% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Oklahoma County runs at roughly 67%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

In the broader community, Oklahoma County reports that median household earnings sit near $66,679, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 12%. Across Oklahoma County's 225 public schools (combined enrollment of about 161,569 students), OVERHOLSER ES is one campus in the mix.

LAKE PARK ES is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Over the past 7-year window. OVERHOLSER ES's enrollment has stayed largely flat since 2018, when it stood at 584 (now 584). Hispanic enrollment moved from 39% to 57% across the same window.

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