Overholser Elementary School

Overholser Elementary School is a high-enrollment elementary school in Oklahoma, with an address in Bethany. A total of 584 students attend the school, which covers pre-K through 5. Against the 366-student average for elementary schools in Oklahoma, enrollment here is 60% higher.

Overholser Elementary School is part of a district of 26 schools: PUTNAM CITY, with 18,836 students.

Overholser Elementary School is 57% Hispanic by enrollment. Smaller groups are 23% White, 9% Black, and 9% multiracial. County-wide, 20% of Oklahoma County residents are Hispanic. The school's diversity index is 60%, meaning two students picked at random have a 60% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.

The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 15.0:1, with 39 full-time-equivalent teachers. For comparison, elementary schools in Oklahoma average 15.6:1. Lunch subsidy eligibility at Overholser Elementary School is 89%. Across public schools in Oklahoma County, the average is 67%.

Recent Census Bureau figures for Oklahoma County show that the median household income is $66,679, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 36%, and roughly 12% of residents are in poverty. Besides Overholser Elementary School, Oklahoma County has 224 other public schools.

The next-closest public school is Lake Park Elementary School, about 0.6 miles away. Overholser Elementary School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles.

Federal data place Overholser Elementary School in the Suburb: Large locale, which means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.

Federal data show a 16% enrollment rise, from 503 in 2020-21 to 584 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 14.0:1 in 2020-21 to 15.0:1 in 2024-25.

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