Enrollment
267
High
DISTRICT 262 · STATE 796
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·OVERTON ISD·NCES 483387003772
OVERTON H S
501 E HENDERSON, OVERTON, TX 75684 · (903) 834-6143 · Rusk County
GRADES 06–12HIGH42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL267 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.8:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.4:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
59%
158 students
DISTRICT 64% · STATE 65%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within OVERTON ISD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
54.0%
TX avg 51.8%
Mathematics
13.0%
TX avg 42.0%
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 54 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 13 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42.
Source: STAAR. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of TX schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
33.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.0%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-14.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 34% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 48% typical for Texas 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
267
+18 (+7%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
11.8:1
was 8.7:1
% White
70%
was 75%
% Hispanic
13%
was 8%
% Black
9%
was 14%
% Asian
0%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About OVERTON H S
OVERTON H S is one of the very small high schools in OVERTON, Texas, run under OVERTON ISD, with 267 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 66% below the state mean of about 796.
OVERTON ISD comprises 2 schools with combined enrollment of 523 students; OVERTON H S is among them.
On demographics, OVERTON H S shows that 70% of the student body identifies as White; the rest comes out to 13% Hispanic, 9% Black, 6% multiracial.
Looking at the economic backdrop, The school reports having 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. Roughly 59% of students at OVERTON H S qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, OVERTON H S falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 48.0%; this one comes in at 33.6%, -14.4 points off the demographic line.
Around the school, census data for Rusk County shows median household earnings sit near $68,658, roughly 18% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. OVERTON H S is one of 29 public schools in Rusk County (combined enrollment of about 10,350 students).
OVERTON EL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts OVERTON H S at 6th of 7; the average score across the group is 49.7%.
OVERTON H S operates from a countryside location.
Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count expanded 7%: 249 students in 2018 compared to 267 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share expanded from 8% to 13%. Class-load math has widened: from 8.7:1 in 2018 to 11.8:1 in 2025.
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Rusk County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
52,842
Census ACS
Median income
$68,658
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
18%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
29
10,350 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in OVERTON
- OVERTON ELElementary · 256 students
- BILLY MOOREHigh · 140 students
- LEVERETTS CHAPEL ELElementary · 118 students
- LEVERETTS CHAPEL H SHigh · 72 students
- LEVERETTS CHAPEL J HMiddle · 52 students
Nearby schools
- OVERTON EL0.1 mi · 256
- BILLY MOORE3.0 mi · 140
- WEST RUSK INT3.1 mi · 215
- WEST RUSK EL3.1 mi · 216
- WEST RUSK H S3.1 mi · 356
- WEST RUSK MIDDLE3.1 mi · 242
Frequently asked questions
About OVERTON H SHow large is OVERTON H S?
OVERTON H S enrolls approximately 267 students in grades 06-12.
What grades does OVERTON H S serve?
OVERTON H S serves grades 06-12.
How many teachers does OVERTON H S have?
OVERTON H S employs 23 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.8:1.
How diverse is OVERTON H S?
OVERTON H S reports a student body of 70% White, 13% Hispanic, 9% Black, 0% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees OVERTON H S?
OVERTON H S is overseen by OVERTON ISD in Rusk County.
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