📍 8530 Forest Hill Irene Road, Olive Branch, DeSoto County, 38654
Overpark Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Olive Branch, DeSoto County. The school has 677 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Desoto Co School Dist school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a rural setting. The school employs 48.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 14.0:1. 50% of students are proficient in reading. 47% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Overpark Elementary enrolls 677 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 48% male and 52% female. A teaching staff of 48.2 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 14.0:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 48% Black or African American, 34% White and 11% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 328 | 48% |
| White | 227 | 34% |
| Two or more races | 75 | 11% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 36 | 5.3% |
| Asian | 11 | 1.6% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
674 of the school's 677 students (100%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 367 qualify for free lunch and 307 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Overpark Elementary is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Fringe). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district MS-10, state senate district 19, state house district 52.
Overpark Elementary is one of 42 schools in DeSoto County School District, based in Hernando, Mississippi. The district serves 34,934 students district-wide and employs 2,367 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 677 students, Overpark Elementary is smaller than the district average of about 832 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Fringe
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