📍 1825 Park Rd W, Salisbury, Rowan County, 28144
Overton Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Salisbury, Rowan County. The school has 311 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Rowan-Salisbury Schools school district. It serves grades K–5 in a suburban setting. The school employs 20.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 15.4:1. 37% of students are proficient in reading. 32% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Overton Elementary enrolls 311 students across grades K–5. The student body is 50% male and 50% female. A teaching staff of 20.2 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 15.4:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 48% Black or African American, 22% Hispanic or Latino and 19% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 150 | 48% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 68 | 22% |
| White | 60 | 19% |
| Two or more races | 30 | 9.6% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 3 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
295 of the school's 311 students (95%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 295 qualify for free lunch and 0 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Overton Elementary is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Large). 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 NC-60, state senate district 33, state house district 76.
Overton Elementary is one of 33 schools in Rowan-Salisbury Schools, based in Salisbury, North Carolina. The district serves 17,683 students district-wide and employs 1,129 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 311 students, Overton Elementary is smaller than the district average of about 536 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Suburb - Large