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Overton High School

Public Grades 6-12
1397th
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 2,009 Texas High Schools
Better than 30% of Texas high schools
Summary

Overton High School in Overton, TX, is a small, rural school serving 267 students in grades 6 through 12 within the Overton Independent School District (Isd), where nearly 60% of students qualify for free or reduced lunch. The school presents a striking paradox: it boasts a perfect 100% graduation rate for three of the last five years and strong English Language Arts (ELA) scores that meet or exceed state averages, yet it struggles profoundly in mathematics and science, with proficiency rates far below those of nearby schools.

Overton’s math performance is a critical concern. For example, Algebra I End-of-Course (EOC) proficiency was just 8.89% in 2025-2026, compared to 51.35% at the similarly sized West Rusk High School (just 3 miles away) and 58.97% at Whitehouse High School. This is not a one-year issue; 6th-grade math proficiency was only 12.9% in 2025-2026, and 8th-grade math was 7.69%. In contrast, Overton’s ELA scores are competitive—English I Reading hit 55.77% (state average: 55.43%) and English II Reading reached 65.71% (state average: 59.88%)—creating a stark "tale of two subjects" where literacy thrives but STEM subjects lag.

Despite spending more per student ($14,693) than most neighbors like Kilgore High School ($9,867) and maintaining a low student-to-teacher ratio of 11.7:1, Overton’s academic results have declined from a 62nd percentile rank in 2018-2019 to the 30th percentile in 2025-2026. The school’s overall rank places it in the bottom third of Texas high schools, while West Rusk High School, with a similar student body size and economic profile, ranks in the 72nd percentile. This suggests that Overton’s challenges are not solely due to demographics but point to a need for a fundamental overhaul of its STEM curriculum and instructional strategies to match its success in student retention and literacy.

267
Students ?
11.7
Student/teacher ratio ?
$10,500
Per pupil spending ?
59.2%
Free/discounted lunch ?
 501 E Henderson
       Overton, TX  75684

(903) 834-6143

District: Overton Independent School District (Isd)


Feeder schools for Overton High School:

Elementary:    Overton Elementary
Racial breakdown:

White:
70.0%
Hispanic:
13.1%
African American:
9.0%
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At a glance
Ranking trend: Improving — 25th percentile in 2016 → 30th in 2026
Strengths
100% graduate within 4 years
Ranking is trending up — up 5 percentile points since 2016
Small classes — about 12 students per teacher
Worth a look
!Test scores below the Texas average (36% vs 53% meeting standards)
!Some student groups rank well below the school's overall statewide standing
!Algebra I scores 45 pts below the Texas average
Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?
This school36%
District avg36%
Texas avg53%
Middle school
1,891st of 2,335
Texas public middle schools ?
Bottom 19%▼ down 21 pts since 2016
From bottom 40% (2016) to bottom 19% (2026)
See the entire ranking list of Texas Middle Schools →
SchoolDigger rating ?
High school
1,397th of 2,009
Texas public high schools ?
Bottom 30%▲ up 5 pts since 2016
From bottom 25% (2016) to bottom 30% (2026)
See the entire ranking list of Texas High Schools →
SchoolDigger rating ?
789th of 951Overton Independent School District (Isd) among Texas districts
Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)
Middle school ranking
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
202625.01891 of 233519.0%★☆☆☆☆
202525.81872 of 234420.1%★☆☆☆☆
202428.31788 of 237224.6%★☆☆☆☆
202337.61473 of 233036.8%★★☆☆☆
202235.01473 of 225434.6%★★☆☆☆
202137.11375 of 225238.9%★★☆☆☆
201939.61300 of 219340.7%★★☆☆☆
201833.81421 of 208031.7%★★☆☆☆
201740.21178 of 202741.9%★★☆☆☆
201644.11199 of 198739.7%★★☆☆☆
201533.81481 of 204327.5%★☆☆☆☆
201434.01438 of 198727.6%★☆☆☆☆
201337.11398 of 197329.1%★☆☆☆☆
201240.81254 of 195135.7%★★☆☆☆
201135.11522 of 189519.7%★☆☆☆☆
201034.61432 of 180320.6%★☆☆☆☆
200937.71314 of 176325.5%★☆☆☆☆
200846.11093 of 171836.4%★★☆☆☆
200760.3695 of 168458.7%★★★☆☆
200638.21115 of 158529.7%★☆☆☆☆
200516.61424 of 158210.0%★☆☆☆☆
200429.61273 of 157319.1%★☆☆☆☆

African American

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
20268.41282 of 12951.0%☆☆☆☆☆
202215.31197 of 12514.3%☆☆☆☆☆
202124.51035 of 121314.7%★☆☆☆☆
201920.91066 of 119310.6%★☆☆☆☆

At Risk

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
202230.41670 of 218223.5%★☆☆☆☆
202139.21249 of 211841.0%★★☆☆☆
201929.91611 of 205821.7%★☆☆☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
202634.71512 of 224032.5%★★☆☆☆
202522.71540 of 182515.6%★☆☆☆☆
202430.41653 of 224226.3%★☆☆☆☆
202339.01381 of 224138.4%★★☆☆☆
202237.21407 of 222136.7%★★☆☆☆
202137.81323 of 215138.5%★★☆☆☆
201951.9898 of 204756.1%★★★☆☆
201840.01223 of 200839.1%★★☆☆☆

Gifted and Talented

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
202326.61274 of 148114.0%★☆☆☆☆
202224.01286 of 148813.6%★☆☆☆☆
202123.11254 of 150116.5%★☆☆☆☆
201938.31086 of 144624.9%★☆☆☆☆
201828.01209 of 143015.5%★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
202630.71622 of 214124.2%★☆☆☆☆
202512.61662 of 17314.0%☆☆☆☆☆
202331.31560 of 211626.3%★☆☆☆☆
20194.71909 of 19351.3%☆☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
202629.61734 of 225323.0%★☆☆☆☆
202525.01531 of 182015.9%★☆☆☆☆
202432.31629 of 223527.1%★☆☆☆☆
202339.91381 of 225138.6%★★☆☆☆
202234.91537 of 222030.8%★★☆☆☆
202152.4885 of 217259.3%★★★☆☆
201941.01263 of 207339.1%★★☆☆☆
201829.11640 of 203919.6%★☆☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
202612.82140 of 22535.0%☆☆☆☆☆
202520.61575 of 181813.4%★☆☆☆☆
202431.71590 of 224629.2%★☆☆☆☆
202334.71499 of 224533.2%★★☆☆☆
202233.81511 of 222832.2%★★☆☆☆
202138.61286 of 216840.7%★★☆☆☆
201929.11560 of 206924.6%★☆☆☆☆
201824.81657 of 203018.4%★☆☆☆☆

Multi-racial

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
20232.3815 of 8170.2%☆☆☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
202642.7985 of 195649.6%★★☆☆☆
202347.5743 of 181559.1%★★★☆☆
202223.51605 of 17578.7%☆☆☆☆☆
202123.01586 of 17127.4%☆☆☆☆☆
201919.81517 of 16266.7%☆☆☆☆☆

White

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
202621.11529 of 173111.7%★☆☆☆☆
202514.91343 of 14396.7%☆☆☆☆☆
202422.21496 of 173313.7%★☆☆☆☆
202331.31343 of 174923.2%★☆☆☆☆
202230.31325 of 172323.1%★☆☆☆☆
202125.71413 of 170016.9%★☆☆☆☆
201932.21247 of 168426.0%★☆☆☆☆
201820.01490 of 167310.9%★☆☆☆☆
High school ranking
Show full rank history (all student groups)

All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
202633.71397 of 200930.5%★★☆☆☆
202538.11211 of 197438.7%★★☆☆☆
202436.11288 of 199035.3%★★☆☆☆
202332.31341 of 196131.6%★★☆☆☆
202228.71364 of 187627.3%★☆☆☆☆
202126.21402 of 186124.7%★☆☆☆☆
201956.6698 of 185762.4%★★★☆☆
201831.11249 of 179730.5%★★☆☆☆
201727.41309 of 177726.3%★☆☆☆☆
201632.81313 of 176225.5%★☆☆☆☆
201527.51391 of 174320.2%★☆☆☆☆
201452.1876 of 173449.5%★★☆☆☆
201354.0765 of 165253.7%★★★☆☆
201242.41036 of 160335.4%★★☆☆☆
201144.11227 of 167226.6%★☆☆☆☆
201055.0890 of 156843.2%★★☆☆☆
200957.7778 of 153949.4%★★☆☆☆
200845.01038 of 151031.3%★★☆☆☆
200755.3822 of 149745.1%★★☆☆☆
200661.8620 of 143056.6%★★★☆☆
200549.6881 of 142938.3%★★☆☆☆
200451.8856 of 142740.0%★★☆☆☆

African American

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
202514.7759 of 8349.0%☆☆☆☆☆
202415.5935 of 106512.2%★☆☆☆☆
202324.1821 of 106923.2%★☆☆☆☆
202110.0952 of 10206.7%☆☆☆☆☆
201978.4150 of 102485.4%★★★★☆
201819.0851 of 101316.0%★☆☆☆☆

At Risk

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
202236.11131 of 183738.4%★★☆☆☆
202113.11734 of 18295.2%☆☆☆☆☆
201962.0434 of 181076.0%★★★★☆
201817.61639 of 17848.1%☆☆☆☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
202625.11518 of 193621.6%★☆☆☆☆
202531.31034 of 150431.3%★★☆☆☆
202429.81331 of 188029.2%★☆☆☆☆
202335.61239 of 189134.5%★★☆☆☆
202228.31350 of 184126.7%★☆☆☆☆
202133.71230 of 181532.2%★★☆☆☆
201948.1941 of 179847.7%★★☆☆☆
201826.01418 of 178120.4%★☆☆☆☆

Gifted and Talented

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
202644.1916 of 120624.0%★☆☆☆☆
202524.8830 of 96413.9%★☆☆☆☆
202323.41037 of 118212.3%★☆☆☆☆
202220.21044 of 117210.9%★☆☆☆☆
201942.1873 of 114523.8%★☆☆☆☆
201850.3762 of 113733.0%★★☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
202634.41273 of 186031.6%★★☆☆☆
202596.115 of 145399.0%★★★★★
202440.2969 of 180546.3%★★☆☆☆
202335.01176 of 182035.4%★★☆☆☆
202239.91015 of 176242.4%★★☆☆☆
202120.21444 of 174317.2%★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
202631.11421 of 193726.6%★☆☆☆☆
202537.6892 of 151341.0%★★☆☆☆
202436.21171 of 188437.8%★★☆☆☆
202341.01068 of 189743.7%★★☆☆☆
202236.11185 of 184735.8%★★☆☆☆
202126.61431 of 184822.6%★☆☆☆☆
201963.5433 of 181876.2%★★★★☆
201837.31154 of 179435.7%★★☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
202639.61163 of 195440.5%★★☆☆☆
202529.41049 of 151530.8%★★☆☆☆
202431.61252 of 189133.8%★★☆☆☆
202329.31352 of 191329.3%★☆☆☆☆
202229.41310 of 185329.3%★☆☆☆☆
202120.31492 of 184018.9%★☆☆☆☆
201959.7594 of 182467.4%★★★☆☆
201835.11188 of 180334.1%★★☆☆☆

Multi-racial

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
202611.3655 of 7138.1%☆☆☆☆☆
20253.2588 of 5981.7%☆☆☆☆☆
202414.9648 of 73111.4%★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
202621.31376 of 158113.0%★☆☆☆☆
202530.3952 of 129926.7%★☆☆☆☆
202421.41357 of 154812.3%★☆☆☆☆
202321.21322 of 147810.6%★☆☆☆☆
202121.61225 of 138211.4%★☆☆☆☆

White

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
202626.81243 of 158421.5%★☆☆☆☆
202524.11033 of 129420.2%★☆☆☆☆
202421.51289 of 155617.2%★☆☆☆☆
202318.21336 of 157615.2%★☆☆☆☆
202214.71364 of 152510.6%★☆☆☆☆
202118.61290 of 151014.6%★☆☆☆☆
201945.4851 of 152644.2%★★☆☆☆
201818.01336 of 153913.2%★☆☆☆☆
How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)
Middle school
Special Education (2026)50th percentile+31 vs school
Female (2026)32nd percentile+13 vs school
Hispanic (2026)24th percentile+5 vs school
At Risk (2022)23rd percentile-11 vs school
Low Socio Economic Status (2026)23rd percentile+4 vs school
Gifted and Talented (2023)14th percentile-23 vs school
White (2026)12th percentile-7 vs school
Male (2026)5th percentile-14 vs school
African American (2026)1st percentile-18 vs school
Multi-racial (2023)<1st percentile-37 vs school
High school
Male (2026)40th percentile+10 vs school
At Risk (2022)38th percentile+11 vs school
Hispanic (2026)32nd percentile~ school
Low Socio Economic Status (2026)27th percentile-4 vs school
Gifted and Talented (2026)24th percentile-6 vs school
Female (2026)22nd percentile-9 vs school
White (2026)22nd percentile-9 vs school
Special Education (2026)13th percentile-17 vs school
African American (2025)9th percentile-30 vs school
Multi-racial (2026)8th percentile-22 vs school
By subject vs Texas (2025-2026) ?
English II Reading66%+6 vs state
Biology59%-11 vs state
English I Reading56%~ state avg
Reading50%-5 vs state
U.S. History48%-22 vs state
Mathematics11%-29 vs state
Algebra I9%-45 vs state
Social Studies5%-27 vs state

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2025–26 STAAR, STAAR EOC & STAAR Spanish test scoresJun 12, 2026
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