CAPITOL EL

CAPITOL EL operates as a tight-knit elementary-level community in LEVELLAND, Texas, part of LEVELLAND ISD. Current enrollment sits at 285 students spanning grades 2 through 4. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 519 students each, so CAPITOL EL sits 45% below that benchmark.

CAPITOL EL is one of 5 schools operated by LEVELLAND ISD, a district that hosts 2,575 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, CAPITOL EL records that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 76% of enrollment. The remainder is composed of 20% White, 2% Black. The wider county runs roughly 50% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.7:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. Roughly 70% of students at CAPITOL EL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably above Hockley County's rate of about 58%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, CAPITOL EL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 43.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 44.8%.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Hockley County) shows that median household earnings sit near $63,140, about 19% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Across Hockley County's 16 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,633 students), CAPITOL EL is one campus in the mix.

LEVELLAND MIDDLE is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.0 miles from this campus. 6 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), CAPITOL EL ranks 4th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 49.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Over the past 7-year window. CAPITOL EL's enrollment has contracted 26% since 2018, when it stood at 387 (now 285). The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 15.9:1 in 2018 to 12.7:1 today.

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