Enrollment
118
Elementary
DISTRICT 81 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LEVERETTS CHAPEL ISD·NCES 482727007423
Leveretts Chapel Elementary School
8956 STATE HWY 42 N, OVERTON, TX 75684 · (903) 834-3181 · Rusk County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL118 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 21% of Texas public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- CThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Texas public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
16.4:1
7 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.2:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
89%
105 students
DISTRICT 77% · STATE 65%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 14 | 12% |
| Kindergarten | 16 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 18 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 16 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 20 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 17 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 17 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (16) is 6% smaller than its 5th grade class (17).
Student demographics
60%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 60% · STATE 63% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within LEVERETTS CHAPEL ISD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
40.0%
TX avg 54.5% . -13.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
32.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +8.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 40 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 32 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are down about 13 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 8 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 14.0% | 26.0% | 32.0% | 28.0% |
| Mathematics | 6.0% | 26.0% | 28.0% | 40.0% |
Share of tested students at each STAAR level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
STAAR results by year
| School year | Reading | Mathematics |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 40.0% | 32.0% |
| 2024-25 | 34.0% | 25.0% |
| 2023-24 | 41.0% | 38.0% |
| 2022-23 | 57.0% | 21.0% |
| 2021-22 | 39.0% | 33.0% |
| 2020-21 | 53.0% | 24.0% |
% Meets Grade Level or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: STAAR. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
30.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.7%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 31% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 36% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Texas's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Leveretts Chapel Elementary School
Leveretts Chapel Elementary School's state test result (30.6% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leveretts Chapel Elementary School this school | 118 | 89.0% | 30.6% |
| Nueces Canyon Elementary School CAMP WOOD | 126 | 88.9% | 35.3% |
| Evant Elementary School EVANT | 100 | 90.0% | 25.9% |
| Campbell Elementary School CAMPBELL | 141 | 79.4% | 24.7% |
| Maxfield Elementary School GORMAN | 108 | 80.6% | 31.6% |
| Gilmer Early Childhood Center GILMER | 165 | 83.0% | N/A |
Matched among Texas elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Leveretts Chapel Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Rusk County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 30.6% | #3,607 of 4,401 | #9 of 9 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 32.0% | #3,770 of 4,466 ▲ 336 | #8 of 9 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 40.0% | #3,688 of 4,466 ▲ 270 | #7 of 9 ▲ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -3.0pp | #859 of 3,998 | #1 of 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 118 | #4,808 of 4,938 | #13 of 13 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 89.0% | #1,184 of 4,789 | #1 of 13 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
118
+8 (+7%) vs 2020
-23% since 2000-01, when it was 153
Student : Teacher
16.4:1
was 11.0:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 118 | 7.2 | 16.4:1 | 89% (105) |
| 2023-24 | 115 | 12 | 9.6:1 | 87% (100) |
| 2022-23 | 120 | 10.3 | 11.7:1 | 77% (92) |
| 2020-21 | 110 | 10 | 11.0:1 | 81% (89) |
| 2017-18 | 147 | 13.1 | 11.3:1 | 84% (124) |
| 2015-16 | 147 | 13 | 11.3:1 | 78% (114) |
| 2010-11 | 176 | 10 | 17.6:1 | 72% (127) |
| 2000-01 | 153 | 11 | 13.9:1 | 61% (93) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Leveretts Chapel Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 20% (147 to 118); teachers down 45% (13.1 to 7.2).
About Leveretts Chapel Elementary School
Leveretts Chapel Elementary School runs as a small elementary school in OVERTON, Texas. The school reports 118 students in pre-K through 5. The typical figure for elementary schools in Texas is about 519 students.
LEVERETTS CHAPEL ISD has 3 schools and 242 students, and Leveretts Chapel Elementary School is one of those schools.
White students make up a majority at Leveretts Chapel Elementary School, at 52%. Other students are 35% Hispanic, 7% Black, and 5% multiracial. That is lower than the 66% White share among all Rusk County residents. The school's diversity index is 60%, meaning two students picked at random have a 60% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
A ratio of 16.4:1 comes from the school's 7.2 full-time-equivalent teachers. That is 1.3 students per teacher above the 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 89% in 2024-25. The gap from the 66% average for public schools in Rusk County is 23 points.
allk12 grades Leveretts Chapel Elementary School a C-. The grade compares the school only with Texas public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
In Texas, Leveretts Chapel Elementary School is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 30.6% actual against a predicted 35.7%.
Federal survey data for Rusk County show that the median household income is $68,658, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 18% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 10%. Rusk County is home to 29 public schools and about 10,350 public school students.
The school nearest to Leveretts Chapel Elementary School is Leveretts Chapel High School, at a distance of less than a tenth of a mile. A five-mile radius around the school includes 7 other public schools. Among the 7 closest schools with test data, this one included, Leveretts Chapel Elementary School ranks 6th on average proficiency.
Federal data place Leveretts Chapel Elementary School in the Rural: Distant locale, which means it is in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 8 more students in 2024-25. There were more students per teacher in 2024-25 (16.4:1) than in 2020-21 (11.0:1).
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss school safety, transportation, and start times at Leveretts Chapel Elementary School. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 LEVERETTS CHAPEL ISD
- Leveretts Chapel High SchoolHigh · 72 students
- Leveretts Chapel Junior High SchoolMiddle · 52 students
Other schools in OVERTON
- Overton High SchoolHigh · 267 students
- Overton Elementary SchoolElementary · 256 students
- Billy MooreHigh · 140 students
- Leveretts Chapel High SchoolHigh · 72 students
- Leveretts Chapel Junior High SchoolMiddle · 52 students
Nearby schools
- Leveretts Chapel High School0.0 mi · 72
- Leveretts Chapel Junior High School0.0 mi · 52
- Billy Moore2.6 mi · 140
- Overton Elementary School4.0 mi · 256
- Overton High School4.0 mi · 267
- Kilgore Primary School4.6 mi · 621
Frequently asked questions
About Leveretts Chapel Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Leveretts Chapel Elementary School?
Leveretts Chapel Elementary School enrolls approximately 118 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Leveretts Chapel Elementary School serve?
Leveretts Chapel Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Leveretts Chapel Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Leveretts Chapel Elementary School is approximately 16.4:1 (7 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Leveretts Chapel Elementary School?
At Leveretts Chapel Elementary School, the student body is approximately 52% White, 35% Hispanic, 7% Black, 5% Two or more.
What district is Leveretts Chapel Elementary School in?
Leveretts Chapel Elementary School is part of LEVERETTS CHAPEL ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.