LEVERETTS CHAPEL J H

Located at 8956 STATE HWY 42 N, in OVERTON, Texas, LEVERETTS CHAPEL J H is a micro-enrollment intermediate school that educates 52 students (grades 6 through 8), overseen by LEVERETTS CHAPEL ISD. Compared to the state average of about 643 students per school, that is 92% leaner than typical.

LEVERETTS CHAPEL J H is one of 3 schools operated by LEVERETTS CHAPEL ISD, a district that teaches 242 students overall.

On demographics, LEVERETTS CHAPEL J H reports that the most-represented group is White (48%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 42% Hispanic, 8% Black. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 66%.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 3 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.0:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 14.4:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 85% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Rusk County runs at roughly 66%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, LEVERETTS CHAPEL J H is in the bottom 10% of Texas public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 37.6%; LEVERETTS CHAPEL J H posts 23.8%, -13.8 points below that line.

Across the wider county, Rusk County reports that the typical household earns roughly $68,658 per year, roughly 18% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Rusk County runs 29 public schools (combined enrollment of about 10,350 students), of which LEVERETTS CHAPEL J H is one.

LEVERETTS CHAPEL H S is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 7 other public schools cluster around LEVERETTS CHAPEL J H. On composite proficiency, LEVERETTS CHAPEL J H comes 7th of 7 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 46.3%.

The campus sits in a low-density setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count changed only slightly: 53 students in 2018 compared to 52 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share expanded from 43% to 48%. Class-load math has rose: from 10.4:1 in 2018 to 15.0:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.