📍 401 Ellis St, Levelland, Hockley County, 79336
Capitol el is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Levelland, Hockley County. The school has 297 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Joanna Runkles. It is part of the Levelland Isd school district. It serves grades 1–3 in a small-town setting. The school employs 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 12.9:1. 27% of students are proficient in reading. 22% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Capitol el enrolls 297 students across grades 1–3. The student body is 52% male and 48% female. A teaching staff of 23 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 12.9:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 75% Hispanic or Latino, 19% White and 4% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 223 | 75% |
| White | 57 | 19% |
| Black or African American | 12 | 4% |
| Two or more races | 3 | 1% |
| Asian | 1 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
227 of the school's 297 students (76%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 208 qualify for free lunch and 19 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.
Capitol el is located in a small-town setting (NCES locale: Town, Distant). 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 TX At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 28, state house district 88.
Capitol el is one of 6 schools in LEVELLAND ISD, based in LEVELLAND, Texas. The district serves 2,575 students district-wide and employs 216 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 297 students, Capitol el is smaller than the district average of about 429 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Town - Distant