The reported proficiency rate for English language arts is 40%.
Original Research by School Decision on Capitol El
Capitol Elementary serves grades two through four in Levelland, a county seat on the Texas plains where cotton farming, oil production, and manufacturing anchor a slowly declining working town. The school sits in a neighborhood of single-family homes and older residential blocks, a mile or so from the courthouse-square downtown. It is the smallest of the three regular elementary schools in Levelland ISD by grade band, though the district closed its Intermediate School campus after 2023, redistributing students as enrollment fell.
The student body is predominantly Hispanic, with a substantial share of students from low-income households. Capitol's enrollment across all three grades is roughly stable, with a balance of English-speaking and Spanish-dominant learners. The 2024-25 state assessment results available are limited: math testing data for grades three and four shows only very small sample sizes (a handful of students tested in Spanish), so those results are not reported here. English-language results are fuller. Third-grade students taking STAAR English scored near the midline for proficiency; fourth-graders performed modestly lower. The school reports that roughly three-quarters of students statewide reach the "approaches" standard in English-language arts and math, but Capitol's proficiency in reading and math sits meaningfully below that, particularly in reading where the school reports that about two in five fourth-graders are proficient. Math proficiency is slightly stronger, with roughly half of grade four students meeting standard. A modest fraction of students across the school reached the "masters" level, indicating advanced work is less common.
Against the other districts in Hockley County, Capitol's overall proficiency index falls below the midpoint, placing it in the lower half of county schools on state-tested achievement. The school has no graduation rate, because it serves only elementary grades. No enrollment-trend data, attendance data, or information on special education or English-learner services was available in the records reviewed.
The district landscape has shifted. Levelland ISD's closure of the Intermediate School campus in 2023 was driven by declining enrollment and costly facility needs. That reconfiguration means families in the area now move their children from Capitol Elementary directly to high school, a substantial transition at the end of grade four. The district's tax rate held flat for the 2025-26 budget after a rebalancing toward operations funding, a financial decision worth noting for families assessing the district's stability.
Levelland itself offers a quiet small-city environment: a walkable courthouse-square downtown with boutique retail, a community college, and parks and recreation facilities. Housing values are modest, well below the state average, and the rental market is similarly affordable. The town's economy is stable but not growing, and the school-age population, like the broader town, is expected to remain flat or decline modestly. For a family seeking a small elementary school in a rural or small-town setting with bilingual or primarily Spanish-language instruction, Capitol fits that profile. Parents weighing the school would want to ask directly about the English-learner and special-education programs, the nature of the Spanish-language curriculum, and the arrangements for transitions to high school now that the intermediate campus is closed.
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