The top reported proficiency rate is 50% in English language arts. The lowest is 0% in Social studies.
Original Research by School Decision on Leveretts Chapel J H
Leveretts Chapel J H serves grades six through eight in Overton, a small East Texas community where the school draws students from a residential, largely rural landscape of trees, farmland, and a quiet downtown. The school is part of Leveretts Chapel Independent School District, a tiny district that operates on a four-day school week, a shift that began in the 2023-2024 school year and remains in place.
The student body is small, with roughly equal numbers across the three grade levels. A substantial majority of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The enrollment is racially divided roughly in half between white and Hispanic students, with a small number of Black students; no students are reported in other racial categories. Special-population data such as English learner enrollment and special education identification rates were not available in the school's public records.
Academically, the school shows a stark subject divide. English language arts proficiency is substantially stronger: sixth graders reach proficiency at a solid rate, and across all grades combined, a majority of students score at or above the "approaches" level in ELA, with nearly half meeting grade-level standards. Mathematics performance is significantly weaker. Proficiency rates drop sharply from sixth to seventh grade and remain minimal in eighth grade, with only a small fraction of all students mastering or meeting math standards. Science and social studies proficiency in eighth grade are very low; no students achieved proficiency in social studies. A parent may want to look into what instructional approaches the school is using in math and whether additional support or tutoring is available, especially in the upper grades.
The school sits on State Highway 42 North, outside the town's main commercial corridor, as part of a small district footprint where schools are clustered near the center of Overton rather than on isolated campuses. The housing market in the area is modestly valued, with homes priced below the state average and rents affordable relative to household income. Overton itself is a stable, car-dependent commuter town where much of the workforce drives to larger employers in Kilgore, Longview, or Tyler. Growth is essentially flat; the town has held around the same population for decades. Most homes are older stock with mature trees and large yards, and daily life revolves around a small downtown and civic anchors like the library and city park rather than chains or big-box retail.
When positioned against the other districts in Rusk County, Leveretts Chapel J H ranks in the bottom quartile for overall proficiency across tested subjects and grades. Graduation rate data do not apply at the middle school level, and chronic absenteeism data were not reported. The school's context is one of academic struggle, particularly in quantitative subjects, paired with a small, economically modest student population in a quiet, slowly changing rural place.
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