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Enrollment
679
Elementary
DISTRICT 487 · STATE 418
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·STAR CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 050002801041
STAR CITY JIMMY BROWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
400 EAST ARKANSAS ST, STAR CITY, AR 71667 · (866) 446-3647 · Lincoln County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL679 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 38% of Arkansas public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Arkansas public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
15.4:1
44 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.7:1 · STATE 16.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
678 students
DISTRICT 100% · STATE 70%
Community
6
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 | 60 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 87 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 105 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 100 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 119 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 101 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 107 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (87) is 19% smaller than its 5th grade class (107).
Student demographics
54%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 53% · STATE 61% · 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 STAR CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ATLAS 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3+4)English Language Arts
31.7%
AR avg 34.9% . +2.5pp since 2023
Math
25.4%
AR avg 38.9% . -1.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the ATLAS, Arkansas's statewide test, about 32 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 25 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Arkansas schools, those numbers are about 35 and 39. Reading and writing scores are up about 3 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
ATLAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 31.7% | 25.4% |
| 2023-24 | 29.2% | 27.0% |
% Proficient (Level 3+4), all students and all tested grades.
Source: ATLAS. 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
27.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
22.7%
based on AR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 28% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 23% typical for Arkansas 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 Arkansas'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 STAR CITY JIMMY BROWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
STAR CITY JIMMY BROWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (27.6% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| STAR CITY JIMMY BROWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 679 | 99.9% | 27.6% |
| RIVERCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WILSON | 675 | 100.0% | 35.2% |
| DREW CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MONTICELLO | 562 | 100.0% | 32.1% |
| INTERNATIONAL STUDIES MAGNET JONESBORO | 636 | 100.0% | 42.5% |
| PARAGOULD PRIMARY SCHOOL PARAGOULD | 602 | 100.0% | N/A |
| TRUMANN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TRUMANN | 477 | 100.0% | 16.6% |
Matched among Arkansas 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 STAR CITY JIMMY BROWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Arkansas |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 27.6% | #327 of 461 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 25.4% | #345 of 465 ▼ 27 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 31.7% | #276 of 465 ▲ 19 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 679 | #40 of 531 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.4:1 | #175 of 480 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 54.1% | #187 of 480 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.9% | #80 of 513 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.4% | #177 of 311 |
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
679
+27 (+4%) vs 2020
+15% since 1990-91, when it was 589
Student : Teacher
15.4:1
was 14.8:1
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 | 679 | 44 | 15.4:1 | 100% (678) |
| 2023-24 | 620 | 42.3 | 14.7:1 | 87% (537) |
| 2022-23 | 647 | 41.1 | 15.7:1 | 69% (445) |
| 2020-21 | 652 | 44 | 14.8:1 | 71% (461) |
| 2017-18 | 766 | 50.6 | 15.2:1 | 33% (251) |
| 2015-16 | 771 | 50 | 15.4:1 | 69% (534) |
| 2010-11 | 840 | 51 | 16.5:1 | 65% (543) |
| 2000-01 | 759 | 45 | 16.9:1 | 48% (365) |
| 1990-91 | 589 | 34 | 17.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for STAR CITY JIMMY BROWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About STAR CITY JIMMY BROWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
STAR CITY JIMMY BROWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school with a street address in STAR CITY, Arkansas. The student body numbers 679 students, from pre-K through 5. Average enrollment for elementary schools in Arkansas is about 418, so this school runs 62% larger than that.
STAR CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT, which runs STAR CITY JIMMY BROWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, has 3 schools and 1,460 students.
At STAR CITY JIMMY BROWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, White students make up 64% of the student body. The school is also 19% Black, 10% Hispanic, and 5% multiracial. For comparison, Lincoln County is about 62% White. The school's diversity index is 54%, meaning two students picked at random have a 54% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The school employs the equivalent of 44 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 15.4:1. That is close to the 16.0:1 average for elementary schools in Arkansas. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at STAR CITY JIMMY BROWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 100%. That tracks the 100% average for public schools in Lincoln County.
allk12 grades STAR CITY JIMMY BROWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL a C+. The grade compares the school only with Arkansas public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
STAR CITY JIMMY BROWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL posts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 27.6%, compared with a predicted 22.7%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Arkansas schools on BeatsExpectations.
Within Lincoln County, the median household income is $51,778, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 12%, and about 15% of people live in poverty. Besides STAR CITY JIMMY BROWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, Lincoln County has 2 other public schools.
STAR CITY HIGH SCHOOL is the closest public school, about 0.3 miles away in a straight line. Other public schools within five miles number 2. The nearest schools with test data average 25.0%, lower than STAR CITY JIMMY BROWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's 27.6%.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Rural: Remote: in rural territory far from an urban area.
Over 4 years, STAR CITY JIMMY BROWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment grew 4%, to 679.
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Lincoln County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
12,950
Census ACS
Median income
$51,778
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
12%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
15%
Below federal line
Schools in county
3
1,460 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in STAR CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT
- STAR CITY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 459 students
- STAR CITY MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 322 students
Other schools in STAR CITY
- STAR CITY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 459 students
- STAR CITY MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 322 students
Nearby schools
- STAR CITY HIGH SCHOOL0.3 mi · 459
- STAR CITY MIDDLE SCHOOL0.4 mi · 322
- WOODLAWN HIGH SCHOOL11.7 mi · 261
- WOODLAWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL11.7 mi · 289
- FRIENDSHIP ASPIRE ACADEMY SOUTHEAST MIDDLE SCHOOL PINE BLUFF17.5 mi · 236
- FRIENDSHIP ASPIRE ACADEMY SOUTHEAST PINE BLUFF17.5 mi · 76
Frequently asked questions
About STAR CITY JIMMY BROWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at STAR CITY JIMMY BROWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
STAR CITY JIMMY BROWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 679 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does STAR CITY JIMMY BROWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
STAR CITY JIMMY BROWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does STAR CITY JIMMY BROWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL have?
STAR CITY JIMMY BROWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL employs 44 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.4:1.
How diverse is STAR CITY JIMMY BROWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
STAR CITY JIMMY BROWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports a student body of 64% White, 10% Hispanic, 19% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is STAR CITY JIMMY BROWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in?
STAR CITY JIMMY BROWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of STAR CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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