STAR CITY JIMMY BROWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

STAR CITY JIMMY BROWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, an expansive elementary-level community in STAR CITY, Arkansas, one of the schools within STAR CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT, enrolls 679 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 62% bigger than the state mean of about 418.

Within STAR CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT, which oversees 3 schools and 1,460 students, STAR CITY JIMMY BROWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, STAR CITY JIMMY BROWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shows that the largest single group is White, at 64% of enrollment. The remainder is composed of 19% Black, 10% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the income-and-resources front, The school currently runs with 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.4:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 100% of students at STAR CITY JIMMY BROWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

With demographic context factored in, STAR CITY JIMMY BROWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 22.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 27.7%.

Around the school, Lincoln County reports that median household income runs about $51,778, roughly 12% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 15%. In all, Lincoln County runs 3 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,460 students), of which STAR CITY JIMMY BROWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

Nearest neighbor: STAR CITY HIGH SCHOOL, around 0.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around STAR CITY JIMMY BROWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), STAR CITY JIMMY BROWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 4th on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 27.7%.

Geographically, the school is in an outlying area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 11%: 766 students in 2018 compared to 679 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share contracted from 70% to 64%.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.