Enrollment
322
Middle
DISTRICT 487 · STATE 464
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·STAR CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 050002801043
STAR CITY MIDDLE SCHOOL
400 EAST ARKANSAS ST, STAR CITY, AR 71667 · (866) 446-3647 · Lincoln County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL322 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 23% of Arkansas public middle schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats 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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
12.7:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.7:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
322 students
DISTRICT 100% · STATE 70%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 105 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 96 | 30% |
| Grade 8 | 121 | 38% |
Student demographics
53%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
STAR CITY MIDDLE SCHOOL→STAR CITY HIGH SCHOOL
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
21.3%
AR avg 34.9% . -3.6pp since 2023
Math
25.7%
AR avg 38.9% . +8.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the ATLAS, Arkansas's statewide test, about 21 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 26 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Arkansas schools, those numbers are about 35 and 39. Reading and writing scores are down about 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 8 points.
ATLAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 21.3% | 25.7% |
| 2023-24 | 24.9% | 17.6% |
% 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
22.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
22.7%
based on AR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 23% 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 MIDDLE SCHOOL
STAR CITY MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (22.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| STAR CITY MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 322 | 100.0% | 22.5% |
| TRUMANN MIDDLE SCHOOL TRUMANN | 418 | 100.0% | 22.0% |
| PARIS MIDDLE SCHOOL PARIS | 278 | 100.0% | 37.7% |
| DREW CENTRAL MIDDLE SCHOOL MONTICELLO | 360 | 100.0% | 27.3% |
| OAK GROVE MIDDLE SCHOOL PARAGOULD | 447 | 100.0% | 29.0% |
| BOONEVILLE JR HIGH SCHOOL BOONEVILLE | 299 | 100.0% | 30.1% |
Matched among Arkansas middle 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 MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Arkansas |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 22.5% | #174 of 207 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 25.7% | #164 of 208 ▲ 18 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 21.3% | #170 of 208 ▼ 20 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 322 | #148 of 217 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.7:1 | #52 of 188 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 52.5% | #80 of 188 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #3 of 210 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.0% | #75 of 114 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
322
-6 (-2%) vs 2020
-33% since 1990-91, when it was 484
Student : Teacher
12.7:1
was 12.2:1
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 | 322 | 25.4 | 12.7:1 | 100% (322) |
| 2023-24 | 348 | 25.1 | 13.9:1 | 79% (275) |
| 2022-23 | 341 | 27.4 | 12.4:1 | 70% (238) |
| 2020-21 | 328 | 27 | 12.2:1 | 72% (235) |
| 2017-18 | 354 | 29.1 | 12.2:1 | 37% (131) |
| 2015-16 | 379 | 35 | 10.8:1 | 63% (238) |
| 2010-11 | 384 | 29 | 13.2:1 | 60% (232) |
| 2000-01 | 348 | 28 | 12.4:1 | 42% (147) |
| 1990-91 | 484 | 25 | 19.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for STAR CITY MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About STAR CITY MIDDLE SCHOOL
STAR CITY MIDDLE SCHOOL is the name of a low-enrollment middle-grades school in STAR CITY, Arkansas. Enrolled students number 322 students, in grades 6 through 8. Statewide, middle schools in Arkansas average about 464 students each.
STAR CITY MIDDLE SCHOOL is part of a district of 3 schools: STAR CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT, with 1,460 students.
By race and ethnicity, STAR CITY MIDDLE SCHOOL is 66% White. Other reported shares: 15% Black, 10% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, and 2% Asian. By the diversity index, STAR CITY MIDDLE SCHOOL comes in at 53%.
The count of teachers at STAR CITY MIDDLE SCHOOL is 25.4 full-time equivalents, for a ratio of 12.7:1. Among middle schools in Arkansas, the typical ratio is 13.9:1. The school counts 322 students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, or 100%. That is close to the 100% average for public schools in Lincoln County.
allk12 grades STAR CITY MIDDLE SCHOOL a C-. The grade compares the school only with Arkansas public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
In Arkansas, STAR CITY MIDDLE SCHOOL is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 22.5% actual against a predicted 22.7%.
Across Lincoln County, median household income is about $51,778, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 12% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 15%. The public schools of Lincoln County number 3 and enroll about 1,460.
The closest public school to STAR CITY MIDDLE SCHOOL is STAR CITY HIGH SCHOOL, less than a tenth of a mile away. Within five miles of STAR CITY MIDDLE SCHOOL, there are 2 other public schools. Of 8 schools in the immediate area with test results, STAR CITY MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks 5th on average proficiency.
The school is in rural territory far from an urban area, according to its NCES locale (Rural: Remote).
Enrollment has been fairly stable: 328 in 2020-21 and 322 in 2024-25.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for STAR CITY MIDDLE SCHOOL covering things like school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
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 JIMMY BROWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 679 students
- STAR CITY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 459 students
Other schools in STAR CITY
- STAR CITY JIMMY BROWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 679 students
- STAR CITY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 459 students
Nearby schools
- STAR CITY HIGH SCHOOL0.1 mi · 459
- STAR CITY JIMMY BROWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.4 mi · 679
- WOODLAWN HIGH SCHOOL11.6 mi · 261
- WOODLAWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL11.6 mi · 289
- FRIENDSHIP ASPIRE ACADEMY SOUTHEAST MIDDLE SCHOOL PINE BLUFF17.7 mi · 236
- FRIENDSHIP ASPIRE ACADEMY SOUTHEAST PINE BLUFF17.7 mi · 76
Frequently asked questions
About STAR CITY MIDDLE SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at STAR CITY MIDDLE SCHOOL?
STAR CITY MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 322 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does STAR CITY MIDDLE SCHOOL serve?
STAR CITY MIDDLE SCHOOL serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at STAR CITY MIDDLE SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at STAR CITY MIDDLE SCHOOL is approximately 12.7:1 (25 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at STAR CITY MIDDLE SCHOOL?
Student demographics at STAR CITY MIDDLE SCHOOL are roughly 66% White, 10% Hispanic, 15% Black, 2% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees STAR CITY MIDDLE SCHOOL?
STAR CITY MIDDLE SCHOOL is overseen by STAR CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT in Lincoln County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.