Starlight Elementary

As a large elementary campus in Beaumont, California, Starlight Elementary enrolls 872 students from grades K through 5, run under Beaumont Unified. That puts it 88% bigger than the typical public school in California, which averages around 465 students.

Across the 14 schools in Beaumont Unified (12,430 students total), Starlight Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Starlight Elementary reports that 65% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Beyond that, the school shows 14% White, 7% Black, 7% Asian, 6% multiracial. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 51%.

On the resource side, The school lists 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 24.6:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. An estimated 65% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Riverside County (around 74%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Starlight Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 40.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 45.0%.

Across the wider county, Riverside County reports that median household earnings sit near $93,074, roughly 26% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Starlight Elementary is one of 543 public schools in Riverside County (combined enrollment of about 424,872 students).

Nearest neighbor: San Gorgonio Middle, around 0.7 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Starlight Elementary. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Starlight Elementary ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 37.1%.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. The community welcomes input from current and former families.