Starr Elementary School

As a modestly sized elementary-level community in Richmond, Indiana, Starr Elementary School instructs 284 students from grades pre-K through 4, one of the schools within Richmond Community Schools. By comparison, Indiana's public schools average about 436 students each, so Starr Elementary School sits 35% below that benchmark.

Starr Elementary School is one of 10 schools operated by Richmond Community Schools, a district that instructs 4,454 students overall.

On demographics, Starr Elementary School records that the largest single group is White at 48%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school logs 21% Hispanic, 19% multiracial, 12% Black. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 87%.

In terms of school funding signals, The school lists 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.0:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 76% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is noticeably above Wayne County's rate of about 55%.

After controlling for student poverty, Starr Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 21.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 24.8%.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Wayne County) reports that median household income runs about $55,692, 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 14%. Across Wayne County's 23 public schools (combined enrollment of about 9,696 students), Starr Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Test Intermediate School, around 0.4 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Starr Elementary School ranks 4th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 35.2%.

The school occupies a town-center site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Starr Elementary School has edged down 13%, going from 325 students in 2018 to 284 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share shrank from 61% to 48%. Class-load math has widened: from 13.0:1 in 2018 to 15.0:1 in 2025.

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