Starmont High School

Starmont High School operates as a rural-scale high school in Arlington, Iowa, one of the schools within Starmont Comm School District. Current enrollment sits at 174 students spanning grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 468 students per school, that is 63% leaner than typical.

Starmont Comm School District comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 531 students; Starmont High School is among them.

On demographics, Starmont High School shows that nearly all students (95%) are White. The remainder consists of 4% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the income-and-resources front, Starmont High School records 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.3:1. The state averages around 17.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 49% of students at Starmont High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Starmont High School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 67.2%, the actual is 71.8%, a residual of +4.6 points.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Fayette County indicate the typical household earns roughly $60,165 per year, 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Fayette County's 15 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,222 students), Starmont High School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Starmont Middle School, roughly 0.0 miles away. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Starmont High School at 3rd of 8; the average score across the group is 65.2%.

The school occupies a rural site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Starmont High School has stayed largely flat, going from 172 students in 2018 to 174 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 7.5:1 in 2018 to 10.3:1 today.

On the community side, the feed for Starmont High School typically covers science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.