UNION STAR ELEM.

UNION STAR ELEM. is a very small elementary-level community in UNION STAR, Missouri, overseen by UNION STAR R-II. The school enrolls 66 students in grades K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 79% below the state mean of about 315.

UNION STAR ELEM. is one of 3 schools operated by UNION STAR R-II, a district that instructs 166 students overall.

In terms of who attends, UNION STAR ELEM. logs that 94% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school logs 6% multiracial.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 8 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 8.1:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.4:1 average. An estimated 39% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, UNION STAR ELEM. performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 50.5%, the actual is 57.4%, a residual of +6.9 points.

Around the school, the surrounding county (DeKalb County) records that the typical household earns roughly $69,826 per year, about 16% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. In all, DeKalb County runs 10 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,028 students), of which UNION STAR ELEM. is one.

Nearest neighbor: UNION STAR PRESCHOOL, around 0.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), UNION STAR ELEM. ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 45.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a low-density area.

Five-year trend. UNION STAR ELEM.'s enrollment has shrank 14% since 2018, when it stood at 77 (now 66). Class-load math has pulled in: from 10.4:1 in 2018 to 8.1:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, the feed for UNION STAR ELEM. typically covers science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.