Starmount High

Starmount High, a compact four-year high school in Boonville, North Carolina, operated by Yadkin County Schools, works with 556 students, covering grades 9 through 12. That puts it 27% below the typical public school in North Carolina, which averages around 761 students.

Yadkin County Schools runs 14 schools in total, collectively educating 5,174 students. Starmount High is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Starmount High reports that the largest single group is White, at 63% of enrollment. Other groups include 27% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 5% Black. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 83%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Starmount High reports 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 21.3:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 19.6:1 average. About 63% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Yadkin County (around 83%), the school's rate is south of typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Starmount High is in the bottom 10% of North Carolina public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 59.6%; Starmount High posts 34.2%, -25.4 points below that line.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Yadkin County) records that the typical household earns roughly $62,932 per year, roughly 18% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. Starmount High is one of 14 public schools in Yadkin County (combined enrollment of about 5,174 students).

The closest other public school is Starmount Middle, roughly 0.3 miles away. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Starmount High ranks 7th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 55.8%.

The school occupies a low-density site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 5%: 584 students in 2018 compared to 556 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 72% to 63% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 15.0:1 in 2018 to 21.3:1 today.

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