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Star Elementary School

๐Ÿ“ 1900 Star School Rd, Hastings, Barry County, 49058

305
Pupils
16.5
Pupil:teacher ratio

About this school

Star Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Hastings, Barry County. The school has 305 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Hastings Area School District school district. It serves grades Kโ€“5 in a rural setting. The school employs 18.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 16.5:1. 52% of students are proficient in reading. 32% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.

School details

School district
Hastings Area School District

Enrollment & staffing

Star Elementary School enrolls 305 students across grades Kโ€“5. The student body is 49% male and 51% female. A teaching staff of 18.5 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 16.5:1.

Male students
148 (49%)
Female students
157 (51%)
Teachers (FTE)
18.5
Student-teacher ratio
16.5:1
Grade span
Kโ€“5

Student demographics

By race and ethnicity, the student body is 92% White, 3.9% Two or more races and 3.3% Hispanic or Latino.

Race / ethnicityStudentsShare
White28192%
Two or more races123.9%
Hispanic or Latino103.3%
American Indian or Alaska Native2<1%

Source: NCES Common Core of Data.

Free & reduced-price lunch

145 of the school's 305 students (48%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 125 qualify for free lunch and 20 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.

School setting & status

Rural, FringeGrades Kโ€“5Supplemental VirtualTitle I

Star Elementary School is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Fringe). Virtual instruction: Supplemental Virtual. The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district MI-20, state senate district 19, state house district 87.

School district: Hastings Area School District

Star Elementary School is one of 6 schools in Hastings Area School District, based in Hastings, Michigan. The district serves 2,481 students district-wide and employs 145 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 305 students, Star Elementary School is smaller than the district average of about 414 students per school.

2,481
District students
6
Schools
145
Teachers (FTE)

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Academic Performance

52%
Reading proficient
32%
Math proficient
11%
Poverty rate

Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.

Technology & Programs

๐Ÿ“ถ Fiber internet ๐Ÿ“ก Campus Wi-Fi

Setting: Rural - Fringe

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