📍 302 S Main Street, Star, Montgomery County, 27356
Star Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Star, Montgomery County. The school has 283 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Montgomery County Schools school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a rural setting. The school employs 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 15.7:1. 42% of students are proficient in reading. 27% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Star Elementary enrolls 283 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 46% male and 54% female. A teaching staff of 18 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 15.7:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 52% White, 37% Hispanic or Latino and 5.3% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 147 | 52% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 104 | 37% |
| Two or more races | 15 | 5.3% |
| Black or African American | 10 | 3.5% |
| Asian | 7 | 2.5% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
218 of the school's 283 students (77%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 204 qualify for free lunch and 14 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.
Star Elementary is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Distant). 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 NC-80, state senate district 29, state house district 66.
Star Elementary is one of 11 schools in Montgomery County Schools, based in Troy, North Carolina. The district serves 3,587 students district-wide and employs 220 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 283 students, Star Elementary is close to the district average of about 326 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Distant