📍 400 Professor Brown Lane, Starr, Anderson County, 29684
Starr Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Starr, Anderson County. The school has 490 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Anderson 03 school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a rural setting. The school employs 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 12.9:1. 60% of students are proficient in reading. 63% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Starr Elementary enrolls 490 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 38 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 12.9:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 81% White, 7.8% Two or more races and 5.5% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 397 | 81% |
| Two or more races | 38 | 7.8% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 27 | 5.5% |
| Black or African American | 24 | 4.9% |
| Asian | 2 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
490 of the school's 490 students (100%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 490 qualify for free lunch and 0 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Starr Elementary 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 SC-30, state senate district 4, state house district 11.
Starr Elementary is one of 5 schools in Anderson 03, based in Iva, South Carolina. The district serves 2,772 students district-wide and employs 190 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 490 students, Starr Elementary is close to the district average of about 554 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Fringe