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Starmont Elementary School is a public elementary school located in Arlington, Iowa, serving grades PK-5 with a total enrollment of 264 students. The school is part of the Starmont Community School District, which is ranked 185 out of 309 districts in Iowa and has a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.
Starmont Elementary School consistently outperforms the state average in both English Language Arts and Mathematics proficiency across all grade levels. For example, in 2023-2024, 78.1% of 3rd graders, 70.5% of 4th graders, and 53.7% of 5th graders were proficient or better in ELA, compared to the state averages of 64.2%, 72.9%, and 69%, respectively. In Mathematics, the school's proficiency rates were 87.5% for 3rd grade, 81.8% for 4th grade, and 63.4% for 5th grade, outpacing the state averages. The school also has a relatively low student-teacher ratio, ranging from 11.5 to 12.2 over the past three school years, which is lower than the nearby rural elementary schools and the larger elementary schools in the area.
While Starmont Elementary School performs well academically, the high percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch, ranging from 32.09% to 38.64% over the past three school years, may indicate potential socioeconomic challenges that the school and district need to address. The nearby rural elementary schools, such as Prairie Grove Elementary, Rural Elementary School #1, and Rural Elementary School #2, have significantly smaller enrollments and are predominantly white, while the larger elementary schools in the area, such as Lambert Elementary and Central Elementary, have more diverse student populations and higher free and reduced-price lunch rates.
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