Starmount Middle

Public middle school, grades 6 to 9 · Boonville, North Carolina

Starmount Middle in Boonville, North Carolina enrolled 502 students in 2024-25 with 26.8 full-time teachers, 18.7 students per teacher against the North Carolina middle-school median of 16.2. It was eligible for Title I in 2021-22 but ran no program; it takes part in the National School Lunch Program (2024-25).

NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 · Civil Rights Data Collection 2021-22 · Title I status CCD 2021-22 · method

Enrollment fell 6% from 2022-23 to 2024-25; full-time teachers fell 12%

532 students in 2022-23, 493 students in 2023-24, 502 students in 2024-25. Full-time teachers went from 30.6 to 26.8.

Students enrolled at Starmount Middle by school year2022-23: 532, 2023-24: 493, 2024-25: 50202004006002022-235322023-244932024-25502
Students enrolled at Starmount Middle by school year2022-23: 532, 2023-24: 493, 2024-25: 50202004006002022-235322023-244932024-25502
Students enrolled at Starmount Middle by school year2022-23: 532, 2023-24: 493, 2024-25: 50202004006002022-235322023-244932024-25502
Students enrolled at Starmount Middle by school year2022-23: 532, 2023-24: 493, 2024-25: 50202004006002022-235322023-244932024-25502
The numbers as a table
School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Per teacher
2022-2353230.617.4
2023-2449329.916.5
2024-2550226.818.7

18.7 students per teacher, a higher ratio than 90 of every 100 North Carolina middle schools

Among the 467 North Carolina middle schools that reported teachers for 2024-25 the median is 16.2; the national median for middle schools is 14.6. A ratio counts every teacher, so it is not the size of a class.

Students per teacher, North Carolina middle schools, 2024-25240 values from 6.1 to 23.1; Starmount Middle 18.7; state median 16.2.510152025students per full-time teacherStarmount Middle 18.7state median 16.2U.S. 14.6
Students per teacher, North Carolina middle schools, 2024-25240 values from 6.1 to 23.1; Starmount Middle 18.7; state median 16.2.510152025students per full-time teacherStarmount Middle 18.7state median 16.2U.S. 14.6
Students per teacher, North Carolina middle schools, 2024-25240 values from 6.1 to 23.1; Starmount Middle 18.7; state median 16.2.510152025students per full-time teacherStarmount Middle 18.7state median 16.2U.S. 14.6
Students per teacher, North Carolina middle schools, 2024-25240 values from 6.1 to 23.1; Starmount Middle 18.7; state median 16.2.510152025students per full-time teacherStarmount Middle 18.7state median 16.2U.S. 14.6

Source: NCES Common Core of Data membership and staff files, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25; the comparison counts schools with a 2024-25 teacher count and a ratio from 3 to 99 (lower values are reporting errors).

One counselor per 259 students in 2021-22

In the 2021-22 civil rights collection Starmount Middle enrolled 517 students and had 2.0 counselors (full-time equivalent); it reported 45 out-of-school suspensions that year.

  • Advanced Placement coursesNone
  • Gifted and talented programYes
  • Counselors (FTE)2.0, one per 259 of the 517 students enrolled in 2021-22
  • Out-of-school suspensions45
  • Chronically absent30.5% (2022-23)

Who attends

61.2% of students were White, 29.7% Hispanic, 7.4% of two or more races in 2024-25.

  1. White61.2%
  2. Hispanic29.7%
  3. Two or more races7.4%
  4. Black1.6%
  5. Asian0.2%

Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2021-22; chronic absenteeism from EDFacts 2022-23; every count and the counselor ratio are for that school year. Who attends: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25, membership by race and ethnicity.

What to look at next about Starmount Middle

  1. Forbush MiddleThe nearest public middle school, 12 miles away: 598 students, 16.9 per teacher (2024-25).12 mi
  2. Central MiddleThe next nearest public middle school, 15 miles away: 502 students, 16.2 per teacher (2024-25).15 mi
  3. Compare Starmount Middle with Forbush MiddleStudents, teachers, meals, test results and who attends, side by side.
  4. How much Yadkin County Schools spends per student$12,043 per student on current operations in fiscal year 2022-23 (U.S. $16,260), with its revenue sources and teacher pay.$12,043
  5. The largest public schools in North CarolinaStarmount Middle is the number 299 by size of 472 North Carolina middle schools open in 2024-25.#299 of 472
  6. North Carolina schools by students per teacher18.7 students per teacher here against the North Carolina median of 16.2 for middle schools.18.7:1
  7. Find the school district for an addressA home's district, not its city, decides which public schools it can enroll in.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (locations, enrollment, teachers); NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23. Distances are straight lines between the schools' NCES coordinates, not travel routes.

Questions about Starmount Middle

  1. How many students attend Starmount Middle?
    502 in the 2024-25 school year, according to the NCES Common Core of Data; 532 in 2022-23. It is a middle school in Boonville, NC.
  2. What is the student-teacher ratio at Starmount Middle?
    18.7 students per full-time teacher (2024-25); the North Carolina median for middle schools is 16.2. A ratio counts every teacher, so it is not the size of a class.
  3. Is Starmount Middle a Title I school?
    Starmount Middle was eligible for Title I in 2021-22 but ran no Title I program (2021-22 is the last year NCES published school Title I status).
  4. What district is Starmount Middle in?
    Yadkin County Schools, NCES district ID 3705040. The first seven digits of the school's NCES ID 370504003099 are the district's.

Reading these figures: how to choose a school district, what Title I means and what an absenteeism rate means. They are for information and are not a substitute for the school's or district's own records.

Sources

Every federal file behind this record
  • NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25: directory, membership, staff and lunch files. nces.ed.gov
  • NCES Common Core of Data, 2021-22 school characteristics: Title I status. nces.ed.gov
  • Civil Rights Data Collection, 2021-22: AP courses, gifted programs, counselors, discipline. civilrightsdata.ed.gov
  • EDFacts, 2022-23: chronic absenteeism. ed.gov
  • NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, fiscal year 2022-23: district spending and revenue. nces.ed.gov
  • U.S. Census Bureau geocoder and TIGER school districts: the district boundary used by the district finder. census.gov

Source: NCES Common Core of Data Directory, membership, staff and lunch files · 2024-25

Source: Civil Rights Data Collection School-level files (AP, gifted, counselors, discipline) · 2021-22

District spending on the district page is from the NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23.

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