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Star City Jimmy Brown Elementary School

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Star City Jimmy Brown Elementary School ranks 348 th of 491 Arkansas elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 1 star out of 5.

Public Grades PK, KG-5

348^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 491 Arkansas Elementary Schools

Better than 29% of Arkansas elementary schools

Summary

Star City Jimmy Brown Elementary School serves 679 students from Pre-K through 5th grade in the Star City School District, a community that has experienced a rapid economic shift with its free/reduced lunch rate soaring to 99.85% in 2024-2025.

Despite facing extreme poverty and spending significantly less per student ($11,372) than nearby high-poverty schools like Reed Elementary ($19,505) and Thirty-Fourth Street Elementary ($16,198), this school is a story of resilience. It has shown consistent, modest academic improvement over the last three years in all subjects, and it actually outperforms its own district in every subject for the 2025-2026 school year. For example, its math proficiency (36%) is higher than the district average (34.8%), and its science proficiency (35.7%) tops the district's 32.7%. This suggests the school's leadership and teachers are effectively using their limited resources to help students make steady progress.

Star City Jimmy Brown sits in an academic middle ground in the region. It clearly outperforms struggling schools in the Pine Bluff School District and Dumas School District, but it lags behind Woodlawn Elementary School, located just 11.7 miles away. Woodlawn has a much lower poverty rate (59.17%) and achieves dramatically higher test scores, such as a 63.6% math proficiency compared to Star City's 36%. This contrast highlights the powerful link between poverty and academic performance. A potential bright spot for Star City is its relatively stronger performance in math and science compared to English language arts, which could be a foundation for future growth.

679

Students ?

15.4

Student/teacher ratio ?

$11,372

Per pupil spending ?

99.9%

Free/discounted lunch ?

400 East Arkansas St
Star City, AR 71667

(866) 446-3647

District: Star City School District

Students who attend Star City Jimmy Brown Elementary School usually attend:

Middle:	Star City Middle School
High:	Star City High School

Racial breakdown:

White:

64.1%

African American:

18.7%

Hispanic:

10.5%

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At a glance

▲ Ranking trend: Improving — 12th percentile in 2016 → 29th in 2026

Strengths

✓Ranking is trending up — up 17 percentile points since 2016

Worth a look

!Test scores below the Arkansas average (34% vs 42% meeting standards)

Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?

This school34%

District avg33%

Arkansas avg42%

348^th of 491

Arkansas public elementary schools ?

Bottom 29%▲ up 17 pts since 2016

From bottom 12% (2016) to bottom 29% (2026)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

189^th of 251Star City School District among Arkansas districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

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Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Arkansas percentile	Rating
2026	33.6	348 of 491	29.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	36.5	334 of 495	32.5%	★★☆☆☆
2024	36.4	339 of 497	31.8%	★★☆☆☆
2023	26.3	385 of 492	21.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	23.2	392 of 487	19.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	24.7	385 of 496	22.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	17.2	422 of 488	13.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	16.7	416 of 480	13.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	15.6	438 of 485	9.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2016	17.7	435 of 494	11.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2015	23.4	384 of 466	17.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2014	24.4	403 of 471	14.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2013	24.4	409 of 476	14.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2012	35.3	366 of 468	21.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2011	51.1	275 of 471	41.6%	★★☆☆☆
2010	45.2	302 of 457	33.9%	★★☆☆☆
2009	45.2	286 of 445	35.7%	★★☆☆☆
2008	33.1	338 of 439	23.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2007	27.9	356 of 440	19.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2006	33.9	301 of 402	25.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2005	32.7	315 of 411	23.4%	★☆☆☆☆

By subject vs Arkansas (2025-2026) ?

Mathematics36%-8 vs state

Science36%-8 vs state

Reading33%-7 vs state

English Language Arts32%-7 vs state

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				ATLAS English Language Arts (2026)					ATLAS Reading (2026)					ATLAS Mathematics (2026)					ATLAS Science (2026)					Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	ATLAS English Language Arts 3rd Grade	ATLAS English Language Arts 4th Grade	ATLAS English Language Arts 5th Grade	ATLAS English Language Arts 6th Grade	ATLAS English Language Arts All Grades	ATLAS Reading 3rd Grade	ATLAS Reading 4th Grade	ATLAS Reading 5th Grade	ATLAS Reading 6th Grade	ATLAS Reading All Grades	ATLAS Mathematics 3rd Grade	ATLAS Mathematics 4th Grade	ATLAS Mathematics 5th Grade	ATLAS Mathematics 6th Grade	ATLAS Mathematics All Grades	ATLAS Science 3rd Grade	ATLAS Science 4th Grade	ATLAS Science 5th Grade	ATLAS Science 6th Grade	ATLAS Science All Grades	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Star City Jimmy Brown Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	400 East Arkansas St	Star City	71667	Lincoln County	Star City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(866) 446-3647	679	44	15.4	99.9%	435 (64.1%)	127 (18.7%)	71 (10.5%)	8 (1.2%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	36 (5.3%)	33.6	348^th of 491 public elementary schools	29.1%		36.5	334^th of 495 public elementary schools	32.5%	14	32.6	33.4	30.6		32.2	33.7	35.3	30.6		33.3	38.8	36.2	32.9		36.0	35.5	39.0	31.8		35.7	$11,372	$1,459	$9,912
Woodlawn Elementary School	Public	K-6	6760 Hwy. 63	Rison	71665	Cleveland County	Woodlawn School District	No	No	No	Yes	(870) 357-2211	289	22	13.3	59.2%	264 (91.3%)	2 (0.7%)	10 (3.5%)	6 (2.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (2.4%)	76.9	101^st of 491 public elementary schools	79.4%		50.2	256^th of 495 public elementary schools	48.3%	155	59.5	52.5	51.0	37.5	50.2	54.8	47.5	53.0	42.5	49.7	57.1	55.0	74.6	65.0	63.6	50.0	67.5	68.7	37.5	56.6	$10,293	$829	$9,465
Thirty-Fourth Street Elementary School	Public	K-6	801 East 34th Ave	Pine Bluff	71603	Jefferson County	Pine Bluff School District	No	No	No	Yes	(870) 543-4392	399	23	17.5	100.0%	8 (2.0%)	363 (91.0%)	7 (1.8%)	2 (0.5%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (4.5%)	8.5	472^nd of 491 public elementary schools	3.9%		6.3	486^th of 495 public elementary schools	1.8%	14	20.0	24.5	8.5	24.4	18.9	20.0	26.4	5.1	24.5	18.4	17.2	18.8	1.7	20.4	13.8	20.0	17.0	1.7	16.3	12.7	$16,198	$3,313	$12,886
Friendship Aspire Academy Hazel St Pine Bluff	Public, Charter	K-5	Pine Bluff Ar 71603	Pine Bluff	71603	Jefferson County	Friendship Aspire Academies Arkansas	Yes	No	No	Yes	(870) 395-7401	469	29	16.2	80.0%	6 (1.3%)	447 (95.3%)	6 (1.3%)	4 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	4 (0.9%)	31.9	357^th of 491 public elementary schools	27.3%		40	314^th of 495 public elementary schools	36.6%	43	20.3	32.4	34.8		30.0	21.6	31.5	37.0		30.7	16.3	45.0	32.6		33.2	24.3	44.1	34.8		35.8	$17,582	$4,906	$12,676
Southwood Elementary School	Public	K-6	4200 S Fir St	Pine Bluff	71603	Jefferson County	Pine Bluff School District	No	No	No	Yes	(870) 543-4390	345	23	15.2	100.0%	15 (4.3%)	312 (90.4%)	3 (0.9%)	3 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (3.5%)	11.3	457^th of 491 public elementary schools	6.9%		15.6	438^th of 495 public elementary schools	11.5%	19	24.4	7.9	12.7	28.6	17.9	24.4	10.5	11.0	28.6	17.9	19.6	21.1	9.1	44.2	21.4	17.3	15.8	12.7	26.5	17.3	$15,646	$2,336	$13,310
Reed Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	709 Dan Gill Drive	Dumas	71639	Desha County	Dumas School District	No	No	No	Yes	(870) 382-5365	368	27	13.8	100.0%	49 (13.3%)	255 (69.3%)	47 (12.8%)	3 (0.8%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (3.5%)	6.5	482^nd of 491 public elementary schools	1.8%		8.7	475^th of 495 public elementary schools	4.0%	7	27.2	11.3	7.0		14.2	25.0	13.2	10.6		15.6	25.0	15.1	1.8		13.0	18.1	17.0	7.0		13.6	$19,505	$3,424	$16,081

Frequently Asked Questions about Star City Jimmy Brown Elementary School

What district is Star City Jimmy Brown Elementary School in?

Star City School District

Is Star City Jimmy Brown Elementary School a good school?

Star City Jimmy Brown Elementary School ranks 348^th of 491 Arkansas elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 1 star out of 5.

How many students attend Star City Jimmy Brown Elementary School?

In the 2024-25 school year, 679 students attended Star City Jimmy Brown Elementary School.

What schools do graduates of Star City Jimmy Brown Elementary School attend?

Students who attend Star City Jimmy Brown Elementary School usually go on to attend:

Middle : Star City Middle School
High : Star City High School

What is the racial makeup of Star City Jimmy Brown Elementary School?

Students at Star City Jimmy Brown Elementary School are 64% White, 19% African American, 10% Hispanic, 5% Two or more races, 1% Asian.

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2025–26 ATLAS test scoresJul 13, 2026

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Arkansas Division of Elementary and Secondary Education.

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