Summary:
Zip code 27011 in Boonville, North Carolina, contains a single middle school — Starmount Middle — serving grades 6 through 9 in the Yadkin County Schools district, with an enrollment of 502 students and essentially the entire student body (99.4%) qualifying for free/reduced lunch.
Because Starmount Middle is the only middle school in this zip code, there are no nearby rival schools for direct comparison; instead, families should measure it against district and statewide averages. The school’s overall proficiency rate across 2025–2026 state EOG exams is roughly 47.8%, compared with 49.3% for Yadkin County Schools and 57.7% for North Carolina as a whole. Starmount’s raw scores have stayed nearly flat over the past year, but the state has improved faster, causing the school’s statewide ranking to slip from the 45th to the 31st percentile over three years. Chronic absenteeism is a notable concern: 27.5% of students are chronically absent, higher than the district’s 22.3% and the state’s 24.2%.
Looking at individual grade levels, 7th grade stands out as the weakest point, with reading proficiency at 38.3% (about 18 points below the state) and math at 45.1% (roughly 11 points below the state). On the positive side, 8th grade reading is a genuine bright spot, exceeding the district average (52.1% vs. 45.8%) — the only tested area where Starmount outperforms its district. Eighth-grade science also improved sharply, jumping from 49.7% to 58.2% in one year, though it still trails the state average of 68.6%. The school’s high poverty level and high absenteeism are likely linked to its academic challenges, and improving attendance could be a high-impact strategy. Overall, Starmount Middle is a high-poverty school that has stabilized academically, has clear strengths in 8th grade, but faces real challenges in 7th grade and is losing ground relative to the rest of the state.
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