Starline Elementary School, Lake Havasu City AZ

Original Research by School Decision on Starline Elementary School

Starline Elementary School serves kindergarten through sixth grade in Lake Havasu City, a master-planned community founded on the Colorado River that blends tourism with a growing residential base. The school sits within the Lake Havasu Unified District, which recently added a classical education option at another campus but otherwise runs a conventional set of neighborhood elementary schools. Starline itself is a regular public school, not a charter or magnet.

State assessment data from the most recent testing year shows a mixed picture. In mathematics, the share of students meeting proficiency standards varies by grade and reaches its highest point at fifth grade while dipping to a lower point at fourth grade. In English language arts, proficiency rates cluster around the middle of the distribution across grades, with the lowest rate in third grade and the highest in sixth grade. Science results from fifth grade, the only tested science grade in elementary, fall in a similar middle range. When compared with other schools across Mohave County, Starline’s overall proficiency across tested subjects and grades sits above the midpoint among the county’s schools, a signal that its academic performance is solidly in the middle tier of area elementary schools.

The student body is predominantly white, with a Hispanic population representing a meaningful share of enrollment. Other racial and ethnic groups each account for very small portions of the student population. The school does not publicly report the share of students qualifying for free or reduced-price meals or the share receiving special education services or English learner support, so a parent interested in those dimensions of student support would need to ask the school directly.

Lake Havasu City itself is a car-dependent, spread-out place. The built environment is suburban in texture, with commercial strips along major roads and residential neighborhoods radiating outward. The civic and tourist heart is the London Bridge area, where restaurants, shops, and festivals draw visitors and locals alike. The city’s economy rests on tourism, retail, health care, and education, with a notable Arizona State University research facility present. Housing values have softened slightly in the most recent period, while rents have risen, a dynamic worth noting for families considering a move. The city has been growing steadily and projects continued modest expansion, with northern areas seen as the most developable terrain. The district itself is stable, with no major boundary or leadership disruptions in the recent record beyond the addition of a classical academy as a choice option for families.

For a family evaluating Starline, the school presents as a middle-performing elementary within a stable district in a growing but not booming desert city. The academic returns are not among the highest in the county, but they are solidly above the middle, suggesting an adequate foundation for elementary-level learning. The school’s size is typical for a suburban elementary, and its demographic makeup reflects the broader community. A parent who wants a clear picture of student support services or program offerings may need to dig deeper with the school office, as several common data points were not available in public reporting. The overall impression is of a straightforward neighborhood school in a place that offers a tourism-driven quality of life and a moderate cost of living relative to Arizona’s pricier metro areas.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 359%

School 59% · District 44% · ▲ 15 pts above district

▲ 15 pts above state median · ▲ 13 pts above county median

Grade 446%

School 46% · District 44% · ▲ 2 pts above district

▲ 2 pts above state median · even with county median

Grade 563%

School 63% · District 50% · ▲ 13 pts above district

▲ 21 pts above state median · ▲ 17 pts above county median

Grade 659%

School 59% · District 42% · ▲ 17 pts above district

▲ 23 pts above state median · ▲ 25 pts above county median

English language arts

Grade 345%

School 45% · District 34% · ▲ 11 pts above district

▲ 5 pts above state median · ▲ 11 pts above county median

Grade 449%

School 49% · District 45% · ▲ 4 pts above district

▲ 2 pts above state median · ▲ 2 pts above county median

Grade 548%

School 48% · District 39% · ▲ 9 pts above district

▲ 7 pts above state median · ▲ 9 pts above county median

Grade 662%

School 62% · District 51% · ▲ 11 pts above district

▲ 19 pts above state median · ▲ 17 pts above county median

Science

Grade 547%

School 47% · District 39% · ▲ 8 pts above district

▲ 10 pts above state median · ▲ 13 pts above county median

This schoolLake Havasu Unified District (4368), same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.