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In 1858<ref>[http://racinecounty.net/Redding%20and%20Watson/Redding%20and%20Watson.htm "Redding & Watson's Map of Racine County - 1858"], racinecounty.net.</ref> and 1873,<ref>[http://racinecounty.net/1873%20RK%20Map/1873%20RK%20Map.htm "Map of Racine and Kenosha Counties - 1873"], racinecounty.net.</ref> the farm of N. A. Walker comprised the future location of Starbuck Middle School and [[Westgate Mall Shopping Center (Racine, Wisconsin)|Westgate Mall Shopping Center]]. By 1893, Walker's farm was owned by M. George and had been expanded to the south. George's 65-acre property was bounded by what is now [[Washington Avenue (Racine, Wisconsin)|Washington Avenue]] on the north, Ohio Street on the east, the [[Racine–Sturtevant Trail]] (formerly the [[Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul Railroad]]) on the south, and [[Perry Avenue (Racine, Wisconsin)|Perry Avenue]] on the west.<ref>[http://racinecounty.net/East%20End%20Racine%20County/East%20End%20Racine%20County.htm "Map Drawing - East End of Racine County - 1893"], racinecounty.net.</ref> In 1930, this same area was owned by [[J. E. Rowland & Sons]], a local real estate company.<ref>[https://online.flowpaper.com/7695073a/MapBook/#page=5 "Racine County Map Book - 1930"], racinecounty.net.</ref>
 
By 1950, the Racine Board of Education owned two large plots of land outside the city of Racine that were reserved for future school construction, one on the western side of Ohio Street at [[Sixteenth Street (Racine, Wisconsin)|Sixteenth Street]], and the other west of [[Graceland Cemetery (Racine, Wisconsin)|Graceland Cemetery]] (now the location of [[Goodland Elementary School (Racine, Wisconsin)|Goodland Elementary School]]).<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/44187772/the_journal_times/ "Consider School Site on Southwest Side"], [[Racine Journal Times]], November 22, 1950, page eight.</ref> In 1954, with the demographic effects of the "[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baby_Boom {{W|Baby Boom]}}" starting to cause overcrowding in Racine's elementary schools, the Board stated that it was planning building a new junior high school either on the Ohio Street site or next to [[Jerstad-Agerholm Elementary School (Racine, Wisconsin)|Jerstad-Agerholm Elementary School]], in time for the expected peak of enrollment at junior high schools in 1961.<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/44189781/the_journal_times/ "County Eyes Tuition Students' Fate When High Schools Hit Peak in 60's"], [[Racine Journal Times]], January 19, 1954, page four.</ref> The school board later decided that it needed to build both junior high schools to keep up with enrollment figures. It was noted by members of the Board that the 9.2-acre site they had purchased (comprising roughly the southern half of what is now the school property) was likely too small for the junior high school, so in 1958, it began seeking to purchase an undeveloped area to the north, on the southern end of the property of the [[Westgate Outdoor Theatre (Racine, Wisconsin)|Westgate Outdoor Theatre]].<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/44191868/the_journal_times/ "School Board Tackles Building Needs"], [[Racine Journal Times]], August 20, 1957, page five.</ref><ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/44192143/the_journal_times/ "City School Bill Is Cut by $5,000; Expand Summer Session Curriculum"], [[Racine Journal Times]], May 13, 1958, page four.</ref>
 
[[File:Starbuck Middle School, scale model 1959.png|thumb|A scale model of the school in its planning stages in 1959 shows "(1) music, drama, multipurpose room and administration offices; (2) two-story classroom section; (3) cafeteria, and, to the rear, homemaking and art rooms; (4) physical education with graphic arts, electrical and metals classrooms in foreground, and (5) heating plant."<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/44200866/the_journal_times/ "Racine's 6th Junior High School"], [[Racine Journal Times]], June 7, 1959, front page.</ref>]]
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On April 1, 1976, 220 patients from [[Westview Nursing Home (Racine, Wisconsin)|Westview Nursing Home]] were evacuated into the school building after the nursing home received an anonymous bomb threat, which was later found to be a hoax.<ref>Devlin, Sean P. [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/44222675/the_journal_times/ "Citizens respond to Westview plight"], [[Racine Journal Times]], April 1, 1976, page 1D.</ref> At the start of the 1983–84 school year, Racine Unified moved from a 6–3–3 structure (six years in elementary school, three years in junior high school, three years in senior high school) to a 5–3–4 structure. With this change, Starbuck and the city's other junior high schools went from serving grades seven through nine to serving grades six through eight.<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/44223516/the_journal_times/ "School opening dates reported"], [[Racine Journal Times]], August 10, 1983, page 4A.</ref> The following school year, the district changed the names of its junior high schools to middle schools to reflect the new structure; thus, Starbuck Junior High School became Starbuck Middle School.<ref>Frahm, Robert A. [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/44223822/the_journal_times/ "McKinley Middle School?"], [[Racine Journal Times]], May 3, 1984, front page.</ref>
 
After the 2017–18 school year, [[McKinley Middle School (Racine, Wisconsin)|McKinley Middle School]] closed so that [[Walden III Middle and High School]] could move into its building. McKinley's [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Baccalaureate {{W|International Baccalaureate]}} (IB) program was then moved to Starbuck. With McKinley's closure and [[Gilmore Middle School (Racine, Wisconsin)|Gilmore Middle School]]'s merger with [[Stephen Bull Fine Arts Elementary School (Racine, Wisconsin)|Stephen Bull Fine Arts Elementary School]], Starbuck also became the district's only three-year middle school.<ref>Spoto, Cara. [https://journaltimes.com/news/local/big-changes-for-middle-schools/article_5aefbc2e-5514-52a7-b5b9-fd129a61ab77.html "Big changes for middle schools"], [[Racine Journal Times]], April 14, 2017.</ref> As of December 2019, Racine Unified plans to expand Starbuck into a K–8 school, accommodating elementary school students from [[Jefferson Lighthouse Elementary School (Racine, Wisconsin)|Jefferson Lighthouse]] and [[West Ridge Elementary School (Racine, Wisconsin)|West Ridge]], which it intends to close.<ref>Sievers, Caitlin. [https://journaltimes.com/news/local/unified-recommends-closing-school-buildings-constructing-new-ones/article_f4d0977a-3362-5cfa-bb9a-973353626588.html "Unified recommends closing 9 school buildings, constructing 5 new ones"], [[Racine Journal Times]], December 16, 2019.</ref>
 
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