DEER K-12 SCHOOL

DEER K-12 SCHOOL operates as a minimally staffed all-grades campus in DEER, Arkansas, operated by DEER MT JUDEA SCHOOL DISTRICT. Current enrollment sits at 174 students spanning grades pre-K through 12. By comparison, Arkansas's public schools average about 534 students each, so DEER K-12 SCHOOL sits 67% below that benchmark.

Within DEER MT JUDEA SCHOOL DISTRICT, which oversees 2 schools and 349 students, DEER K-12 SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, DEER K-12 SCHOOL logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (86%); the rest reads as 5% Hispanic, 3% Pacific Islander, 3% multiracial, 3% Native American.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school reports having 80 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 2.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 8.3:1, putting DEER K-12 SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 98% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), DEER K-12 SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 22.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 23.3%.

In the broader community, Newton County reports that median household income runs about $48,986, 16% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 15%. Across Newton County's 7 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,213 students), DEER K-12 SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: MT. JUDEA K-12 SCHOOL, around 10.6 miles off. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), DEER K-12 SCHOOL ranks 5th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 30.5%.

DEER K-12 SCHOOL operates from a rural location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at DEER K-12 SCHOOL has contracted 31%, going from 253 students in 2018 to 174 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 90% to 86% across the same window. Class-load math has narrowed: from 12.5:1 in 2018 to 2.2:1 in 2025.

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