Deerfield Elementary

Deerfield Elementary is a medium-sized K-5 school in Irvine, California, run under Irvine Unified. The school educates 615 students in grades K through 6. Enrollment runs roughly 32% above the state mean of about 465.

Deerfield Elementary is one of 44 schools operated by Irvine Unified, a district that serves 37,948 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Deerfield Elementary records that Asian students make up the majority at 55%. The remainder consists of 18% White, 16% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 3% Black. By comparison, Orange County as a whole is about 22% Asian, so the school skews meaningfully more Asian than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Deerfield Elementary logs 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 29.3:1. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 20% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Orange County (around 55%), the school's rate is south of typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Deerfield Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 67.4%, the actual is 75.7%, a residual of +8.3 points.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Orange County shows median household income runs about $116,289, 44% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Deerfield Elementary is one of 649 public schools in Orange County (combined enrollment of about 430,458 students).

Venado Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Deerfield Elementary. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Deerfield Elementary ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 68.9%.

Deerfield Elementary operates from an urban location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Deerfield Elementary has ticked down 9%, going from 676 students in 2018 to 615 in 2025. Class-load math has pulled in: from 30.7:1 in 2018 to 29.3:1 in 2025.

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