DEERWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Set in KISSIMMEE, Florida, DEERWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a close-knit elementary campus, overseen by OSCEOLA. It works with 422 students across grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 30% leaner than the typical public school in Florida, which averages around 604 students.

OSCEOLA runs 83 schools in total, collectively educating 75,388 students. DEERWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, DEERWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports that Hispanic students make up the majority at 62%. The remainder consists of 28% Black, 7% White, 2% multiracial.

Looking at school resources, The school employs 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.5:1 average. Roughly 73% of students at DEERWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Osceola County (around 52%), the school's rate is north of typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, DEERWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 44.4%; this one delivers 37.9%.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Osceola County indicate median household income runs about $72,637, 30% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. In all, Osceola County runs 88 public schools (combined enrollment of about 74,164 students), of which DEERWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

Nearest neighbor: DISCOVERY INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL, around 1.1 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts DEERWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 6th of 9; the average score across the group is 41.7%.

Geographically, the school is in a commuter-belt area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at DEERWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has contracted 25%, going from 560 students in 2018 to 422 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment expanded from 19% to 28% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 15.1:1 in 2018 to 12.8:1 today.

On the community side, members of the DEERWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.