Deerfield Elementary School

Deerfield Elementary School is a micro-enrollment elementary school in Ridgeville, Indiana, part of Randolph Central School Corp. The school works with 158 students in grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Indiana's public schools average about 436 students each, so Deerfield Elementary School sits 64% leaner than that benchmark.

Randolph Central School Corp comprises 5 schools with combined enrollment of 1,408 students; Deerfield Elementary School is among them.

On the student-mix side, Deerfield Elementary School logs that 94% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school reports 4% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school reports having 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.0:1. The state averages around 15.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 45% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is noticeably below Randolph County's rate of about 63%.

After controlling for student poverty, Deerfield Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 43.7%; this one delivers 48.7%.

In the area at large, census data for Randolph County shows the typical household earns roughly $60,791 per year, about 15% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 14% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Randolph County's 17 public schools (combined enrollment of about 11,772 students), Deerfield Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Lee L Driver Middle School, around 6.7 miles off. Within ten miles, there are 4 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Deerfield Elementary School ranks 1st on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 28.1%.

Deerfield Elementary School operates from a countryside location.

Over the past 7-year window. Deerfield Elementary School's enrollment has ticked down 17% since 2018, when it stood at 191 (now 158). The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 12.7:1 in 2018 to 10.0:1 today.

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