Deerfield Elem

Deerfield Elem operates as a rural-scale elementary-level community in Deerfield, Kansas, run under Deerfield. Current enrollment sits at 123 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Kansas's public schools average about 313 students each, so Deerfield Elem sits 61% smaller than that benchmark.

Deerfield Elem is one of 3 schools operated by Deerfield, a district that caters to 244 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Deerfield Elem shows that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 59% of enrollment. Other groups include 37% White, 3% Black. By comparison, Kearny County as a whole is about 36% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, The school lists 10 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.2:1, putting Deerfield Elem tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 81% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is noticeably above Kearny County's rate of about 64%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Deerfield Elem tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 23.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 31.4%.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Kearny County indicate median household earnings sit near $89,135, about 19% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. In all, Kearny County runs 6 public schools (combined enrollment of about 928 students), of which Deerfield Elem is one.

Deerfield High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Deerfield Elem ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 21.3%.

The school occupies a countryside site.

Over the past 7-year window. Deerfield Elem's enrollment has increased 3% since 2018, when it stood at 120 (now 123). Over the same period, the Hispanic share decreased from 70% to 59%.

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