Deerfield High

Deerfield High, a micro-enrollment 9-12 campus in Deerfield, Kansas, one of the schools within Deerfield, enrolls 72 students, covering grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Kansas's public schools average about 410 students each, so Deerfield High sits 82% leaner than that benchmark.

Deerfield High is one of 3 schools operated by Deerfield, a district that instructs 244 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Deerfield High records that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 65% of enrollment. Other groups include 33% White. The wider county runs roughly 36% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, The school lists 9 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 7.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 11.9:1 average. Roughly 68% of students at Deerfield High qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, On a poverty-adjusted basis, Deerfield High sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 29.6%; actual is 10.1%, a gap of -19.5 points.

Around the school, Kearny County reports that median household income runs about $89,135, 19% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. In all, Kearny County runs 6 public schools (combined enrollment of about 928 students), of which Deerfield High is one.

Deerfield Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Deerfield High. On composite proficiency, Deerfield High comes 7th of 7 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 24.9%.

The school occupies a low-density site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Deerfield High has increased 44%, going from 50 students in 2018 to 72 in 2025. Class-load math has grew: from 5.8:1 in 2018 to 7.8:1 in 2025.

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