Enrollment
72
High
DISTRICT 81 · STATE 410
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DEERFIELD·NCES 200540000075
Deerfield High
803 Beech Street, Deerfield, KS 67838 · (620) 426-8401 · Kearny County
GRADES 09–12HIGH43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL72 STUDENTS
F
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Scored higher than 4% of Kansas public high schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Kansas public high schools
Student : Teacher
7.8:1
9 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.1:1 · STATE 11.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
68%
49 students
DISTRICT 75% · STATE 51%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 16 | 22% |
| Grade 10 | 14 | 19% |
| Grade 11 | 16 | 22% |
| Grade 12 | 26 | 36% |
Student demographics
46%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 51% · STATE 58% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Deerfield. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
KAP 2024-25 . % Meeting + ExceedingEnglish Language Arts
28.6%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
6.3%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 29 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 6 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Kansas schools, those numbers are about 45 and 39.
KAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 28.6% | 6.3% |
| 2023-24 | 7.1% | 0.0% |
% Meeting + Exceeding, all students and all tested grades. Kansas set new KAP cut scores in spring 2025, so results from 2023-24 and earlier are not comparable with later years.
Source: KAP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of KS schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
10.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
29.6%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-19.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 10% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 30% typical for Kansas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Deerfield High
Deerfield High's state test result (10.1% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deerfield High this school | 72 | 68.1% | 10.1% |
| Stanton County Jr./Sr. High School Johnson | 182 | 58.2% | 17.2% |
| Satanta Jr-Sr High Satanta | 114 | 74.6% | 21.8% |
| Syracuse High Syracuse | 230 | 64.8% | 29.6% |
| Southwestern Heights Jr/Sr High Kismet | 310 | 73.5% | 17.8% |
| Macksville High Macksville | 81 | 71.6% | 24.4% |
Matched among Kansas high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Deerfield High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas |
|---|---|---|
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 72 | #287 of 332 |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
72
+37 (+106%) vs 2020
-40% since 1990-91, when it was 120
Student : Teacher
7.8:1
was 8.8:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 72 | 9.2 | 7.8:1 | 68% (49) |
| 2023-24 | 65 | 7.3 | 8.9:1 | 75% (49) |
| 2022-23 | 63 | 2.5 | 25.2:1 | 71% (45) |
| 2020-21 | 35 | 4 | 8.8:1 | 83% (29) |
| 2017-18 | 50 | 8.6 | 5.8:1 | 78% (39) |
| 2015-16 | 56 | 9 | 6.2:1 | 77% (43) |
| 2010-11 | 92 | 9 | 10.2:1 | 74% (68) |
| 2000-01 | 128 | 12 | 10.7:1 | 27% (35) |
| 1990-91 | 120 | 10 | 12.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Deerfield High.
Since 2017-18: students up 44% (50 to 72); teachers up 7% (8.6 to 9.2).
About Deerfield High
Deerfield High is classified as a high school. It is located in Deerfield, Kansas. The school covers grades 9 through 12 and reported 72 students in 2024-25. That puts enrollment 82% below the 410-student average for high schools in Kansas.
Deerfield has 244 students spread across 3 schools.
More than half of the students at Deerfield High are Hispanic (65%). The rest of enrollment is 33% White. Census estimates put the Hispanic share of Kearny County's population at about 36%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Deerfield High scores 46%.
The school's 9.2 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 7.8:1. High schools in Kansas average 11.9:1, 4.0 more students per teacher than here. Income data for the school show 68% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
Deerfield High holds an F allk12 Grade, placing it above 4% of Kansas public high schools.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Deerfield High is in the bottom 10% of Kansas schools: 10.1% actual against 29.6% predicted.
Census data for Kearny County show median household income comes to about $89,135, about 19% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 4% of residents are in poverty. There are 6 public schools in the county, enrolling about 928, Deerfield High among them.
Deerfield High's closest public school neighbor is Deerfield Middle School, less than a tenth of a mile away. Within five miles of Deerfield High, there are 2 other public schools. On proficiency, Deerfield High is behind the 24.9% nearby average, ranking 7th of 7.
NCES describes the area around Deerfield High as Rural: Remote, meaning in rural territory far from an urban area.
The school's enrollment figures are 35 for 2020-21 and 72 for 2024-25. Differences this large can reflect a change in grade levels, a boundary change, or a merger.
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Kearny County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
3,864
Census ACS
Median income
$89,135
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
19%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
6
928 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Deerfield
- Deerfield ElemElementary · 123 students
- Deerfield Middle SchoolMiddle · 49 students
Other schools in Deerfield
- Deerfield ElemElementary · 123 students
- Deerfield Middle SchoolMiddle · 49 students
Other Deerfield High schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Deerfield High. Deerfield High is the 3rd largest of the 3.
- Deerfield High SchoolDeerfield, IL · 1,437 students
- Deerfield HighDeerfield, WI · 207 students
Nearby schools
- Deerfield Middle School0.0 mi · 49
- Deerfield Elem0.0 mi · 123
- Lakin Elem7.1 mi · 290
- Lakin High7.4 mi · 212
- Lakin Middle7.6 mi · 182
- USD 363 Virtual Academy8.0 mi · 10
Frequently asked questions
About Deerfield HighWhat is the total enrollment at Deerfield High?
Deerfield High enrolls approximately 72 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Deerfield High serve?
Deerfield High serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Deerfield High?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Deerfield High is approximately 7.8:1 (9 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Deerfield High?
At Deerfield High, the student body is approximately 33% White, 65% Hispanic, 1% Asian.
What district is Deerfield High in?
Deerfield High is part of Deerfield.
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