Deerfield Middle School

Deerfield Middle School is one of the minimally staffed intermediate schools in Deerfield, Kansas, part of Deerfield, with 49 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8. That puts it 88% leaner than the typical public school in Kansas, which averages around 402 students.

Deerfield runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 244 students. Deerfield Middle School is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Deerfield Middle School records that 59% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Other groups include 33% White, 8% Black. By comparison, Kearny County as a whole is about 36% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, The school currently runs with 5 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.7:1 average. About 76% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is above Kearny County's rate of about 64%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Deerfield Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 26.0%, the actual is 12.4%, a residual of -13.7 points.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Kearny County put median household income runs about $89,135, roughly 19% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Kearny County runs 6 public schools (combined enrollment of about 928 students), of which Deerfield Middle School is one.

Deerfield High 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 Middle School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Deerfield Middle School at 6th of 7; the average score across the group is 24.5%.

The school occupies a low-density site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count expanded 75%: 28 students in 2018 compared to 49 in 2025. The White share of enrollment shrank from 39% to 33% over that span. Class-load math has grew: from 6.0:1 in 2018 to 10.3:1 in 2025.

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