Deerfield Elementary School

Set in NOVI, Michigan, Deerfield Elementary School is a mid-tier primary school, one of the schools within Novi Community School District. It serves 459 students across grades K through 4. Compared to the state average of about 369 students per school, that is 24% bigger than typical.

Across the 10 schools in Novi Community School District (6,732 students total), Deerfield Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, Deerfield Elementary School reports that 52% of students identify as Asian, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school lists 34% White, 5% Black, 4% multiracial, 3% Hispanic. By comparison, Oakland County as a whole is about 9% Asian, so the school skews noticeably more Asian than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Deerfield Elementary School reports 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.2:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.8:1 average. An estimated 5% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Oakland County (around 32%), the school's rate is south of typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Deerfield Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 64.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 73.7%.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Oakland County indicate median household earnings sit near $97,760, roughly 51% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. In all, Oakland County runs 345 public schools (combined enrollment of about 169,926 students), of which Deerfield Elementary School is one.

The closest other public school is Novi Middle School, roughly 0.2 miles away. 8 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 Elementary School ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 69.0%.

The campus sits in a metropolitan setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 3%: 472 students in 2018 compared to 459 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 40% to 34% across the same window.

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