Deerfield Community School

Deerfield Community School is an elementary-level community of heavily attended scale in Deerfield, New Hampshire, operated by Deerfield School District, educateing 506 students in grades pre-K through 8. By comparison, New Hampshire's public schools average about 249 students each, so Deerfield Community School sits 103% bigger than that benchmark.

Deerfield Community School sits inside Deerfield School District, the local public-school operator responsible for the campus.

Demographically, Deerfield Community School lists that 95% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest breaks down as 2% multiracial.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 45 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.4:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. About 11% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Deerfield Community School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 56.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 53.6%.

In the broader community, Rockingham County reports that the typical household earns roughly $118,331 per year, about 46% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 3%. Deerfield Community School is one of 99 public schools in Rockingham County (combined enrollment of about 41,753 students).

Nearest neighbor: Coe-Brown Northwood Academy, around 4.9 miles off. Within ten miles, there are 8 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Deerfield Community School at 3rd of 8; the average score across the group is 50.6%.

Geographically, the school is in a rural area.

Over the past 7-year window. Deerfield Community School's enrollment has stayed largely flat since 2018, when it stood at 515 (now 506).

On the community side, members of the Deerfield Community School community share and discuss pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.