Enrollment
320
Elementary
DISTRICT 316 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WHITESBORO CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 363132004191
DEERFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
5604 TRENTON RD, UTICA, NY 13502 · (315) 266-3412 · Oneida County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL320 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 82% of New York public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+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 New York public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
11.6:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.2:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
23%
73 students
DISTRICT 26% · STATE 58%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 50 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 49 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 53 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 57 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 52 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 58 | 18% |
| Ungraded | 1 | 0% |
This year's kindergarten class (50) is 14% smaller than its 5th grade class (58).
Student demographics
18%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 22% · STATE 72% · 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
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within WHITESBORO CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
70.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +5.0pp since 2023
Math
80.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +4.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 70 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 80 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores are up about 5 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 70.0% | 80.0% |
| 2023-24 | 65.0% | 76.0% |
% Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4), all students and all tested grades.
Source: NYS Assessments. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
72.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
66.6%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 72% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 67% typical for New York schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among New York's top nor bottom 10%.
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 ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
DEERFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (72.5% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| DEERFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 320 | 22.8% | 72.5% |
| FREMONT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL EAST SYRACUSE | 324 | 23.5% | 53.2% |
| GARDNER-DICKINSON SCHOOL TROY | 306 | 21.6% | 58.1% |
| IROQUOIS INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL ELMA | 301 | 22.9% | 61.7% |
| LAKE GEORGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LAKE GEORGE | 296 | 21.6% | 71.5% |
| ARMOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL HAMBURG | 332 | 24.7% | 45.5% |
Matched among New York elementary 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 ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Oneida County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 72.5% | #317 of 2,335 | #1 of 37 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 80.0% | #361 of 2,342 ▲ 52 | #2 of 37 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 70.0% | #550 of 2,343 ▼ 167 | #2 of 37 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 320 | #1,871 of 2,585 | #29 of 40 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.6:1 | #1,099 of 2,338 | #14 of 39 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 18.2% | #2,140 of 2,388 | #28 of 39 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 22.8% | #2,157 of 2,534 | #33 of 40 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +0.9% | #571 of 606 | #14 of 14 |
Ranked against other public elementary 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
320
+2 (+1%) vs 2020
-33% since 1990-91, when it was 481
Student : Teacher
11.6:1
was 11.4:1
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 | 320 | 27.6 | 11.6:1 | 23% (73) |
| 2023-24 | 330 | 28.8 | 11.5:1 | 33% (110) |
| 2022-23 | 318 | 27 | 11.8:1 | 35% (112) |
| 2020-21 | 318 | 28 | 11.4:1 | 39% (124) |
| 2017-18 | 317 | 26.5 | 12.0:1 | 35% (111) |
| 2015-16 | 295 | 24 | 12.3:1 | 41% (120) |
| 2010-11 | 341 | 30 | 11.4:1 | 20% (68) |
| 2000-01 | 449 | 27 | 16.6:1 | 10% (46) |
| 1990-91 | 481 | 28 | 17.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for DEERFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About DEERFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
DEERFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is classified as an elementary school. It is located in UTICA, New York. There are 320 students enrolled, covering kindergarten through 5. The school is 28% below the average for elementary schools in New York.
WHITESBORO CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT is responsible for 7 schools, DEERFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL included, with 2,898 students in all.
Roughly 90% of students at DEERFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are White. Smaller groups are 4% multiracial and 3% Hispanic. County-wide, 80% of Oneida County residents are White. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 18%.
With 27.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 11.6:1. Statewide, elementary schools in New York average 12.8:1. Roughly 23% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Across public schools in Oneida County, the average is 47%.
DEERFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL earns an A- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 82% of New York public elementary schools.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate across its state test results with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For DEERFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the prediction is 66.6% and the result is 72.5%.
The school is in Oneida County, where the median household earns about $70,154 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 28% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 11%. Oneida County's 72 public schools enroll about 32,265 students and include DEERFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
THOMAS JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is about 0.8 miles away, making it the nearest public school. DEERFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. DEERFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's average proficiency of 72.5% compares with 40.4% for its nearest scored neighbors.
In the federal locale system, DEERFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is coded Suburb: Mid-size, for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Federal data show 318 students in 2020-21 and 320 in 2024-25, a difference of under 3%.
The DEERFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL discussion page is a place for homework, tutoring, and testing dates. You can also rate the school on this page.
Oneida County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
229,124
Census ACS
Median income
$70,154
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
72
32,265 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in WHITESBORO CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- WHITESBORO HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 914 students
- WHITESBORO MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 474 students
- WESTMORELAND ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 335 students
- HARTS HILL SCHOOLElementary · 321 students
- MARCY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 288 students
- PARKWAY MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 246 students
Other schools in UTICA
- THOMAS R PROCTOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,820 students
- SENATOR JAMES H DONOVAN MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 749 students
- JOHN F KENNEDY MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 687 students
- GENERAL HERKIMER ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 634 students
- CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 618 students
- WATSON WILLIAMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 590 students
Other Deerfield Elementary schools
13 other US public schools in 11 states are named Deerfield Elementary. DEERFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the 10th largest of the 14.
- Deerfield ElementaryLexington, SC · 753 students
- Deerfield ElementaryEdgewood, MD · 708 students
- Deerfield ElementaryIrvine, CA · 615 students
- Deerfield Elementary SchoolMOUNTAINSIDE, NJ · 483 students
- Deerfield Elementary SchoolNOVI, MI · 459 students
Nearby schools
- THOMAS JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.8 mi · 390
- JOHN F KENNEDY MIDDLE SCHOOL1.2 mi · 687
- GENERAL HERKIMER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.1 mi · 634
- MARCY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.6 mi · 288
- ROSCOE CONKLING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL3.0 mi · 503
- KERNAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL3.0 mi · 585
Frequently asked questions
About DEERFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow large is DEERFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
DEERFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 320 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does DEERFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
DEERFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at DEERFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at DEERFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 11.6:1 (28 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at DEERFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At DEERFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 90% White, 3% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is DEERFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL public or private?
DEERFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by WHITESBORO CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.