DEERFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

DEERFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a small primary school in UTICA, New York, run under WHITESBORO CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. The school educates 320 students in grades K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 28% smaller than the state mean of about 443.

WHITESBORO CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT comprises 7 schools with combined enrollment of 2,898 students; DEERFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is among them.

Demographically, DEERFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lists that nearly all students (90%) are White; the rest breaks down as 4% multiracial, 3% Hispanic. That is noticeably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 80%.

Looking at school resources, DEERFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL records 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.8:1, putting DEERFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 23% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Oneida County runs at roughly 47%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, DEERFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 66.6%, the actual is 72.5%, a residual of +5.9 points.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Oneida County) reports that median household income runs about $70,154, roughly 28% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Across Oneida County's 72 public schools (combined enrollment of about 32,265 students), DEERFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is THOMAS JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, roughly 0.8 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts DEERFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 1st of 9; the average score across the group is 40.4%.

DEERFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates from a commuter-belt location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count remained close to its prior level: 317 students in 2018 compared to 320 in 2025.

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