DEER CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

DEER CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of the substantial elementary-level communitys in Fargo, North Dakota, run under WEST FARGO 6, with 384 students on its rolls from grades K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 81% above the state mean of about 212.

DEER CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 26 schools operated by WEST FARGO 6, a district that works with 13,175 students overall.

On demographics, DEER CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shows that 78% of the student body identifies as White; the rest is composed of 10% Black, 4% multiracial, 3% Asian, 2% Hispanic. Compared to Cass County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the income-and-resources front, The school employs 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.4:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 11.4:1 average. About 12% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Cass County (around 30%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Cass County indicate the typical household earns roughly $75,555 per year, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Across Cass County's 66 public schools (combined enrollment of about 27,826 students), DEER CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is MEADOWLARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, roughly 0.7 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

DEER CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates from a city-core location.

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