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Enrollment
483
Elementary
DISTRICT 662 · STATE 366
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DEER CREEK·NCES 400957000412
Deer Creek Elementary School
4704 North West 164th Street, Edmond, OK 73013 · (405) 348-9100 · Oklahoma County
GRADES PK–03ELEMENTARY11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL483 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 64% of Oklahoma public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+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 Oklahoma public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
14.6:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.9:1 · STATE 15.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
32%
154 students
DISTRICT 27% · STATE 68%
Community
1
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 41 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 106 | 22% |
| Grade 1 | 117 | 24% |
| Grade 2 | 101 | 21% |
| Grade 3 | 118 | 24% |
Student demographics
69%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 65% · STATE 73% · 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
Deer Creek Elementary School→4th and 5th Grade Center→Deer Creek Intermediate School→Deer Creek Middle School→Deer Creek High School
Based on grade levels within DEER CREEK. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
OSTP / CCRA 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
43.0%
OK avg 30.6%
Math
47.0%
OK avg 32.6%
What this means: On the OSTP / CCRA, Oklahoma's statewide test, about 43 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 47 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Oklahoma schools, those numbers are about 31 and 33.
Source: OSTP / CCRA. 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
45.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.7%
based on OK schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 45% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 45% typical for Oklahoma 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 Oklahoma'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 Deer Creek Elementary School
Deer Creek Elementary School's state test result (45.0% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deer Creek Elementary School this school | 483 | 31.9% | 45.0% |
| Wayland Bonds Elementary School Oklahoma City | 597 | 30.7% | 62.1% |
| Spring Creek Elementary School Oklahoma City | 534 | 34.8% | 45.0% |
| Grove Valley Elementary School Edmond | 541 | 26.4% | 45.0% |
| Oakridge Elementary School Moore | 576 | 27.6% | 56.6% |
| Fisher Elementary School Oklahoma City | 362 | 39.5% | 60.5% |
Matched among Oklahoma 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 Deer Creek Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Oklahoma | In Oklahoma County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 45.0% | #104 of 555 | #16 of 64 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 47.0% | #133 of 651 | #18 of 77 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 43.0% | #86 of 523 | #14 of 63 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 483 | #218 of 941 | #63 of 123 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.6:1 | #173 of 708 | #17 of 116 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.7% | #239 of 708 | #42 of 116 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 31.9% | #841 of 876 | #108 of 121 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +19.6% | #42 of 164 | #12 of 30 |
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
483
-1 (0%) vs 2020
+23% since 1990-91, when it was 394
Student : Teacher
14.6:1
was 15.6:1
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 | 483 | 33.2 | 14.6:1 | 32% (154) |
| 2023-24 | 494 | 32 | 15.4:1 | 28% (140) |
| 2022-23 | 464 | 30 | 15.5:1 | 17% (79) |
| 2020-21 | 484 | 31 | 15.6:1 | 12% (58) |
| 2017-18 | 404 | 26 | 15.5:1 | 6% (26) |
| 2015-16 | 418 | 23 | 18.2:1 | 5% (19) |
| 2010-11 | 561 | 36 | 15.6:1 | 8% (44) |
| 2000-01 | 426 | 28 | 15.2:1 | 4% (15) |
| 1990-91 | 394 | 23 | 17.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Deer Creek Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 20% (404 to 483); teachers up 28% (26 to 33.2).
About Deer Creek Elementary School
Deer Creek Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school located in Edmond, Oklahoma. A total of 483 students attend the school, which covers pre-K through 3. Against the 366-student average for elementary schools in Oklahoma, enrollment here is 32% higher.
The 9 schools of DEER CREEK, including Deer Creek Elementary School, enroll 8,156 students.
Roughly 50% of students at Deer Creek Elementary School are White. Other groups include 16% Asian, 14% Hispanic, 11% multiracial, and 7% Black. Deer Creek Elementary School's diversity index is 69%, against a US figure of 70%.
The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 14.6:1, with 33.2 full-time-equivalent teachers. That is 1.1 students per teacher below the 15.6:1 average for elementary schools in Oklahoma. Students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch make up 32% of enrollment. For comparison, public schools in Oklahoma County average 67%.
Deer Creek Elementary School is graded B by allk12, scoring above 64% of Oklahoma public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Deer Creek Elementary School's average proficiency rate on state tests of 45.0% is within a point of the 44.7% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
Within Oklahoma County, the median household income is $66,679, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Besides Deer Creek Elementary School, Oklahoma County has 224 other public schools.
The closest public school to Deer Creek Elementary School is Spring Creek Elementary School, about 1.9 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. In a group of 7 nearby schools with scores, Deer Creek Elementary School ranks 2nd on average proficiency.
Locale data from NCES put Deer Creek Elementary School inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more (City: Large).
Enrollment at Deer Creek Elementary School was 484 in 2020-21 and 483 in 2024-25, a change of less than 3%. Students per teacher fell from 15.6 in 2020-21 to 14.6 in 2024-25.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss school safety, transportation, and start times at Deer Creek Elementary School. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Oklahoma County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
806,199
Census ACS
Median income
$66,679
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
225
161,569 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in DEER CREEK
- Deer Creek High SchoolHigh · 2,290 students
- 4th and 5th Grade CenterElementary · 1,289 students
- Deer Creek Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,257 students
- Deer Creek Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 639 students
- Rose Union Elementary SchoolElementary · 575 students
- Prairie Vale Elementary SchoolElementary · 548 students
Other schools in Edmond
- Santa Fe High SchoolHigh · 2,774 students
- Memorial High SchoolHigh · 2,770 students
- North High SchoolHigh · 2,532 students
- Deer Creek High SchoolHigh · 2,290 students
- 4th and 5th Grade CenterElementary · 1,289 students
- Deer Creek Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,257 students
Other Deer Creek Elementary schools
7 other US public schools in 7 states are named Deer Creek Elementary. Deer Creek Elementary School is the 5th largest of the 8.
- Deer Creek Elementary SchoolCROWLEY, TX · 647 students
- Deer Creek Elementary SchoolCEDAR PARK, TX · 638 students
- Deer Creek ElementaryNoblesville, IN · 613 students
- Deer Creek Elementary SchoolTigard, OR · 534 students
- DEER CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLFargo, ND · 384 students
Nearby schools
- Spring Creek Elementary School1.9 mi · 534
- Angie Debo Elementary School2.3 mi · 609
- Grove Valley Elementary School2.6 mi · 541
- 4th and 5th Grade Center3.0 mi · 1,289
- Scissortail Elementary School3.2 mi · 353
- John Marshall High School3.2 mi · 802
Frequently asked questions
About Deer Creek Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Deer Creek Elementary School?
Deer Creek Elementary School enrolls approximately 483 students in grades PK-03.
Is Deer Creek Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Deer Creek Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-03.
How many teachers does Deer Creek Elementary School have?
Deer Creek Elementary School employs 33 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.6:1.
How diverse is Deer Creek Elementary School?
Deer Creek Elementary School reports a student body of 50% White, 14% Hispanic, 7% Black, 16% Asian, 11% Two or more.
Is Deer Creek Elementary School public or private?
Deer Creek Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by DEER CREEK.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.