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DEER CREEK HS
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About DEER CREEK HS
DEER CREEK HS operates as a large four-year high school in Edmond, Oklahoma, part of DEER CREEK. Current enrollment sits at 2,290 students spanning grades 9 through 12. That puts it 417% bigger than the typical public school in Oklahoma, which averages around 443 students.
DEER CREEK HS is one of 9 schools operated by DEER CREEK, a district that enrolls 8,156 students overall.
On the student-mix side, DEER CREEK HS logs that the largest single group is White, at 58% of enrollment; the rest is composed of 12% Hispanic, 10% Asian, 8% Black, 7% multiracial. Compared to Oklahoma County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.
On the income-and-resources front, On paper, DEER CREEK HS has 96 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 23.9:1. The state averages around 15.4:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 22% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Oklahoma County (around 67%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.
Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Oklahoma County indicate median household earnings sit near $66,679, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Oklahoma County's 225 public schools (combined enrollment of about 161,569 students), DEER CREEK HS is one campus in the mix.
The closest other public school is DEER CREEK INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL, roughly 0.3 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around DEER CREEK HS.
The campus sits in a rural setting.
Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at DEER CREEK HS has grew 42%, going from 1,618 students in 2018 to 2,290 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 73% to 58%. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 21.4:1 in 2018 to 23.9:1 today.
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