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Enrollment
1,257
Middle
DISTRICT 948 · STATE 388
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DEER CREEK·NCES 400957000414
Deer Creek Middle School
2601 North West 234 th Street Boulevard, Edmond, OK 73012 · (405) 348-4830 · Oklahoma County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL1,257 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 95% of Oklahoma public middle schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
17.4:1
72 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.4:1 · STATE 15.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
25%
317 students
DISTRICT 27% · STATE 68%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 7 | 638 | 51% |
| Grade 8 | 619 | 49% |
Student demographics
65%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 Middle School→Deer Creek High School
Feeds from
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
41.6%
OK avg 30.6%
Math
51.6%
OK avg 32.6%
What this means: On the OSTP / CCRA, Oklahoma's statewide test, about 42 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 52 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
49.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.0%
based on OK schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 50% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 47% 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 Middle School
Deer Creek Middle School's state test result (49.6% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deer Creek Middle School this school | 1,257 | 25.2% | 49.6% |
| Deer Creek Intermediate School Edmond | 639 | 27.1% | 46.5% |
| Brink Junior High School Oklahoma City | 668 | 31.7% | 47.8% |
| Southridge Junior High School Oklahoma City | 562 | 31.5% | 47.0% |
| North Intermediate School Bixby | 487 | 24.8% | 47.6% |
| Bixby Middle School Bixby | 1,306 | 29.7% | 29.2% |
Matched among Oklahoma middle 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 Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Oklahoma | In Oklahoma County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 49.6% | #4 of 222 | #3 of 27 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 51.6% | #5 of 223 | #2 of 28 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 41.6% | #10 of 211 | #4 of 27 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,257 | #5 of 356 | #1 of 49 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.4:1 | #175 of 237 | #33 of 45 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.7% | #128 of 237 | #18 of 45 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 25.2% | #304 of 308 | #45 of 46 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +38.3% | #12 of 89 | #7 of 19 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
1,257
+229 (+22%) vs 2020
+477% since 1990-91, when it was 218
Student : Teacher
17.4:1
was 16.9:1
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 | 1,257 | 72.1 | 17.4:1 | 25% (317) |
| 2023-24 | 1,224 | 67.5 | 18.1:1 | 23% (287) |
| 2022-23 | 1,179 | 61.9 | 19.0:1 | 15% (175) |
| 2020-21 | 1,028 | 61 | 16.9:1 | 13% (132) |
| 2017-18 | 909 | 49.7 | 18.3:1 | 11% (96) |
| 2015-16 | 855 | 46 | 18.6:1 | 11% (93) |
| 2010-11 | 909 | 56 | 16.2:1 | 7% (61) |
| 2000-01 | 401 | 23 | 17.4:1 | 2% (9) |
| 1990-91 | 218 | 9 | 24.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Deer Creek Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 38% (909 to 1,257); teachers up 45% (49.7 to 72.1).
About Deer Creek Middle School
Deer Creek Middle School operates as a large middle school in Edmond, Oklahoma. The grade span is 7 through 8, and enrollment is 1,257 students. Average enrollment for middle schools in Oklahoma is about 388, so this school runs 224% larger than that.
Across its 9 schools, DEER CREEK enrolls 8,156 students. Deer Creek Middle School is one of those schools.
By race and ethnicity, Deer Creek Middle School is 56% White. After that, the student body is 13% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, 9% Asian, and 8% Black. For comparison, Oklahoma County is about 57% White. Deer Creek Middle School has a diversity index of 65%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Deer Creek Middle School's 72.1 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 17.4:1. That ratio is over the 15.7:1 average for middle schools in Oklahoma. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 25%. Among public schools in Oklahoma County, the average eligibility rate is 67%.
Deer Creek Middle School is graded A+ by allk12, scoring above 95% of Oklahoma public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
In Oklahoma, Deer Creek Middle School is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 49.6% actual against a predicted 47.0%.
Census Bureau estimates for Oklahoma County show that median household income is about $66,679, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 36% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 12%. Deer Creek Middle School is one of 225 public schools in Oklahoma County, which together enroll about 161,569 students.
The closest other public school is Prairie Vale Elementary School, about 1.1 miles away. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Its average proficiency rate of 49.6% is above the 47.2% average for nearby schools.
Under the NCES locale system, Deer Creek Middle School is Rural: Fringe.
Deer Creek Middle School saw enrollment rise 22% between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
Discussions about Deer Creek Middle School may include school safety, transportation, and start times. 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 Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 639 students
- Rose Union Elementary SchoolElementary · 575 students
- Prairie Vale Elementary SchoolElementary · 548 students
- Grove Valley Elementary SchoolElementary · 541 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
- Sequoyah Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,053 students
Other Deer Creek Middle schools
One other US public school is named Deer Creek Middle. Deer Creek Middle School is the largest of the 2.
- Deer Creek Middle SchoolLITTLETON, CO · 541 students
Nearby schools
- Prairie Vale Elementary School1.1 mi · 548
- Frontier Elementary School2.5 mi · 809
- Heartland Middle School2.6 mi · 1,005
- Rose Union Elementary School3.0 mi · 575
- 4th and 5th Grade Center3.3 mi · 1,289
- Grove Valley Elementary School3.3 mi · 541
Frequently asked questions
About Deer Creek Middle SchoolHow many students attend Deer Creek Middle School?
Deer Creek Middle School enrolls approximately 1,257 students in grades 07-08.
What age range does Deer Creek Middle School serve?
Deer Creek Middle School serves students from grade 07 through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Deer Creek Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Deer Creek Middle School is approximately 17.4:1 (72 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Deer Creek Middle School?
Student demographics at Deer Creek Middle School are roughly 56% White, 13% Hispanic, 8% Black, 9% Asian, 10% Two or more.
What district is Deer Creek Middle School in?
Deer Creek Middle School is part of DEER CREEK.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.