DEER CREEK MS

As a sizable intermediate school in Edmond, Oklahoma, DEER CREEK MS enrolls 1,257 students from grades 7 through 8, run under DEER CREEK. That puts it 224% bigger than the typical public school in Oklahoma, which averages around 388 students.

DEER CREEK MS is one of 9 schools operated by DEER CREEK, a district that educates 8,156 students overall.

On the student-mix side, DEER CREEK MS reports that the largest single group is White, at 56% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school records 13% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, 9% Asian, 8% Black. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at school resources, On paper, DEER CREEK MS has 72 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 17.4:1. The state averages around 15.7:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 25% of students at DEER CREEK MS qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Oklahoma County runs at roughly 67%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, DEER CREEK MS tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 47.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 49.6%.

Across the wider county, Oklahoma County reports that the typical household earns roughly $66,679 per year, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. DEER CREEK MS is one of 225 public schools in Oklahoma County (combined enrollment of about 161,569 students).

PRAIRIE VALE ES is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.1 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, DEER CREEK MS comes 4th of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 47.2%.

The school occupies an outlying site.

Five-year trend. DEER CREEK MS's enrollment has increased 38% since 2018, when it stood at 909 (now 1,257). The White share of enrollment fell from 69% to 56% over that span.

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