Deerfield Elementary

Deerfield Elementary operates as a middle-of-the-pack K-5 school in Lexington, South Carolina, overseen by Lexington 01. Current enrollment sits at 753 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 526 students per school, that is 43% bigger than typical.

Lexington 01 runs 31 schools in total, collectively educating 27,074 students. Deerfield Elementary is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Deerfield Elementary records that the largest single group is White at 54%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest breaks down as 21% Black, 15% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 3% Asian. By comparison, Lexington County as a whole is about 72% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 61 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.3:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.3:1, putting Deerfield Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Lexington County) logs that median household earnings sit near $77,408, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. Across Lexington County's 76 public schools (combined enrollment of about 64,555 students), Deerfield Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Carolina Springs Elementary, around 1.6 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Deerfield Elementary's enrollment has increased 10% since 2018, when it stood at 687 (now 753). Over the same period, the White share shrank from 67% to 54%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 14.8:1 in 2018 to 12.3:1 today.

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