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Which teacher or staff member at Deerfield Elementary deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
409
Elementary
DISTRICT 243 · STATE 323
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DEERFIELD COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 550327000370
Deerfield Elementary
340 W Quarry St, Deerfield, WI 53531 · (608) 764-5442 · Dane County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL409 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 37% of Wisconsin public elementary schools
- BTest 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 Wisconsin public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
11.8:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.5:1 · STATE 14.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
23%
93 students
DISTRICT 23% · STATE 42%
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 | 50 | 12% |
| Kindergarten | 46 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 59 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 63 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 38 | 9% |
| Grade 4 | 61 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 33 | 8% |
| Grade 6 | 59 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (46) is 22% smaller than its 6th grade class (59).
Student demographics
21%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 26% · STATE 54% · 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
Based on grade levels within Deerfield Community School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
58.1%
WI avg 53.1% . +3.4pp since 2023
Math
64.0%
WI avg 54.8% . +3.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 58 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 64 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Wisconsin schools, those numbers are about 53 and 55. Reading and writing scores are up about 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 58.1% | 64.0% |
| 2023-24 | 54.7% | 60.9% |
% Meeting or Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Forward Exam. 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
58.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
63.7%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 59% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 64% typical for Wisconsin 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 Wisconsin'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 Deerfield Elementary
Deerfield Elementary's state test result (58.9% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deerfield Elementary this school | 409 | 22.7% | 58.9% |
| Grand Avenue Elementary Prairie du Sac | 396 | 23.2% | 60.2% |
| Zielanis Elementary Kiel | 412 | 23.5% | 67.8% |
| Tibbets Elementary Elkhorn | 431 | 23.9% | 80.7% |
| Levi Leonard Elementary Evansville | 424 | 24.3% | N/A |
| New Glarus Elementary New Glarus | 419 | 20.0% | 72.0% |
Matched among Wisconsin 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 Deerfield Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In Dane County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 58.9% | #429 of 982 | #41 of 74 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 64.0% | #316 of 992 ▲ 97 | #29 of 74 ▲ 11 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 58.1% | #374 of 992 ▲ 108 | #38 of 74 ▲ 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 409 | #324 of 1,157 | #34 of 93 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.8:1 | #237 of 901 | #39 of 83 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 20.7% | #740 of 901 | #80 of 83 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 22.7% | #852 of 1,064 | #56 of 91 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.1% | #442 of 664 | #39 of 61 |
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
409
+6 (+1%) vs 2020
+26% since 1990-91, when it was 324
Student : Teacher
11.8:1
was 12.6:1
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 | 409 | 34.8 | 11.8:1 | 23% (93) |
| 2023-24 | 431 | 38.1 | 11.3:1 | 21% (89) |
| 2022-23 | 420 | 37.1 | 11.3:1 | 20% (84) |
| 2020-21 | 403 | 32 | 12.6:1 | 27% (107) |
| 2017-18 | 455 | 32.8 | 13.9:1 | 14% (62) |
| 2015-16 | 446 | 29 | 15.4:1 | 22% (100) |
| 2010-11 | 449 | 31 | 14.5:1 | 22% (100) |
| 2000-01 | 331 | 25 | 13.2:1 | 15% (49) |
| 1990-91 | 324 | 18 | 18.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Deerfield Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 10% (455 to 409); teachers up 6% (32.8 to 34.8).
About Deerfield Elementary
Deerfield Elementary operates as a mid-sized elementary school in Deerfield, Wisconsin. The school counted 409 students in 2024-25, covering pre-K through 6. The school is 27% bigger than the average for elementary schools in Wisconsin.
District-wide, Deerfield Community School District has 3 schools and 730 students.
White students account for 89% of the school's enrollment. It is also 6% Hispanic and 2% multiracial. Dane County's residents are about 77% White, 11 points below the school's share. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 21, compared with 70 nationally.
Deerfield Elementary has 34.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 11.8:1. The school's 11.8:1 compares with an average of 14.7:1 for elementary schools in Wisconsin. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 23%. That rate is below the 32% average among public schools in Dane County.
On the allk12 Grade, Deerfield Elementary lands at C+, ahead of 37% of Wisconsin public elementary schools.
Schools in Wisconsin with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 63.7%. Deerfield Elementary scores 58.9%.
In Dane County, where the school is located, the median household earns about $89,975 a year, roughly 55% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. Public schools in Dane County number 169, with about 78,525 students.
Measured in a straight line, Deerfield High is about 0.2 miles from Deerfield Elementary. Other public schools within five miles: 5. Deerfield Elementary comes in 4th of 7 nearby schools on average proficiency.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Rural: Distant: in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Enrollment has been fairly stable: 403 in 2020-21 and 409 in 2024-25.
The discussion board for Deerfield Elementary is open to topics like pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Dane County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
572,674
Census ACS
Median income
$89,975
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
55%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
169
78,525 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Deerfield Community School District
- Deerfield HighHigh · 207 students
- Deerfield MiddleMiddle · 114 students
Other schools in Deerfield
- Deerfield HighHigh · 207 students
- Deerfield MiddleMiddle · 114 students
- DOC: Thompson Correctional CenterHigh
Other Deerfield Elementary schools
13 other US public schools in 11 states are named Deerfield Elementary. Deerfield Elementary is the 7th largest of the 14.
- Deerfield ElementaryOak Creek, WI · 368 students
- Deerfield ElementaryLexington, SC · 753 students
- Deerfield ElementaryEdgewood, MD · 708 students
- Deerfield ElementaryIrvine, CA · 615 students
- Deerfield Elementary SchoolMOUNTAINSIDE, NJ · 483 students
Nearby schools
- Deerfield High0.2 mi · 207
- Deerfield Middle0.2 mi · 114
- Cambridge Elementary4.3 mi · 399
- Nikolay Middle4.7 mi · 203
- Cambridge High4.8 mi · 277
- Koshkonong Trails School6.0 mi · 28
Frequently asked questions
About Deerfield ElementaryHow large is Deerfield Elementary?
Deerfield Elementary enrolls approximately 409 students in grades PK-06.
What grades does Deerfield Elementary serve?
Deerfield Elementary serves grades PK-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Deerfield Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Deerfield Elementary is approximately 11.8:1 (35 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Deerfield Elementary?
At Deerfield Elementary, the student body is approximately 89% White, 6% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Deerfield Elementary?
Deerfield Elementary is overseen by Deerfield Community School District in Dane County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.