Deerfield Elementary

Located at 3871 E Bluestem Dr, in Oak Creek, Wisconsin, Deerfield Elementary is a reasonably sized elementary campus that caters to 368 students (grades pre-K through 5), operated by Oak Creek-Franklin Joint School District.

Oak Creek-Franklin Joint School District runs 11 schools in total, collectively educating 6,554 students. Deerfield Elementary is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Deerfield Elementary shows that the largest single group is White, at 78% of enrollment; the rest reads as 12% Hispanic, 4% Asian, 3% Black, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Milwaukee County as a whole is about 51% White, so the school skews visibly more White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school reports having 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.9:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 14.7:1 average. About 26% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Milwaukee County runs at roughly 64%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Deerfield Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 61.8%; this one delivers 67.4%.

In the area at large, census data for Milwaukee County shows median household income runs about $64,435, roughly 35% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Milwaukee County's 284 public schools (combined enrollment of about 122,496 students), Deerfield Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Carollton Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.9 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Deerfield Elementary ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 57.4%.

Deerfield Elementary operates from a commuter-belt location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 8%: 400 students in 2018 compared to 368 in 2025.

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