Enrollment
368
Elementary
DISTRICT 359 · STATE 323
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·OAK CREEK-FRANKLIN JOINT SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 551083002618
Deerfield Elementary
3871 E Bluestem Dr, Oak Creek, WI 53154 · (414) 768-6220 · Milwaukee County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL368 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.9:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.8:1 · STATE 14.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
26%
95 students
DISTRICT 36% · STATE 42%
Community
0
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 | 2 | 1% |
| Kindergarten | 60 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 46 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 61 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 73 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 63 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 63 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (60) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (63).
Student demographics
37%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 58% · 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
Test scores
Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
64.7%
WI avg 53.1% . -2.0pp since 2023
Math
66.8%
WI avg 54.8% . +2.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 65 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 67 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Wisconsin schools, those numbers are about 53 and 55. Reading and writing scores are down about 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 64.7% | 66.8% |
| 2023-24 | 66.7% | 63.9% |
% 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
67.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.8%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 67% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 62% 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 (67.4% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deerfield Elementary this school | 368 | 25.8% | 67.4% |
| Berry Elementary Appleton | 368 | 22.6% | 65.7% |
| Prairie Elementary Waukesha | 348 | 28.7% | 70.4% |
| Eagle Point Elementary DeForest | 389 | 24.9% | 62.5% |
| Emerson Elementary La Crosse | 317 | 26.8% | 58.7% |
| Fox Prairie Elementary Stoughton | 443 | 24.4% | 67.3% |
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 Milwaukee County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 67.4% | #245 of 982 | #21 of 171 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 66.8% | #258 of 992 ▲ 95 | #25 of 174 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 64.7% | #245 of 992 ▼ 20 | #29 of 174 ▼ 5 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 368 | #423 of 1,157 | #78 of 180 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.9:1 | #565 of 901 | #48 of 158 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 37.0% | #472 of 901 | #97 of 158 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 25.8% | #800 of 1,064 | #153 of 174 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.0% | #499 of 664 | #102 of 133 |
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
368
-6 (-2%) vs 2020
-11% since 2010-11, when it was 412
Student : Teacher
13.9:1
was 15.6:1
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 | 368 | 26.5 | 13.9:1 | 26% (95) |
| 2023-24 | 372 | 27.2 | 13.7:1 | 28% (103) |
| 2022-23 | 372 | 24.7 | 15.1:1 | 25% (92) |
| 2020-21 | 374 | 24 | 15.6:1 | 26% (99) |
| 2017-18 | 400 | 27.7 | 14.4:1 | 18% (70) |
| 2015-16 | 436 | 31 | 14.1:1 | 28% (121) |
| 2010-11 | 412 | 29 | 14.2:1 | 22% (90) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Deerfield Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 8% (400 to 368); teachers down 4% (27.7 to 26.5).
About Deerfield Elementary
Deerfield Elementary is an elementary school with a street address in Oak Creek, Wisconsin. The school enrolls 368 students, from pre-K through 5.
Oak Creek-Franklin Joint School District is the district for Deerfield Elementary. It has 11 schools and 6,554 students.
At 78%, White students outnumber all other groups at Deerfield Elementary combined. The remaining students are 12% Hispanic, 4% Asian, 3% Black, and 3% multiracial. Among people living in Milwaukee County, the White share is about 51%. Deerfield Elementary has a diversity index of 37%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Deerfield Elementary counts 26.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 13.9 students for each one. Among elementary schools in Wisconsin, the typical ratio is 14.7:1. About 26% of enrolled students meet the income rules for free or reduced-price lunch. Compared with the 64% average for public schools in Milwaukee County, the school's rate is lower.
The model predicts 61.8% for a school in Wisconsin with Deerfield Elementary's free or reduced-price lunch share. Deerfield Elementary posts 67.4%.
According to the American Community Survey, in Milwaukee County, median household income is about $64,435, about 35% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and about 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. A total of 284 public schools operate in Milwaukee County, serving about 122,496 students.
Carollton Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.9 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Deerfield Elementary's average proficiency of 67.4% compares with 57.4% for its nearest scored neighbors.
Deerfield Elementary falls in the Suburb: Large locale category, used for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school's size has been steady, with 374 students in 2020-21 and 368 in 2024-25. The school's ratio fell from 15.6:1 to 13.9:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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Milwaukee County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
926,331
Census ACS
Median income
$64,435
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
35%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
284
122,496 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Oak Creek-Franklin Joint School District
- Oak Creek HighHigh · 2,220 students
- Oak Creek East MiddleMiddle · 935 students
- Oak Creek West MiddleMiddle · 531 students
- Forest Ridge ElementaryElementary · 435 students
- Shepard Hills ElementaryElementary · 419 students
- Edgewood ElementaryElementary · 389 students
Other schools in Oak Creek
- Oak Creek HighHigh · 2,220 students
- Oak Creek East MiddleMiddle · 935 students
- Oak Creek West MiddleMiddle · 531 students
- Forest Ridge ElementaryElementary · 435 students
- Shepard Hills ElementaryElementary · 419 students
- Edgewood ElementaryElementary · 389 students
Other Deerfield Elementary schools
13 other US public schools in 11 states are named Deerfield Elementary. Deerfield Elementary is the 8th largest of the 14.
- Deerfield ElementaryDeerfield, WI · 409 students
- Deerfield ElementaryLexington, SC · 753 students
- Deerfield ElementaryEdgewood, MD · 708 students
- Deerfield ElementaryIrvine, CA · 615 students
- Deerfield Elementary SchoolMOUNTAINSIDE, NJ · 483 students
Nearby schools
- Carollton Elementary1.9 mi · 376
- Meadowview Elementary2.1 mi · 320
- Oak Creek East Middle2.7 mi · 935
- Shepard Hills Elementary2.8 mi · 419
- Blakewood Elementary3.2 mi · 314
- Edgewood Elementary3.4 mi · 389
Frequently asked questions
About Deerfield ElementaryHow many students attend Deerfield Elementary?
Deerfield Elementary enrolls approximately 368 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Deerfield Elementary serve?
Deerfield Elementary serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Deerfield Elementary have?
Deerfield Elementary employs 27 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.9:1.
What is the student diversity at Deerfield Elementary?
Student demographics at Deerfield Elementary are roughly 78% White, 12% Hispanic, 3% Black, 4% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Deerfield Elementary public or private?
Deerfield Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Oak Creek-Franklin Joint School District.
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