Deerfield Middle

Set in Deerfield, Wisconsin, Deerfield Middle is a tiny intermediate school, run under Deerfield Community School District. It serves 114 students across grades 7 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 70% below the state mean of about 381.

Deerfield Middle is one of 3 schools operated by Deerfield Community School District, a district that caters to 730 students overall.

On demographics, Deerfield Middle shows that White students make up the majority at 80%; the rest comes out to 9% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 4% Black, 3% Asian. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 10 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.1:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.8:1, putting Deerfield Middle tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 25% of students at Deerfield Middle qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Deerfield Middle tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 62.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 61.1%.

Around the school, Dane County reports that median household earnings sit near $89,975, about 55% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Deerfield Middle is one of 169 public schools in Dane County (combined enrollment of about 78,525 students).

The closest other public school is Deerfield High, roughly 0.0 miles away. Within five miles, there are 5 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Deerfield Middle comes 3rd of 7 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 60.0%.

Deerfield Middle operates from a small-town location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Deerfield Middle's enrollment has rose 6% since 2018, when it stood at 108 (now 114). Over the same period, the White share shrank from 89% to 80%.

On the community side, members of the Deerfield Middle community share and discuss fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.