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Deerfield, Wisconsin - 3 schools
An equity score of 53/100 ranks Deerfield Community School District #187 of 403 districts in Wisconsin (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $14,511 per pupil, Deerfield Community School District ranks #195 of 422 Wisconsin districts by per-pupil spending (Wisconsin districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
751
Total Enrollment
3
Schools
$14,511
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Deerfield Community School District operates 3 public schools serving 751 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Wisconsin. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 combined, 1 high, 1 middle schools, a small enough portfolio that most families will interact with nearly every campus in the district at some point. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Dane County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $14,511 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the upper half of 422 Wisconsin districts by per-pupil spending. See how Wisconsin compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 48.1% local, 44.7% state, and 7.2% federal, a balanced mix across local, state, and federal sources, spreading budget risk across funding cycles rather than concentrating it in one. The district's equity score is 53/100, ranked #187 of 403 in Wisconsin against a state average of 50, in line with the typical spread seen across the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 3 schools offering Advanced Placement (3 AP courses district-wide), a 392.7:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 18.1% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 84.1% White, 7.7% Hispanic or Latino, 2.5% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Deerfield Middle, with a diversity index of 35.2/100.
Its largest campus is Deerfield Elementary, enrolling 409 students (56% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Deerfield Middle, at 114 students, a 4x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Deerfield Elementary accounts for 54.5% of all Deerfield Community School District student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Deerfield Community School District a distant remainder — means Deerfield Community School District-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: combined. A single dominant campus often anchors a district's program offerings and staffing patterns; the share helps explain why district-wide averages may not reflect the typical neighbourhood-school experience. When one entity dominates a region's footprint, its programmatic and budget decisions effectively set policy for a majority of the affected population.
Deerfield Community School District school enrollment varies 3.6× across entities
Deerfield Community School District school enrollment ranges from 114 students (lowest) to 409 students (highest), a spread of 295 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous campus portfolio, most districts have a wider mix of school sizes. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Deerfield Community School District student-counselor ratio is 393:1 — high (typically associated with staffing constraints that limit per-student counselor time; CRDC data shows higher ratios cluster in larger urban systems)
student-counselor ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE counselors against total enrollment, districts that contract intervention or social-emotional staff outside the counselor classification may be under-counted Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.
Deerfield Community School District chronic absenteeism rate is 18.1% — near the typical range (US average ~28) — aligned with the national post-pandemic baseline of roughly 28% chronic absenteeism
chronic absenteeism rate is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: a student is chronically absent if they miss ≥10% of enrolled days for any reason, illness, family obligations, or disengagement Variation between sub-units within Deerfield Community School District is typically wider than the Deerfield Community School District-aggregate figure suggests.
Comparisons are relative to Deerfield Community School District's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data and the F-33 Finance Survey.
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How many schools are in Deerfield Community School District?
Deerfield Community School District has 3 schools, including 1 combined, 1 high, 1 middle. Total enrollment is 751 students.
How much does Deerfield Community School District spend per student?
Deerfield Community School District spends $14,511 per student. The district has an equity score of 53/100, ranking #187 in Wisconsin.
What is the demographic composition of Deerfield Community School District?
Deerfield Community School District students are 84.1% White, 7.7% Hispanic or Latino, 2.5% African American, 1.7% Asian, averaged across 3 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Deerfield Community School District?
Deerfield Community School District has an equity score of 53/100, ranking #187 out of 403 districts in Wisconsin.