Summary:
The Deerfield Township School District has one school, Deerfield Township Elementary School, serving pre-K through grade 8 with 325 students. Since there is only one school, there is no meaningful school-to-school comparison. The clearest concern is math: in 2025–26, the school’s average across grades 3–8 was 19% proficient, compared with 40% statewide, a 22-point gap.
Deerfield Township Elementary School is both the top- and bottom-performing school in this one-school list, and its results vary by subject and grade. Its 2025–26 ELA average was 33%, versus 51% statewide, an 18-point gap; every reported grade-level ELA and math result was below its state comparison. Algebra I End of Course was a notable exception: 69% proficient compared with 40% statewide, a 29-point advantage. Science was closer to the state in grade 5, at 26% versus 27%, while grade 8 was 14% versus 19%.
Results are moving in different directions: the ELA average rose from 29% in 2024–25 to 33% in 2025–26, narrowing its gap with the state, while math fell from 26% to 19% and its gap widened. Science also improved: grade 5 rose from 11% to 26%, and grade 8 from 0% to 14%. SchoolDigger’s school ranking slipped from the 24th percentile in 2023–24 to the 20th percentile in 2025–26; it rates the district 540th of 607 districts, in the 11th percentile, with one star. As context, in 2024–25, 52% of students were reported as free/reduced lunch eligible; the student-teacher ratio was 9:1. Chronic absenteeism was 17%, compared with 14% statewide.
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