Summary:
Deer Park Community City serves about 1,044 students across two schools: Amity Elementary School, a PK–6 building with 569 students, and Deer Park Junior/Senior High School, a 7–12 building with 475 students. The district is ranked 408 of 773 (47th percentile) with 2 stars, but that single rating masks two quite different school profiles.
Amity is the clearer bright spot. It has earned 3 stars in each of the last three rank-history years and ranks 648 of 1,560 (58th percentile) in 2025–26. Its chronic absenteeism is 15.4%, well below the district's 23.1%. Early-grade results in 2025–26 are strong: 3rd grade math 87.3% proficient versus 62.1% statewide, 3rd grade ELA 82.8% versus 63.4%, 6th grade math 64.2% versus 56.2%, and 5th grade science 67.6% versus 62.7%. Its weaker spots are 4th grade ELA (55.6% vs 61.8%) and 6th grade ELA (50.6% vs 56.0%), so ELA is less consistent than math.
The high school reports a 96.0% graduation rate and beats the state in American History (80.5% vs 73.2%), American Government (78.5% vs 71.6%), Algebra I (72.7% vs 61.6%), and 8th grade science (71.7% vs 61.2%). However, its overall rank fell to 479 of 795 (40th percentile, 2 stars) from 64th percentile and 3 stars the prior year, and chronic absenteeism is 30.9% — roughly double Amity's. Geometry (37.2%), Biology (57.7%), English II (54.0%), and 7th grade ELA (50.9%) all sit below state. The high school also has a lower student/teacher ratio (11.7 vs 14.8) and higher per-student spending ($11,257 vs $9,068), suggesting staffing and money alone do not explain the gaps.
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