About Deerfield School District
Deerfield School District is a public school system serving Kearny County, Kansas, based in Deerfield. It serves 244 students across 3 schools spanning PreK–12, and is classified as a rural: remote district. By enrollment it is the #238 largest of Kansas’s 289 school systems.
Size and structure
Deerfield School District enrolls 244 students in 3 schools — an average of about 81 students per school. It serves grades PreK–12 and ranks #238 of 289 statewide by enrollment.
Who the district serves
Student race and ethnicity in Deerfield School District, from the NCES Common Core of Data (244 students reported):
For economically-disadvantaged, English-learner, and special-education shares, plus school-by-school detail, see the federal sources in the full-data section.
Teachers & staff
Deerfield School District employs about 24 full-time-equivalent teachers for a student–teacher ratio of 10.2:1 — below the Kansas average of about 13.3:1, meaning comparatively smaller classes. Total district staff is roughly 50.
Counselor and librarian/media counts are not published at the district level in the current NCES release; see the federal full-data links for staffing detail.
How Kansas funds schools
District-level per-pupil spending and the local/state/federal revenue split for Deerfield School District are published in the federal school-finance files — see the full-data links below for the current figures.
Report card & state results
The Kansas Report Card, from the Kansas State Department of Education, reports assessment results, graduation and broader outcome measures (kindergarten readiness, Individual Plans of Study, postsecondary success). Look up Deerfield School District on the Kansas Report Card.
Accreditation status
Kansas accredits districts through its own state system, KESA (Kansas Education Systems Accreditation), administered by KSDE at the system level — not a private accreditor; the current KESA 2.0 process began in 2024. See the KSDE accreditation portal.
Deerfield School District vs. Kansas
See every Kansas district side by side in the Kansas directory.
Look up Deerfield School District’s full data
These official sources carry the district-level detail — finances, discipline, equity, test scores, boundaries. Direct links for this district (via its NCES ID):