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Schools in South Deerfield

South Deerfield’s public schools

Deerfield School District and Frontier School District have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for South Deerfield. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?1/2schools above Massachusetts’s middle

Tests spring 2022, when 98% of students in Massachusetts’s tested grades sat them, and the class of 2023’s graduation rate (U.S. Department of Education). How TownRatings grades schools

Reading proficiency
47%
2021–22
Math proficiency
47%
2021–22
Spent per student
$23.6K
▼ 11% vs MA $26.5K
FY2024 · Frontier
Students per teacher
10.2
MA 11.9 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
889 students on the public path
In brief

South Deerfield’s schools, in brief

School by school

1 of South Deerfield’s 2 district schools with test results score above the middle of Massachusetts’s 1,585 public schools. Frontier Regional places highest (better than 67%); Deerfield Elementary lowest (39%). See the path ↓

Written from the figures on this page. Tests are from 2021–22, graduation from the class of 2023; each school’s own letter uses 2020–21 results.

Where will my kid go?

Pick a grade. These are the public schools in South Deerfield, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–6Deerfield ElementaryDeerfield School DistrictC+
7–12Frontier RegionalFrontier School DistrictB+

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Deerfield School District.

Two districts serve South Deerfield

Spending and class size are shown but don’t count toward the grade. Each district’s own page has every school.

Deerfield School DistrictGrades PK–6 · 1 schools · 301 students, down 3% since 2020–21 · 8.9 per teacher (MA 11.9)
$25,751MA $26,530 · FY2024
B
Frontier School DistrictGrades 7–12 · 1 schools · 588 students, down 9% since 2020–21 · 11.1 per teacher (MA 11.9)
$23,593MA $26,530 · FY2024
B−
Test scores · 2021–22

Above the state in reading

Reading · PK–6, Deerfield School District47%
State average 43.7% · 180 students tested
Math · PK–6, Deerfield School District47%
State average 40.7% · 178 students tested
Reading · 7–12, Frontier School District48%
State average 43.7% · 308 students tested
Math · 7–12, Frontier School District41%
State average 40.7% · 307 students tested

South Deerfield vs. its neighbors

Schools grades for the Massachusetts towns that share South Deerfield’s borders.

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
South Deerfield—Deerfield PK–6 · Frontier 7–12
DeerfieldB−Deerfield PK–6 · Frontier 7–12
SunderlandB−Sunderland PK–6 · Frontier 7–12
WhatelyBWhately PK–6 · Frontier 7–12

All 3 neighbors share Frontier with South Deerfield for grades 7–12, so their letters differ mainly through the lower grades.

Every school in South Deerfield

2 schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with Massachusetts’s other public schools (the newest school-level results we have).

Also serving South Deerfieldin other towns
Deerfield Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–6
C+
301 students9:1Rate it →
Frontier Regional
High · Grades 7–12
B+
588 students11:1Rate it →

Questions about South Deerfield’s schools

Are South Deerfield’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for South Deerfield. Deerfield School District and Frontier School District have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for South Deerfield. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 1 of its 2 district schools with test results score above the middle of Massachusetts’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is South Deerfield in?

Deerfield School District and Frontier School District.

Where do South Deerfield kids go to high school?

Frontier Regional.

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School data: state test results (2021–22, with participation) and four-year graduation rates (class of 2023) reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express); each school’s own letter uses its 2020–21 results (EDFacts via the Urban Institute); schools and enrollment from NCES (2024–25; private schools 2023–24); spending from the Census Bureau’s school finance survey (FY2024). Stars are from neighbors.