The top reported proficiency rate is 60% in Science. The lowest is 45% in English language arts.
Original Research by School Decision on 4th and 5th Grade Center
Deer Creek 4th and 5th Grade Center is a purpose-built intermediate school in Edmond, part of the Deer Creek Public Schools district. It serves every fourth and fifth grader in the district, so the enrollment is large for a school covering just those two grades. The student body is a broad mix, with a majority of White students and meaningful representation of Hispanic, Asian, multiracial, and Black students, among others. The school is not a charter and its Title I and magnet status were not provided.
Because the school serves only fourth and fifth grades, there is no graduation rate to report and no high school program offerings such as AP or dual credit. Those pathways begin later in the district. The school’s academic picture comes from the Oklahoma State Testing Program, with the important caveat that the state changed its cut scores for math and English language arts for this testing year. That change makes it difficult to compare these results to prior years with confidence. The proficiency rates themselves sit in a mixed range. In math, roughly half of fourth graders and half of fifth graders scored at the proficient level or above. In English language arts, the fourth-grade proficiency rate was lower, while the fifth-grade rate reached about half of students. Science, which is tested only in fifth grade, had a stronger showing, with a clear majority of students scoring proficient or above. When combining all tested subjects and grades into a single index, the school’s overall proficiency place it in the top quartile among districts in Oklahoma County. That is a strong relative position, but a parent should note that the cut changes mean the absolute percentages carry some uncertainty about what they imply for year-over-year trends. The overall index value, at roughly half of students proficient, also means that a substantial share of students are not yet meeting the bar, particularly in fourth-grade reading.
The district itself has been growing. Deer Creek is in the middle of a significant facilities expansion, including a new middle school scheduled to open soon and major additions at the high school, such as a performing arts and athletic center and a freshman academy. That development context matters for a parent considering this school. The housing market in Edmond, where the school is located, is above the national median home value and rents are correspondingly elevated, though the rent-to-income ratio remains manageable given the area’s relatively high incomes. Edmond is a suburban city with a historic downtown, a university campus, extensive parks and recreation, and a steady pattern of population growth. The school’s address places it on the northern edge of Edmond, an area that has seen considerable residential development.
The data does not include information on chronic absenteeism, discipline rates, staffing ratios, or course access, so those dimensions are not part of this account. A parent interested in those areas would need to ask the school or district directly. Similarly, free or reduced-price lunch counts and special education and English learner counts were not reported, so the share of students from low-income households or receiving specialized support is not available here.
For a family already living in the Deer Creek attendance area, this school is the single destination for fourth and fifth grade. For a family considering a move to Edmond, the school exists within a district that has been investing heavily in facilities, which signals anticipated enrollment growth and a commitment to physical infrastructure. The academic performance is a mixed picture: above the typical county school overall, but with a notable soft spot in fourth-grade reading that a parent may want to follow up on with the school. The cut score change complicates any easy read of whether the school is improving or declining, so the most honest assessment is that the school is performing at a level that is solid relative to its county peers, with clear room to grow in literacy.
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