Deer Creek High School

As a student of this school myself, I can't say that I particularly hate this school... however, I do dislike it at times. The administration is all over the place; sometimes I wonder if they even know what they're doing. Consistency is a little problem also. For example, a teacher might be 2 weeks ahead in the curriculum compared to another teacher of the exact same subject. Also, the school makes it incredibly hard for someone to enroll in many advanced classes... most oftentimes, an administrator or a person of likewise standing will speak to you about your apparently "poor" decision. Seriously, if I want to challenge myself and think I can handle it and even went through the trouble of enrolling in all of these difficult classes, I'm pretty sure I would want to be in them. Sports are placed above academics at this school as can be seen in the abundance of sports award ceremonies and the scarceness of academic award ceremonies. All of these examples serve as irrefutable evidence in my observance of this school and its workings.
--Submitted by a student

As a sophomore student from Deer Creek High School myself, I am here to tell you that Deer Creek charges a fortune for every possible thing that they can and the teachers act like they really don't want to be there, thus not educating us very well. I don't think that the school district uses the money wisely and the cliques are so awful that outsiders can look at a student from this school and can tell that they go to Deer Creek. As soon as i get my drivers license, I will not be attending this school anymore. Staff worry more about making money than actually educating us. They hand us text books and basically thats the only way we learn. I definately don't feel as if Deer Creek is a family, and I won't go to any football games etc, because I don't want to opponent to see me as "one of those Deer Creek girls." I am really ashamed to be a Deer Creek student.
--Submitted by a student

School board is a total joke with good ole boy system firmly entrenched and fraudulent dealings run rampant. If your son wants to play baseball you had better ante up some money for the head coach or no play. Teachers are all new with 1 out 10 being competent. Parents even have their own cliques and are shall we say way over the top. Disgusting
--Submitted by a parent

We moved here in Summer of 2010. Given the hype about how this school was up and coming and all the talk of "community", we are pretty let down. I doubt if my daughter could handle another school change or we would move to Edmond North. One small feather in this schools cap is they seem to have a good principal but the superintendent actually said he was "not into academics" at a presentation: he likes sports instead. The school and school district are in a bit of an ad-lib mode and function somewhat without a real strategy. Still they will get a multimillion dollar football stadium and Oklahoma will still lag far behind the nation in college graduates but lead in football.
--Submitted by a parent

I moved here from Putnam City Schools this year. The teachers are great, and the sports programs are good too! However, there are too many students in most of my classes, and it feels really crowded. Students are in very tight 'cliques', and the discipline program could use a little lift also, but overall the school is okay.
--Submitted by a student

i've been going here for three years and i love it. the teachers are amazing. the sports are incredible. the whole school is great!
--Submitted by a student

Deer Creek represents a good balance between the scale and scope of larger schools with the advantages of smaller class sizes and greater participation by students . Like most schools it has some budget problems but the participation, volunteering, and contributions of the parents make this a much better school than average.
--Submitted by a parent

High level of academics and numerous student activities! Great parental support!
--Submitted by a parent

Deer Creek High School's staff of teachers, administrators and board of directors care more about academics and the sucess of your child's future than they care about sport activities.
--Submitted by a parent

My sophomore scored high enough already on the ACT to get into college!
--Submitted by a parent