7.82% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in Deerfield School District, MA (401 out of 5.13k people) live below the poverty line, a number that is lower than the national average of 12.5%. The largest demographic living in poverty are Males 16 - 17, followed by Males < 5 and then Females 55 - 64.

The most common racial or ethnic group living below the poverty line in Deerfield School District, MA is Two Or More, followed by White and Hispanic.

The Census Bureau uses a set of money income thresholds that vary by family size and composition to determine who classifies as impoverished. If a family's total income is less than the family's threshold than that family and every individual in it is considered to be living in poverty.