DEQUEEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

DEQUEEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of the average-sized elementary campuss in DE QUEEN, Arkansas, run under DE QUEEN SCHOOL DISTRICT, with 558 students on its rolls from grades 3 through 5. That puts it 33% above the typical public school in Arkansas, which averages around 418 students.

Across the 5 schools in DE QUEEN SCHOOL DISTRICT (2,365 students total), DEQUEEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, DEQUEEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL records that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 58% of enrollment. The remainder consists of 28% White, 6% Pacific Islander, 3% multiracial, 3% Black. The wider county runs roughly 36% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.4:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 82% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

With demographic context factored in, DEQUEEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 28.9%; this one delivers 45.0%, a residual of +16.2 points.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Sevier County put the typical household earns roughly $53,527 per year, roughly 9% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. In all, Sevier County runs 8 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,013 students), of which DEQUEEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

Nearest neighbor: DEQUEEN PRIMARY, around 0.1 miles off. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts DEQUEEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 1st of 6; the average score across the group is 35.7%.

The campus sits in an outlying setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 10%: 617 students in 2018 compared to 558 in 2025. Class-load math has widened: from 14.8:1 in 2018 to 16.4:1 in 2025.

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