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Enrollment
558
Elementary
DISTRICT 557 · STATE 418
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DE QUEEN SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 050004900234
DEQUEEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
233 TREATING PLANT ROAD, DE QUEEN, AR 71832 · (870) 584-4311 · Sevier County
GRADES 03–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL558 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 83% of Arkansas public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Arkansas public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
16.4:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.4:1 · STATE 16.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
82%
457 students
DISTRICT 78% · STATE 70%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 186 | 33% |
| Grade 4 | 167 | 30% |
| Grade 5 | 205 | 37% |
Student demographics
58%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 56% · STATE 61% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within DE QUEEN SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ATLAS 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3+4)English Language Arts
41.8%
AR avg 34.9% . -4.8pp since 2023
Math
54.3%
AR avg 38.9% . +7.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the ATLAS, Arkansas's statewide test, about 42 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 54 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Arkansas schools, those numbers are about 35 and 39. Reading and writing scores are down about 5 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 7 points.
ATLAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 41.8% | 54.3% |
| 2023-24 | 46.6% | 47.2% |
% Proficient (Level 3+4), all students and all tested grades.
Source: ATLAS. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of AR schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
46.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
29.4%
based on AR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+16.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 46% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 29% typical for Arkansas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 17 points, placing it in Arkansas's top 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like DEQUEEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
DEQUEEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (46.2% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| DEQUEEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 558 | 81.9% | 46.2% |
| DEQUEEN PRIMARY DE QUEEN | 555 | 79.3% | N/A |
| WESTWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SPRINGDALE | 498 | 86.1% | 19.7% |
| HARP ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SPRINGDALE | 559 | 78.5% | 28.9% |
| TURNBOW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SPRINGDALE | 599 | 81.6% | 35.6% |
| MONITOR ELEMENTARY SPRINGDALE | 586 | 82.8% | 29.0% |
Matched among Arkansas elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where DEQUEEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Arkansas |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 46.2% | #112 of 461 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 54.3% | #90 of 465 ▲ 39 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 41.8% | #152 of 465 ▼ 59 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 558 | #105 of 531 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.4:1 | #260 of 480 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.9% | #140 of 480 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 81.9% | #190 of 513 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.6% | #205 of 311 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
558
+27 (+5%) vs 2020
-30% since 1990-91, when it was 799
Student : Teacher
16.4:1
was 14.0:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 558 | 34 | 16.4:1 | 82% (457) |
| 2023-24 | 524 | 34.4 | 15.3:1 | 77% (406) |
| 2022-23 | 523 | 37 | 14.2:1 | 75% (392) |
| 2020-21 | 531 | 38 | 14.0:1 | 76% (405) |
| 2017-18 | 617 | 41.6 | 14.8:1 | 44% (269) |
| 2015-16 | 553 | 42 | 13.2:1 | 78% (430) |
| 2010-11 | 537 | 38 | 14.1:1 | 80% (431) |
| 2000-01 | 591 | 36 | 16.4:1 | 68% (401) |
| 1990-91 | 799 | 47 | 17.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for DEQUEEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About DEQUEEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
DEQUEEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is classified as an elementary school. It is located in DE QUEEN, Arkansas. The student body numbers 558 students, from grades 3 through 5. Average enrollment for elementary schools in Arkansas is about 418, so this school runs 33% larger than that.
The district, DE QUEEN SCHOOL DISTRICT, has 2,365 students enrolled across 5 schools.
A majority of students at DEQUEEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, 58%, are Hispanic. The rest of enrollment is 28% White, 6% Pacific Islander, 3% multiracial, and 3% Black. Among all residents of Sevier County, the Hispanic share is about 36%. The chance that two students picked at random at DEQUEEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 58%.
Federal data list 34 full-time-equivalent teachers at DEQUEEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in 2024-25, for a ratio of 16.4:1. Elementary schools in Arkansas average about 16.0:1, a similar figure. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 82%.
Measured against Arkansas public elementary schools, DEQUEEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL receives an A-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
BeatsExpectations places DEQUEEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in the top 10% of Arkansas schools. The measure fits a line through proficiency and free or reduced-price lunch share for each state, and this school sits 16.8 points above it (46.2% actual, 29.4% predicted).
County data help place the school in context: in Sevier County, median household income is about $53,527, roughly 9% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 11%. The public schools of Sevier County number 8 and enroll about 3,013.
The closest public school to DEQUEEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is DEQUEEN PRIMARY, less than a tenth of a mile away. Within five miles of DEQUEEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, there are 4 other public schools. In a group of 6 nearby schools with scores, DEQUEEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 1st on average proficiency.
The school's federal locale classification is Rural: Fringe.
A comparison of 2020-21 and 2024-25 shows enrollment up 5%, from 531 to 558. The ratio of students to teachers went from 14.0:1 to 16.4:1 over the same years.
Parents and students can post about school events, clubs, and volunteer needs at DEQUEEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Sevier County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
15,712
Census ACS
Median income
$53,527
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
9%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
8
3,013 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in DE QUEEN SCHOOL DISTRICT
- DEQUEEN PRIMARYElementary · 555 students
- DEQUEEN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 550 students
- DEQUEEN MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 354 students
- DEQUEEN JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 348 students
Other schools in DE QUEEN
- DEQUEEN PRIMARYElementary · 555 students
- DEQUEEN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 550 students
- DEQUEEN MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 354 students
- DEQUEEN JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 348 students
Other Dequeen Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Dequeen Elementary. DEQUEEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the largest of the 2.
- Dequeen Elementary SchoolPORT ARTHUR, TX · 232 students
Nearby schools
- DEQUEEN PRIMARY0.1 mi · 555
- DEQUEEN HIGH SCHOOL0.2 mi · 550
- DEQUEEN MIDDLE SCHOOL0.2 mi · 354
- DEQUEEN JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL0.2 mi · 348
- HORATIO HIGH SCHOOL5.6 mi · 335
- HORATIO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL6.3 mi · 313
Frequently asked questions
About DEQUEEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow many students attend DEQUEEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
DEQUEEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 558 students in grades 03-05.
What grades does DEQUEEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
DEQUEEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves grades 03-05.
How many students per teacher at DEQUEEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Approximately 16.4:1 students per teacher at DEQUEEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
What is the racial breakdown of students at DEQUEEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At DEQUEEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 28% White, 58% Hispanic, 3% Black, 0% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees DEQUEEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
DEQUEEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is overseen by DE QUEEN SCHOOL DISTRICT in Sevier County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.