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Enrollment
550
High
DISTRICT 449 · STATE 510
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DE QUEEN SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 050004900235
DEQUEEN HIGH SCHOOL
140 SCHOOL DRIVE, DE QUEEN, AR 71832 · (870) 642-2426 · Sevier County
GRADES 10–12HIGH33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL550 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 44% of Arkansas public high schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats 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 high schools
Student : Teacher
9.5:1
58 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.0:1 · STATE 8.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
75%
415 students
DISTRICT 78% · STATE 70%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 10 | 174 | 32% |
| Grade 11 | 195 | 35% |
| Grade 12 | 179 | 33% |
| Ungraded | 2 | 0% |
Student demographics
52%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
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
29.3%
AR avg 34.9% . -7.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the ATLAS, Arkansas's statewide test, about 29 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level. The Arkansas average is about 35 of 100. Reading and writing scores are down about 7 points since 2023.
ATLAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts |
|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 29.3% |
| 2023-24 | 36.8% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
26.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
31.8%
based on AR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 27% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 32% typical for Arkansas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Arkansas's top nor bottom 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 HIGH SCHOOL
DEQUEEN HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (26.8% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| DEQUEEN HIGH SCHOOL this school | 550 | 75.5% | 26.8% |
| DEQUEEN JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL DE QUEEN | 348 | 75.3% | 42.3% |
| SOUTHWEST JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL SPRINGDALE | 694 | 83.3% | 35.6% |
| LAKESIDE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL SPRINGDALE | 654 | 87.0% | 27.6% |
| GEORGE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL SPRINGDALE | 723 | 93.5% | 20.4% |
| DANVILLE HIGH SCHOOL DANVILLE | 252 | 72.2% | 33.5% |
Matched among Arkansas high 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 HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Arkansas |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 26.8% | #167 of 272 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 29.3% | #151 of 280 ▼ 81 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 550 | #87 of 310 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.5:1 | #146 of 245 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 52.3% | #83 of 246 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 75.5% | #98 of 273 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +8.1% | #61 of 105 |
Ranked against other public high 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
550
+48 (+10%) vs 2020
+107% since 1990-91, when it was 266
Student : Teacher
9.5:1
was 9.5:1
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 | 550 | 57.9 | 9.5:1 | 75% (415) |
| 2023-24 | 522 | 57.7 | 9.0:1 | 71% (370) |
| 2022-23 | 481 | 55.6 | 8.7:1 | 69% (330) |
| 2020-21 | 502 | 53 | 9.5:1 | 74% (369) |
| 2017-18 | 509 | 33.7 | 15.1:1 | 49% (249) |
| 2015-16 | 481 | 31 | 15.5:1 | 68% (328) |
| 2010-11 | 439 | 33 | 13.3:1 | 65% (285) |
| 2000-01 | 313 | 43 | 7.3:1 | 37% (117) |
| 1990-91 | 266 | 15 | 17.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for DEQUEEN HIGH SCHOOL.
About DEQUEEN HIGH SCHOOL
DEQUEEN HIGH SCHOOL is a mid-sized high school found in DE QUEEN, Arkansas. Students in grades 10 through 12 make up the school's enrollment of 550 students.
The district for DEQUEEN HIGH SCHOOL is DE QUEEN SCHOOL DISTRICT, with 5 schools and 2,365 students.
More than half of the students at DEQUEEN HIGH SCHOOL are Hispanic (62%). The next largest groups are 29% White, 4% Pacific Islander, and 2% Black. In Sevier County overall, about 36% of residents are Hispanic. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, DEQUEEN HIGH SCHOOL scores 52%.
The school's 57.9 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 9.5:1. The average for high schools in Arkansas is about 8.8:1. At DEQUEEN HIGH SCHOOL, 75% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25.
DEQUEEN HIGH SCHOOL earns a C+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 44% of Arkansas public high schools.
DEQUEEN HIGH SCHOOL's actual average proficiency rate across its state test results (26.8%) and its predicted rate (31.8%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Arkansas schools.
The county, Sevier County, is where the school is located. The median household earns about $53,527 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 9%, and about 11% of people live in poverty. Counting DEQUEEN HIGH SCHOOL, Sevier County has 8 public schools.
DEQUEEN JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL is less than a tenth of a mile from DEQUEEN HIGH SCHOOL, the shortest distance to any other public school. The five-mile area around DEQUEEN HIGH SCHOOL holds 4 other public schools. DEQUEEN HIGH SCHOOL comes in 6th of 6 nearby schools on average proficiency.
By NCES locale, the school is Town: Remote, or in a town far from an urbanized area.
The school grew from 502 students in 2020-21 to 550 in 2024-25.
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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 ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 558 students
- DEQUEEN PRIMARYElementary · 555 students
- DEQUEEN MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 354 students
- DEQUEEN JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 348 students
Other schools in DE QUEEN
- DEQUEEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 558 students
- DEQUEEN PRIMARYElementary · 555 students
- DEQUEEN MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 354 students
- DEQUEEN JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 348 students
Nearby schools
- DEQUEEN JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL0.0 mi · 348
- DEQUEEN MIDDLE SCHOOL0.0 mi · 354
- DEQUEEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.2 mi · 558
- DEQUEEN PRIMARY0.2 mi · 555
- HORATIO HIGH SCHOOL5.7 mi · 335
- HORATIO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL6.4 mi · 313
Frequently asked questions
About DEQUEEN HIGH SCHOOLHow large is DEQUEEN HIGH SCHOOL?
DEQUEEN HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 550 students in grades 10-12.
What age range does DEQUEEN HIGH SCHOOL serve?
DEQUEEN HIGH SCHOOL serves students from grade 10 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at DEQUEEN HIGH SCHOOL?
Approximately 9.5:1 students per teacher at DEQUEEN HIGH SCHOOL.
How diverse is DEQUEEN HIGH SCHOOL?
DEQUEEN HIGH SCHOOL reports a student body of 29% White, 62% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees DEQUEEN HIGH SCHOOL?
DEQUEEN HIGH 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.