Enrollment
348
High
DISTRICT 449 · STATE 510
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DE QUEEN SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 050004901503
DEQUEEN JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL
1803 WEST COULTER DRIVE, DE QUEEN, AR 71832 · (870) 642-3077 · Sevier County
GRADES 08–09HIGH33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL348 STUDENTS
A+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 95% of Arkansas public high schools
- ATest 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 high schools
Student : Teacher
10.5:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.0:1 · STATE 8.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
75%
262 students
DISTRICT 78% · STATE 70%
Community
0
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 8 | 163 | 47% |
| Grade 9 | 185 | 53% |
Student demographics
53%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
DEQUEEN JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL→DEQUEEN HIGH SCHOOL
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
34.3%
AR avg 34.9% . +1.8pp since 2023
Math
44.2%
AR avg 38.9% . +0.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the ATLAS, Arkansas's statewide test, about 34 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 44 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Arkansas schools, those numbers are about 35 and 39. Reading and writing scores are up about 2 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
ATLAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 34.3% | 44.2% |
| 2023-24 | 32.5% | 44.2% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
42.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
31.8%
based on AR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 42% 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 JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL
DEQUEEN JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (42.3% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| DEQUEEN JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL this school | 348 | 75.3% | 42.3% |
| DEQUEEN HIGH SCHOOL DE QUEEN | 550 | 75.5% | 26.8% |
| SOUTHWEST JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL SPRINGDALE | 694 | 83.3% | 35.6% |
| DANVILLE HIGH SCHOOL DANVILLE | 252 | 72.2% | 33.5% |
| LAKESIDE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL SPRINGDALE | 654 | 87.0% | 27.6% |
| GEORGE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL SPRINGDALE | 723 | 93.5% | 20.4% |
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 JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Arkansas |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 42.3% | #33 of 272 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 44.2% | #35 of 132 ▼ 13 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 34.3% | #99 of 280 ▲ 13 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 348 | #147 of 310 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.5:1 | #162 of 245 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 53.4% | #79 of 246 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 75.3% | #99 of 273 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.7% | #105 of 133 |
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
348
+10 (+3%) vs 2020
-1% since 2010-11, when it was 351
Student : Teacher
10.5:1
was 12.1:1
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 | 348 | 33.2 | 10.5:1 | 75% (262) |
| 2023-24 | 363 | 31.2 | 11.7:1 | 77% (281) |
| 2022-23 | 397 | 31.7 | 12.5:1 | 72% (285) |
| 2020-21 | 338 | 28 | 12.1:1 | 61% (207) |
| 2017-18 | 365 | 23.4 | 15.6:1 | 39% (142) |
| 2015-16 | 394 | 25 | 15.8:1 | 74% (290) |
| 2010-11 | 351 | 22 | 15.9:1 | 70% (246) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for DEQUEEN JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL.
About DEQUEEN JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL
DEQUEEN JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL is a small high school with its address in DE QUEEN, Arkansas. Students in grades 8 through 9 attend the school, which enrolls 348 students. For comparison, high schools in Arkansas average about 510 students.
The 5 schools in DE QUEEN SCHOOL DISTRICT enroll 2,365 students altogether, DEQUEEN JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL among them.
A majority of students at DEQUEEN JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL, 61%, are Hispanic. Beyond that, enrollment is 29% White, 3% Pacific Islander, 2% Black, and 2% multiracial. The Hispanic share of the county population is lower, at 36%. The chance that two students picked at random at DEQUEEN JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 53%.
Staffing totals 33.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 10.5:1. That ratio is over the 8.8:1 average for high schools in Arkansas. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at DEQUEEN JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL is 75%.
allk12 grades DEQUEEN JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL an A+. The grade compares the school only with Arkansas public high schools, because each state gives its own test.
The school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 42.3%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 31.8%.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Sevier County show that median household income is about $53,527, 9% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 11% of people live in poverty. Federal data list 8 public schools in Sevier County, with a combined enrollment of about 3,013.
DEQUEEN HIGH SCHOOL is the public school closest to DEQUEEN JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL, less than a tenth of a mile away. DEQUEEN JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL has 4 other public schools within five miles. DEQUEEN JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL ranks 2nd of 6 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 42.3% against a local average of 35.5%.
DEQUEEN JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL is in a town far from an urbanized area, a location NCES labels Town: Remote.
DEQUEEN JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL had 338 students in 2020-21 and 348 in 2024-25, a 3% increase. The ratio of students to teachers went from 12.1:1 to 10.5:1 over the same years.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss science fairs, picture day, and bus routes at DEQUEEN JUNIOR HIGH 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 ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 558 students
- DEQUEEN PRIMARYElementary · 555 students
- DEQUEEN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 550 students
- DEQUEEN MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 354 students
Other schools in DE QUEEN
- DEQUEEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 558 students
- DEQUEEN PRIMARYElementary · 555 students
- DEQUEEN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 550 students
- DEQUEEN MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 354 students
Nearby schools
- DEQUEEN HIGH SCHOOL0.0 mi · 550
- 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 JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at DEQUEEN JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL?
DEQUEEN JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 348 students in grades 08-09.
Is DEQUEEN JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
DEQUEEN JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL is a high school covering grades 08-09.
How many teachers does DEQUEEN JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL have?
DEQUEEN JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL employs 33 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.5:1.
What is the student diversity at DEQUEEN JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL?
Student demographics at DEQUEEN JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL are roughly 29% White, 61% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is DEQUEEN JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL public or private?
DEQUEEN JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by DE QUEEN SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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