DEQUEEN PRIMARY

DEQUEEN PRIMARY operates as a mid-tier elementary campus in DE QUEEN, Arkansas, run under DE QUEEN SCHOOL DISTRICT. Current enrollment sits at 555 students spanning grades K through 2. Compared to the state average of about 418 students per school, that is 33% larger than typical.

DE QUEEN SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 5 schools in total, collectively educating 2,365 students. DEQUEEN PRIMARY is one of those campuses.

Demographically, DEQUEEN PRIMARY logs that 56% of the student body identifies as Hispanic; the rest comes out to 28% White, 6% Pacific Islander, 6% multiracial, 3% Black. By comparison, Sevier County as a whole is about 36% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, DEQUEEN PRIMARY has 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.4:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 16.0:1 average. An estimated 79% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

In the area at large, Sevier County reports that median household earnings sit near $53,527, 9% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Sevier County runs 8 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,013 students), of which DEQUEEN PRIMARY is one.

The closest other public school is DEQUEEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, roughly 0.1 miles away. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies an outlying site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at DEQUEEN PRIMARY has fell 9%, going from 611 students in 2018 to 555 in 2025.

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