DeQuincy Middle School

As a low-enrollment intermediate school in DeQuincy, Louisiana, DeQuincy Middle School caters to 208 students from grades 6 through 8, part of Calcasieu Parish. By comparison, Louisiana's public schools average about 440 students each, so DeQuincy Middle School sits 53% smaller than that benchmark.

DeQuincy Middle School is one of 56 schools operated by Calcasieu Parish, a district that educates 27,851 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, DeQuincy Middle School lists that 76% of the student body identifies as White; the rest consists of 15% Black, 5% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. That is noticeably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 66%.

On the resource side, DeQuincy Middle School shows 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.7:1. The state averages around 41.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 53% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, DeQuincy Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 46.2%, the actual is 34.7%, a residual of -11.5 points.

In the area at large, Calcasieu Parish reports that the typical household earns roughly $67,564 per year, 25% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. DeQuincy Middle School is one of 61 public schools in Calcasieu Parish (combined enrollment of about 30,278 students).

DeQuincy Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts DeQuincy Middle School at 3rd of 6; the average score across the group is 33.0%.

The school occupies an outlying site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at DeQuincy Middle School has decreased 25%, going from 276 students in 2018 to 208 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 83% to 76% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 14.7:1 in 2018 to 10.7:1 today.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. Members of the school community can share what they know.