Enrollment
208
Middle
DISTRICT 479 · STATE 440
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CALCASIEU PARISH·NCES 220033000226
DeQuincy Middle School
1603 W Fourth St, DeQuincy, LA 70633 · (337) 217-4770 · Calcasieu Parish
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL208 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 56% of Louisiana public middle schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- AThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Louisiana public middle schools
Student : Teacher
10.7:1
19 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.6:1 · STATE 41.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
53%
110 students
DISTRICT 63% · STATE 70%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 65 | 31% |
| Grade 7 | 78 | 38% |
| Grade 8 | 65 | 31% |
Student demographics
40%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 59% · STATE 65% · 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
Test scores
LEAP 2025 2025-26 . % Mastery+English Language Arts
52.0%
LA avg 41.8% . +4.0pp since 2022
Math
46.0%
LA avg 34.2% . +21.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the LEAP 2025, Louisiana's statewide test, about 52 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 46 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Louisiana schools, those numbers are about 42 and 34. Reading and writing scores are up about 4 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 21 points.
LEAP 2025 results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 52.0% | 46.0% |
| 2024-25 | 52.0% | 34.0% |
| 2023-24 | 47.0% | 28.0% |
| 2022-23 | 48.0% | 25.0% |
% Mastery+, all students and all tested grades.
Source: LEAP 2025. 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
37.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
46.3%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 38% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 46% typical for Louisiana 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 Louisiana'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 DeQuincy Middle School
DeQuincy Middle School's state test result (37.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| DeQuincy Middle School this school | 208 | 52.9% | 37.5% |
| Welsh-Roanoke Junior High School Roanoke | 199 | 50.8% | 32.2% |
| Folsom Junior High School Folsom | 183 | 49.7% | 47.8% |
| Jena Junior High School Jena | 288 | 57.3% | 39.0% |
| Lockport Middle School Lockport | 331 | 52.6% | 50.5% |
| N.S.U. Middle Lab School Natchitoches | 178 | 43.3% | 69.2% |
Matched among Louisiana middle 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 DeQuincy Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Louisiana | In Calcasieu Parish |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 37.5% | #78 of 213 | #6 of 11 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 46.0% | #45 of 210 ▲ 30 | #5 of 11 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 52.0% | #62 of 213 ▼ 4 | #6 of 11 ▼ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +12.5pp | #8 of 197 | #1 of 11 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 208 | #194 of 220 | #10 of 11 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.7:1 | #28 of 195 | #5 of 10 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 39.6% | #147 of 195 | #7 of 10 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 52.9% | #169 of 214 | #6 of 11 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -24.6% | #48 of 162 | #3 of 10 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
208
-34 (-14%) vs 2020
-46% since 1990-91, when it was 383
Student : Teacher
10.7:1
was 16.1:1
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 | 208 | 19.5 | 10.7:1 | 53% (110) |
| 2023-24 | 233 | 22 | 10.6:1 | 51% (119) |
| 2022-23 | 212 | 20.9 | 10.1:1 | 58% (122) |
| 2020-21 | 242 | 15 | 16.1:1 | 65% (157) |
| 2017-18 | 276 | 18.8 | 14.7:1 | 47% (130) |
| 2015-16 | 277 | N/A | N/A | 43% (119) |
| 2010-11 | 321 | 23 | 14.0:1 | 54% (173) |
| 2000-01 | 287 | 20 | 14.3:1 | 43% (122) |
| 1990-91 | 383 | 19 | 20.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for DeQuincy Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 25% (276 to 208); teachers up 4% (18.8 to 19.5).
About DeQuincy Middle School
This page covers DeQuincy Middle School, a small middle school in DeQuincy, Louisiana. Students in grades 6 through 8 attend, and enrollment is 208 students. The typical figure for middle schools in Louisiana is about 440 students.
Calcasieu Parish is the district for DeQuincy Middle School. It has 56 schools and 27,851 students.
DeQuincy Middle School's enrollment is 76% White. Other groups make up 15% Black, 5% Hispanic, and 2% multiracial. County-wide, 66% of Calcasieu Parish residents are White. By the diversity index, DeQuincy Middle School comes in at 40%.
DeQuincy Middle School's 19.5 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 10.7:1. That ratio is under the 41.0:1 average for middle schools in Louisiana. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 53%.
allk12 grades DeQuincy Middle School a B. The grade compares the school only with Louisiana public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, DeQuincy Middle School would score about 46.3%. It scores 37.5%, 8.8 points below that figure.
Among Calcasieu Parish residents, median household income is about $67,564, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 25%, and about 13% of people live in poverty. DeQuincy Middle School is one of 61 public schools in Calcasieu Parish, which together enroll about 30,278 students.
DeQuincy Elementary School is the closest public school, about 0.1 miles away in a straight line. DeQuincy Middle School is one of several public schools in the area, with 3 others within five miles. The nearest schools with test data average 33.1%, lower than DeQuincy Middle School's 37.5%.
Its NCES locale code is Rural: Distant: the school is in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
The 2024-25 enrollment of 208 was 14% lower than in 2020-21, when it was 242. Federal data show the ratio falling from 16.1:1 to 10.7:1.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss science fairs, picture day, and bus routes at DeQuincy Middle School. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Calcasieu Parish at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
207,088
Census ACS
Median income
$67,564
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
25%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
61
30,278 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Calcasieu Parish
- Sulphur High SchoolHigh · 1,911 students
- Alfred M. Barbe High SchoolHigh · 1,908 students
- Sam Houston High SchoolHigh · 1,141 students
- S. J. Welsh Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,011 students
- Iowa High SchoolHigh · 1,007 students
- Moss Bluff Elementary SchoolElementary · 969 students
Other schools in DeQuincy
- DeQuincy High SchoolHigh · 279 students
- DeQuincy Primary SchoolElementary · 239 students
- DeQuincy Elementary SchoolElementary · 222 students
Nearby schools
- DeQuincy Elementary School0.1 mi · 222
- DeQuincy High School0.8 mi · 279
- DeQuincy Primary School1.7 mi · 239
- Jake Drost School for Exceptional Children14.2 mi · 19
- LeBlanc Middle School14.2 mi · 366
- Singer High School14.7 mi · 346
Frequently asked questions
About DeQuincy Middle SchoolHow many students attend DeQuincy Middle School?
DeQuincy Middle School enrolls approximately 208 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does DeQuincy Middle School serve?
DeQuincy Middle School serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at DeQuincy Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at DeQuincy Middle School is approximately 10.7:1 (19 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at DeQuincy Middle School?
At DeQuincy Middle School, the student body is approximately 76% White, 5% Hispanic, 15% Black, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees DeQuincy Middle School?
DeQuincy Middle School is overseen by Calcasieu Parish in Calcasieu Parish.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.