DeQuincy Primary School

DeQuincy Primary School is a K-5 school of modestly sized scale in DeQuincy, Louisiana, part of Calcasieu Parish, serveing 239 students in grades pre-K through 2. By comparison, Louisiana's public schools average about 453 students each, so DeQuincy Primary School sits 47% leaner than that benchmark.

Calcasieu Parish runs 56 schools in total, collectively educating 27,851 students. DeQuincy Primary School is one of those campuses.

Demographically, DeQuincy Primary School logs that the largest single group is White, at 76% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school records 15% Black, 7% multiracial, 3% Hispanic. By comparison, Calcasieu Parish as a whole is about 66% White, so the school skews visibly more White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, On paper, DeQuincy Primary School has 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.1:1. The state averages around 14.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 66% of students at DeQuincy Primary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Calcasieu Parish indicate the typical household earns roughly $67,564 per year, about 25% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Calcasieu Parish's 61 public schools (combined enrollment of about 30,278 students), DeQuincy Primary School is one campus in the mix.

DeQuincy High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around DeQuincy Primary School.

The campus sits in an outlying setting.

Over the past 7-year window. DeQuincy Primary School's enrollment has fell 32% since 2018, when it stood at 351 (now 239). Class-load math has fell: from 17.8:1 in 2018 to 13.1:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.