📍 235 Treating Plant Rd, Dequeen, Sevier County, 71832
Dequeen Primary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Dequeen, Sevier County. The school has 576 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Dequeen School District school district. It serves grades K–2 in a rural setting. The school employs 39.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 14.7:1.
Dequeen Primary enrolls 576 students across grades K–2. The student body is 52% male and 48% female. A teaching staff of 39.1 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 14.7:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 57% Hispanic or Latino, 27% White and 5.6% Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 328 | 57% |
| White | 153 | 27% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 32 | 5.6% |
| Two or more races | 30 | 5.2% |
| Black or African American | 19 | 3.3% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 14 | 2.4% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
434 of the school's 576 students (75%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Dequeen Primary is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Fringe). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district VT-40.
Dequeen Primary is one of 5 schools in DE QUEEN SCHOOL DISTRICT, based in DE QUEEN, Arkansas. The district serves 2,365 students district-wide and employs 189 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 576 students, Dequeen Primary is larger than the district average of about 473 students per school.