Summary:
In zip code 71832, there is one high school, Dequeen High School, serving grades 10 through 12 with 550 students in De Queen, Arkansas, an area where over 75% of students are eligible for free or reduced lunch.
Dequeen High School shows a mixed but improving academic profile. The school has a favorable student-teacher ratio of 9.4:1 and spends $11,937 per student. Its state ranking has been volatile, dropping to 188th out of 291 in 2024-2025 before rebounding to 91st out of 293 (69th percentile, 3 stars) in 2025-2026. The school outperforms the state average in English Language Arts (43.5% vs. 39.4%) and Reading (46.0% vs. 40.4%), but struggles significantly in Geometry (11.8% vs. 26.4%) and slightly in Biology (40.7% vs. 42.7%). Notably, test scores improved dramatically from the previous year, with Biology jumping 25.7 percentage points and ELA rising 14.2 points.
Despite high poverty levels, the school demonstrates resilience with a very low dropout rate of 1.2% and a district graduation rate of 94.3%, which exceeds the state average of 90.1%. The De Queen School District is ranked 64th out of 251 districts in Arkansas (75th percentile) with a 4-star rating. A key concern is the sharp drop in math and science proficiency between the district's other schools and Dequeen High School, as the district's all-grades Geometry score (23.6%) is double the high school's rate, suggesting students may struggle with these subjects upon entering high school.
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