Regular local school district · Sevier County
De Queen School District, AR: schools, enrollment and spending
De Queen School District runs 5 public schools with 2,365 students in grades K to 12. Its ratio of 12.6 students per teacher is about the same as the Arkansas figure of 12.7.Listed in NCES data as "DE QUEEN SCHOOL DISTRICT".
At a glance
- Schools
- 5
- Students
- 2,365
- Teachers (FTE)
- 187
- Students per teacher
- 12.6
- AR: 12.7 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 101 N Ninth St, De Queen, AR 71832
- Phone
- (870)584-4312
- County
- Sevier County
- Locale
- Town: Remote
- Grades offered
- K to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 0500049
- State district ID
- AR-6701000
- Total staff (FTE)
- 359
- School counselors (FTE)
- 7.0About 338 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 11.0
Students per teacher compared
This district12.6
Arkansas12.7
United States15.3
2020 finance data
From the F-33 School District Finance Survey for fiscal year 2020, in nominal dollars. Enrollment used for per-pupil figures is the finance survey count (2,295), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $31.4 million
- Federal revenue
- $7.2 million
- State revenue
- $18.2 million
- Local revenue
- $5.9 million
- Total spending
- $34.7 million
- Spending per pupil
- $15,107
- Salaries
- $15.2 million43.7% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $12.2 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 23.1%
- State: 58.2%
- Local: 18.7%
Arkansas overall
- Federal: 16.0%
- State: 47.0%
- Local: 37.0%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$15,107
Arkansas$12,724
United States$16,826
Schools in De Queen School District
By level: 1 high, 1 middle, 2 elementary, 1 secondary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Dequeen Elementary School | Elementary | 3 to 5 | 558 | 16.4 |
| Dequeen High School | High | 10 to 12 | 550 | 9.6 |
| Dequeen Junior High School | Secondary | 8 to 9 | 348 | 10.5 |
| Dequeen Middle School | Middle | 6 to 7 | 354 | 15.4 |
| Dequeen Primary | Elementary | K to 2 | 555 | 14.6 |
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Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Finance figures are 2020 finance data in nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.