DeQueen Middle
has been recognized by the Office for Education Policy (OEP) at the University of Arkansas as a school as a school that is Beating the Odds, because students demonstrated high growth on the ATLAS exams even though the school serves a high percentage of students who participate in Free and Reduced Lunch!
Awards are based on the 2024 content growth score calculated by the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education. These growth scores reflect how much students at the school improved from 2023 compared to how much other students with similar prior achievement improved.