Quincy Elementary

Quincy Elementary is one of the tight-knit K-5 schools in Quincy, California, one of the schools within Plumas Unified, with 342 students on its rolls from grades K through 6. That puts it 26% smaller than the typical public school in California, which averages around 465 students.

Plumas Unified runs 9 schools in total, collectively educating 1,685 students. Quincy Elementary is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Quincy Elementary logs that White students make up the majority at 70%. Beyond that, the school records 17% multiracial, 11% Hispanic. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 84%.

On the income-and-resources front, Quincy Elementary logs 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 20.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Quincy Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. About 55% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, On a poverty-adjusted basis, Quincy Elementary sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 46.9%; actual is 27.6%, a gap of -19.3 points.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Plumas County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $66,031 per year, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Quincy Elementary is one of 15 public schools in Plumas County (combined enrollment of about 2,049 students).

Nearest neighbor: Plumas Charter, around 0.4 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 5 other public schools cluster around Quincy Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Quincy Elementary at 3rd of 4; the average score across the group is 27.3%.

Quincy Elementary operates from a low-density location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Quincy Elementary has rose 5%, going from 326 students in 2018 to 342 in 2025. The White share of enrollment ticked down from 75% to 70% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 23.1:1 in 2018 to 20.7:1 today.

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