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How has JAMES A. SHANKS MIDDLE SCHOOL changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
434
Middle
DISTRICT 374 · STATE 794
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GADSDEN·NCES 120060000859
JAMES A. SHANKS MIDDLE SCHOOL
1400 W KING ST, QUINCY, FL 32351 · (850) 875-8737 · Gadsden County
GRADES 04–08MIDDLE41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL434 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 11% of Florida public middle schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Florida public middle schools
Student : Teacher
19.7:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.7:1 · STATE 19.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
91%
394 students
DISTRICT 81% · STATE 50%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 5 | 74 | 17% |
| Grade 6 | 116 | 27% |
| Grade 7 | 112 | 26% |
| Grade 8 | 132 | 30% |
Student demographics
46%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 45% · STATE 70% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveEnglish Language Arts
24.4%
FL avg 56.7% . +6.5pp since 2023
Math
36.9%
FL avg 58.9% . +10.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 24 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 37 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores are up about 7 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 11 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 24.4% | 36.9% |
| 2023-24 | 17.9% | 26.2% |
% at Level 3 or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: FAST / B.E.S.T.. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
27.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.7%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 28% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 36% typical for Florida schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Florida's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like JAMES A. SHANKS MIDDLE SCHOOL
JAMES A. SHANKS MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (27.9% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| JAMES A. SHANKS MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 434 | 90.8% | 27.9% |
| WARRINGTON PREPARATORY ACADEMY PENSACOLA | 559 | 85.3% | 33.0% |
| WEST GADSDEN MIDDLE SCHOOL QUINCY | 314 | 86.3% | 30.0% |
| LAKE SHORE MIDDLE SCHOOL BELLE GLADE | 651 | 80.0% | 40.1% |
| MATTHEW W. GILBERT MIDDLE SCHOOL JACKSONVILLE | 555 | 78.6% | 28.8% |
| YOUNG MIDDLE MAGNET SCHOOL TAMPA | 307 | 75.6% | 42.9% |
Matched among Florida middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where JAMES A. SHANKS MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Florida |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 27.9% | #557 of 560 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 36.9% | #506 of 560 ▲ 42 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 24.4% | #556 of 560 ▲ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 434 | #501 of 584 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.7:1 | #317 of 547 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 45.5% | #417 of 553 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 90.8% | #1 of 565 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -37.6% | #26 of 379 |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
434
-234 (-35%) vs 2020
-58% since 1990-91, when it was 1,037
Student : Teacher
19.7:1
was 16.3:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 434 | 22 | 19.7:1 | 91% (394) |
| 2023-24 | 526 | 30 | 17.5:1 | 90% (471) |
| 2022-23 | 574 | 30 | 19.1:1 | 92% (529) |
| 2020-21 | 668 | 41 | 16.3:1 | 92% (616) |
| 2017-18 | 695 | 41 | 16.9:1 | 84% (586) |
| 2015-16 | 477 | 30 | 15.9:1 | 78% (370) |
| 2010-11 | 593 | 42 | 14.1:1 | 87% (514) |
| 2000-01 | 883 | 51 | 17.3:1 | 55% (489) |
| 1990-91 | 1,037 | 66 | 15.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for JAMES A. SHANKS MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About JAMES A. SHANKS MIDDLE SCHOOL
Federal records list JAMES A. SHANKS MIDDLE SCHOOL as a middle school in QUINCY, Florida. A total of 434 students attend the school, which covers grades 4 through 8. Against the 794-student average for middle schools in Florida, enrollment here is 45% lower.
GADSDEN runs 16 schools with a combined 4,633 students. JAMES A. SHANKS MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of them.
At 69%, Black students outnumber all other groups at JAMES A. SHANKS MIDDLE SCHOOL combined. It is also 26% Hispanic and 3% White. Gadsden County's residents are about 53% Black, 16 points below the school's share. By the diversity index, JAMES A. SHANKS MIDDLE SCHOOL comes in at 46%.
The school employs the equivalent of 22 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 19.7:1. Middle schools in Florida have a similar average ratio of 19.6:1. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at JAMES A. SHANKS MIDDLE SCHOOL is 91%.
JAMES A. SHANKS MIDDLE SCHOOL is graded D by allk12, scoring above 11% of Florida public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Schools in Florida with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 35.7%. JAMES A. SHANKS MIDDLE SCHOOL scores 27.9%.
County data help place the school in context: in Gadsden County, median household income is about $48,801, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 21%, and roughly 22% of residents are in poverty. JAMES A. SHANKS MIDDLE SCHOOL is among the 17 public schools in Gadsden County.
The closest public school, GEORGE W. MUNROE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, is about 0.4 miles from JAMES A. SHANKS MIDDLE SCHOOL. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools.
JAMES A. SHANKS MIDDLE SCHOOL is coded as Rural: Fringe in federal locale data.
The number of students dropped from 668 to 434 over 4 years. The number of students per teacher rose from 16.3 to 19.7 over 4 years.
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Gadsden County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
43,710
Census ACS
Median income
$48,801
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
21%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
22%
Below federal line
Schools in county
17
4,633 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in GADSDEN
- GADSDEN COUNTY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,086 students
- GEORGE W. MUNROE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 575 students
- HAVANA MAGNET SCHOOLElementary · 558 students
- CROSSROAD ACADEMYCombined · 555 students
- STEWART STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 453 students
- WEST GADSDEN MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 314 students
Other schools in QUINCY
- GEORGE W. MUNROE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 575 students
- CROSSROAD ACADEMYCombined · 555 students
- STEWART STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 453 students
- WEST GADSDEN MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 314 students
- GREENSBORO ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 264 students
- GADSDEN ELEMENTARY MAGNET SCHOOLElementary · 121 students
Nearby schools
- GEORGE W. MUNROE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.4 mi · 575
- BOLD STEP INFANT CARE1.1 mi · 10
- CARTER PARRAMORE ACADEMY1.1 mi · 32
- GADSDEN CENTRAL ACADEMY1.2 mi · 10
- GADSDEN TECHNICAL COLLEGE1.4 mi · 10
- GADSDEN VIRTUAL INSTRUCTION PROGRAM1.4 mi · 18
Frequently asked questions
About JAMES A. SHANKS MIDDLE SCHOOLHow many students attend JAMES A. SHANKS MIDDLE SCHOOL?
JAMES A. SHANKS MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 434 students in grades 04-08.
What grades does JAMES A. SHANKS MIDDLE SCHOOL serve?
JAMES A. SHANKS MIDDLE SCHOOL serves grades 04-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at JAMES A. SHANKS MIDDLE SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at JAMES A. SHANKS MIDDLE SCHOOL is approximately 19.7:1 (22 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at JAMES A. SHANKS MIDDLE SCHOOL?
At JAMES A. SHANKS MIDDLE SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 3% White, 26% Hispanic, 69% Black, 1% Two or more.
Is JAMES A. SHANKS MIDDLE SCHOOL public or private?
JAMES A. SHANKS MIDDLE SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by GADSDEN.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.