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Enrollment
500
Elementary
DISTRICT 520 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·QUINCY SD 172·NCES 173300005060
Dr. Abby Fox Rooney Elementary School
4900 Columbus Rd, Quincy, IL 62305 · (217) 228-7117 · Adams County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL500 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 39% of Illinois public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats 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 Illinois public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
12.2:1
41 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.8:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
67%
336 students
DISTRICT 64% · STATE 56%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 91 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 79 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 81 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 87 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 95 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 67 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (91) is 36% larger than its 5th grade class (67).
Student demographics
48%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 43% · STATE 69% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within Quincy SD 172. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
36.3%
IL avg 51.0% . +10.0pp since 2023
Math
36.3%
IL avg 37.9% . +17.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 36 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 36 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Illinois schools, those numbers are about 51 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 10 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 17 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 36.3% | 36.3% |
| 2023-24 | 26.3% | 19.3% |
% Proficient (Levels 4-5), all students and all tested grades.
Source: IAR + ISA. 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
34.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.7%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 34% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 33% typical for Illinois 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 Illinois'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 Dr. Abby Fox Rooney Elementary School
Dr. Abby Fox Rooney Elementary School's state test result (34.1% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dr. Abby Fox Rooney Elementary School this school | 500 | 67.2% | 34.1% |
| Lincoln Elementary School Marion | 482 | 66.6% | 59.0% |
| Colonel George Iles Elementary School Quincy | 535 | 69.2% | 37.8% |
| Bluffview Elementary School Dupo | 501 | 67.5% | 46.0% |
| Thomas S Baldwin Elementary School Quincy | 564 | 64.7% | 36.5% |
| Ridge Lawn Elementary School Chicago Ridge | 572 | 70.3% | 27.6% |
Matched among Illinois elementary 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 Dr. Abby Fox Rooney Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Adams County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 34.1% | #1,123 of 1,925 | #9 of 9 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 36.3% | #1,078 of 2,077 ▲ 138 | #6 of 9 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 36.3% | #1,474 of 2,077 ▼ 152 | #9 of 9 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 500 | #559 of 2,419 | #5 of 11 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.2:1 | #618 of 2,035 | #3 of 10 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 47.9% | #967 of 2,042 | #2 of 10 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 67.2% | #806 of 2,132 | #3 of 10 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +128.3% | #5 of 615 | #3 of 7 |
Ranked against other public elementary 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
500
+19 (+4%) vs 2020
+112% since 1990-91, when it was 236
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 | 500 | 41 | 12.2:1 | 67% (336) |
| 2023-24 | 482 | 41.6 | 11.6:1 | 68% (328) |
| 2022-23 | 496 | 40.7 | 12.2:1 | 70% (348) |
| 2020-21 | 481 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 219 | 21 | 10.4:1 | 96% (210) |
| 2015-16 | 259 | 22 | 11.8:1 | 88% (229) |
| 2010-11 | 277 | 23 | 12.0:1 | 98% (271) |
| 2000-01 | 205 | 26 | 7.9:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 236 | 19 | 12.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Dr. Abby Fox Rooney Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 128% (219 to 500); teachers up 95% (21 to 41).
About Dr. Abby Fox Rooney Elementary School
Dr. Abby Fox Rooney Elementary School, a mid-sized elementary school, is located in Quincy, Illinois. In all, 500 students attend the school in kindergarten through 5. That puts enrollment 31% larger than the 381-student average for elementary schools in Illinois.
Dr. Abby Fox Rooney Elementary School is among 8 schools run by Quincy SD 172, which serves 6,264 students.
About 70% of the student body at Dr. Abby Fox Rooney Elementary School is White. Other students are 14% multiracial, 9% Black, and 7% Hispanic. By comparison, Adams County residents are about 91% White. The diversity index for Dr. Abby Fox Rooney Elementary School is 48%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Based on 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, Dr. Abby Fox Rooney Elementary School has a ratio of 12.2:1. Across elementary schools in Illinois, the average ratio is 13.9:1. Income data for the school show 67% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The 56% average for public schools in Adams County is 11 points lower.
Dr. Abby Fox Rooney Elementary School holds a C+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 39% of Illinois public elementary schools.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Dr. Abby Fox Rooney Elementary School would score about 32.7%. It scores 34.1%, 1.4 points above that figure.
Looking at the county, Adams County, median household income comes to about $66,220, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 28% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 9%. The county has 23 public schools and about 8,717 students.
Among nearby public schools, Quincy Sr High School is closest at about 1.7 miles. In all, 7 other public schools sit within five miles of Dr. Abby Fox Rooney Elementary School. On state test proficiency, Dr. Abby Fox Rooney Elementary School ranks 7th in a group of 8 nearby schools.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Town: Remote.
From 481 students in 2020-21, enrollment increased to 500 by 2024-25.
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Adams County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
64,754
Census ACS
Median income
$66,220
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
23
8,717 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Quincy SD 172
- Quincy Sr High SchoolHigh · 1,847 students
- Quincy Jr High SchoolMiddle · 1,295 students
- Lincoln-Douglas Elementary SchoolElementary · 588 students
- Thomas S Baldwin Elementary SchoolElementary · 564 students
- Colonel George Iles Elementary SchoolElementary · 535 students
- Sarah Atwater Denman Elementary SchoolElementary · 501 students
Other schools in Quincy
- Quincy Sr High SchoolHigh · 1,847 students
- Quincy Jr High SchoolMiddle · 1,295 students
- Lincoln-Douglas Elementary SchoolElementary · 588 students
- Thomas S Baldwin Elementary SchoolElementary · 564 students
- Colonel George Iles Elementary SchoolElementary · 535 students
- Sarah Atwater Denman Elementary SchoolElementary · 501 students
Nearby schools
- Quincy Sr High School1.7 mi · 1,847
- Thomas S Baldwin Elementary School1.8 mi · 564
- Sarah Atwater Denman Elementary School2.5 mi · 501
- Quincy Jr High School3.2 mi · 1,295
- Lincoln-Douglas Elementary School3.5 mi · 588
- Colonel George Iles Elementary School3.7 mi · 535
Frequently asked questions
About Dr. Abby Fox Rooney Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Dr. Abby Fox Rooney Elementary School?
Dr. Abby Fox Rooney Elementary School enrolls approximately 500 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Dr. Abby Fox Rooney Elementary School serve?
Dr. Abby Fox Rooney Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Dr. Abby Fox Rooney Elementary School?
Approximately 12.2:1 students per teacher at Dr. Abby Fox Rooney Elementary School.
How diverse is Dr. Abby Fox Rooney Elementary School?
Dr. Abby Fox Rooney Elementary School reports a student body of 70% White, 7% Hispanic, 9% Black, 0% Asian, 14% Two or more.
Is Dr. Abby Fox Rooney Elementary School public or private?
Dr. Abby Fox Rooney Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Quincy SD 172.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.