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Enrollment
588
Elementary
DISTRICT 520 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·QUINCY SD 172·NCES 173300005059
Lincoln-Douglas Elementary School
3211 Payson Rd, Quincy, IL 62305 · (217) 223-8871 · Adams County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL588 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 65% of Illinois public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-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
15.1:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.8:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
62%
364 students
DISTRICT 64% · STATE 56%
Community
5
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 | 98 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 104 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 89 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 107 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 87 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 103 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (98) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (103).
Student demographics
38%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
51.7%
IL avg 51.0% . +9.8pp since 2023
Math
39.4%
IL avg 37.9% . +10.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 52 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 39 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 10 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 51.7% | 39.4% |
| 2023-24 | 41.9% | 29.2% |
% 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
44.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.8%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 36% 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 Lincoln-Douglas Elementary School
Lincoln-Douglas Elementary School's state test result (44.3% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lincoln-Douglas Elementary School this school | 588 | 61.9% | 44.3% |
| Thomas S Baldwin Elementary School Quincy | 564 | 64.7% | 36.5% |
| Riverton Elementary School Riverton | 515 | 60.2% | 27.7% |
| Du Quoin Elementary School Du Quoin | 556 | 58.6% | 37.6% |
| Eldorado Elementary School Eldorado | 550 | 60.4% | 39.6% |
| Sarah Atwater Denman Elementary School Quincy | 501 | 59.1% | 39.3% |
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 Lincoln-Douglas Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Adams County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 44.3% | #763 of 1,925 | #4 of 9 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 39.4% | #982 of 2,077 ▼ 143 | #4 of 9 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 51.7% | #947 of 2,077 ▼ 198 | #4 of 9 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 588 | #295 of 2,419 | #1 of 11 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.1:1 | #1,546 of 2,035 | #9 of 10 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 38.2% | #1,199 of 2,042 | #5 of 10 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 61.9% | #952 of 2,132 | #5 of 10 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +133.3% | #4 of 615 | #2 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
588
+59 (+11%) vs 2020
+67% since 1990-91, when it was 352
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 | 588 | 39 | 15.1:1 | 62% (364) |
| 2023-24 | 590 | 40 | 14.8:1 | 64% (375) |
| 2022-23 | 588 | 37.4 | 15.7:1 | 62% (366) |
| 2020-21 | 529 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 252 | 16 | 15.8:1 | 40% (101) |
| 2015-16 | 267 | 15 | 17.8:1 | 34% (92) |
| 2010-11 | 272 | 18 | 15.1:1 | 32% (88) |
| 2000-01 | 235 | 12 | 19.6:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 352 | 16 | 22.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lincoln-Douglas Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 133% (252 to 588); teachers up 144% (16 to 39).
About Lincoln-Douglas Elementary School
Lincoln-Douglas Elementary School is a high-enrollment elementary school with an address in Quincy, Illinois. Enrolled students number 588 students, in kindergarten through 5. Enrollment is 54% higher than the average for elementary schools in Illinois, which is about 381.
Quincy SD 172 is made up of 8 schools with 6,264 students in all.
White students are the majority at Lincoln-Douglas Elementary School, with 77% of enrollment. After that, the student body is 12% multiracial, 6% Black, and 4% Hispanic. Among all residents of Adams County, the White share is about 91%. The school's diversity index is 38%, meaning two students picked at random have a 38% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Lincoln-Douglas Elementary School's 39 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 15.1:1. That is higher than the 13.9:1 average for elementary schools in Illinois. Eligibility for subsidized school meals is 62%.
allk12 grades Lincoln-Douglas Elementary School a B+. The grade compares the school only with Illinois public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 35.8% at Lincoln-Douglas Elementary School; the school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 44.3%.
Across Adams County, the median household income is $66,220, about 28% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 9% of residents are in poverty. In all, Adams County has 23 public schools and roughly 8,717 students.
The shortest distance from Lincoln-Douglas Elementary School to another public school is about 1.1 miles, to Sarah Atwater Denman Elementary School. Counting only straight-line distance, 6 other public schools are within five miles. Lincoln-Douglas Elementary School places 1st of 8 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
The school's locale code, Town: Remote, means it is in a town far from an urbanized area.
Federal data show an 11% enrollment gain, from 529 in 2020-21 to 588 in 2024-25.
If you have questions about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news at Lincoln-Douglas Elementary School, you can post them here. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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
- Thomas S Baldwin Elementary SchoolElementary · 564 students
- Colonel George Iles Elementary SchoolElementary · 535 students
- Sarah Atwater Denman Elementary SchoolElementary · 501 students
- Dr. Abby Fox Rooney Elementary SchoolElementary · 500 students
Other schools in Quincy
- Quincy Sr High SchoolHigh · 1,847 students
- Quincy Jr High SchoolMiddle · 1,295 students
- Thomas S Baldwin Elementary SchoolElementary · 564 students
- Colonel George Iles Elementary SchoolElementary · 535 students
- Sarah Atwater Denman Elementary SchoolElementary · 501 students
- Dr. Abby Fox Rooney Elementary SchoolElementary · 500 students
Other Lincoln-Douglas Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Lincoln-Douglas Elementary. Lincoln-Douglas Elementary School is the largest of the 2.
- Lincoln-Douglas Elementary SchoolFreeport, IL · 325 students
Nearby schools
- Sarah Atwater Denman Elementary School1.1 mi · 501
- Quincy Sr High School2.2 mi · 1,847
- Thomas S Baldwin Elementary School2.2 mi · 564
- Quincy Jr High School2.8 mi · 1,295
- Early Childhood2.9 mi · 434
- Dr. Abby Fox Rooney Elementary School3.5 mi · 500
Frequently asked questions
About Lincoln-Douglas Elementary SchoolHow large is Lincoln-Douglas Elementary School?
Lincoln-Douglas Elementary School enrolls approximately 588 students in grades KG-05.
Is Lincoln-Douglas Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Lincoln-Douglas Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at Lincoln-Douglas Elementary School?
Approximately 15.1:1 students per teacher at Lincoln-Douglas Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at Lincoln-Douglas Elementary School?
Student demographics at Lincoln-Douglas Elementary School are roughly 77% White, 4% Hispanic, 6% Black, 1% Asian, 12% Two or more.
Is Lincoln-Douglas Elementary School public or private?
Lincoln-Douglas 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.