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Enrollment
1,295
Middle
DISTRICT 783 · STATE 462
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·QUINCY SD 172·NCES 173300005054
Quincy Jr High School
100 S 14th St, Quincy, IL 62301 · (217) 222-3073 · Adams County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,295 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 12% of Illinois public middle schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
17.1:1
76 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.3:1 · STATE 13.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
59%
763 students
DISTRICT 64% · STATE 56%
Community
5
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 6 | 436 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 414 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 445 | 34% |
Student demographics
43%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
Quincy Jr High School→Quincy Sr High School
Feeds from
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% . +10.7pp since 2023
Math
19.9%
IL avg 37.9% . +2.6pp 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 20 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 11 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 36.3% | 19.9% |
| 2023-24 | 25.6% | 17.3% |
% 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
28.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
37.5%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 29% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 37% 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 Quincy Jr High School
Quincy Jr High School's state test result (28.7% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Quincy Jr High School this school | 1,295 | 58.9% | 28.7% |
| Harlem Middle School Loves Park | 1,330 | 60.2% | 33.9% |
| Marion Jr High School Marion | 742 | 56.7% | 36.2% |
| Jacksonville Middle School Jacksonville | 680 | 54.9% | 37.3% |
| Jefferson Elementary School Charleston | 698 | 51.6% | 32.4% |
| Liberty Intermediate School Bourbonnais | 714 | 53.5% | 51.9% |
Matched among Illinois 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 Quincy Jr High School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 28.7% | #451 of 578 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 19.9% | #482 of 640 ▼ 48 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 36.3% | #526 of 640 ▲ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,295 | #5 of 691 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.1:1 | #522 of 558 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 43.2% | #309 of 560 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 58.9% | #190 of 581 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.5% | #299 of 440 |
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
1,295
-136 (-10%) vs 2020
-19% since 1990-91, when it was 1,594
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 | 1,295 | 75.8 | 17.1:1 | 59% (763) |
| 2023-24 | 1,273 | 77.1 | 16.5:1 | 59% (750) |
| 2022-23 | 1,348 | 82.4 | 16.4:1 | 60% (814) |
| 2020-21 | 1,431 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 1,400 | 82.5 | 17.0:1 | 57% (794) |
| 2015-16 | 1,370 | 72 | 19.0:1 | 52% (713) |
| 2010-11 | 1,358 | 74 | 18.4:1 | 48% (651) |
| 2000-01 | 1,649 | 80 | 20.6:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 1,594 | 92 | 17.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Quincy Jr High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (1,400 to 1,295); teachers down 8% (82.5 to 75.8).
About Quincy Jr High School
Quincy Jr High School is a middle school in Quincy, Illinois, according to federal school records. The school runs grades 6 through 8 and enrolls 1,295 students. Middle schools in Illinois have about 462 students on average; enrollment here is 180% higher.
Quincy SD 172 is the local district for Quincy Jr High School. It runs 8 schools with 6,264 students.
The largest group at Quincy Jr High School is White students, at 74%. Other groups include 12% multiracial, 8% Black, and 6% Hispanic. By comparison, Adams County residents are about 91% White. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Quincy Jr High School scores 43%.
The school's 75.8 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.1:1. Middle schools in Illinois average 13.0:1, 4.1 fewer students per teacher than here. Income data for the school show 59% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
Among Illinois public middle schools, Quincy Jr High School outscored 12%, which works out to a D on the allk12 Grade.
Quincy Jr High School's average proficiency rate across its state test results of 28.7% is 8.8 points below the 37.5% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
In the surrounding county, Adams County, the median household earns about $66,220 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 28%, and roughly 9% of residents are in poverty. Adams County has 23 public schools with about 8,717 students, including Quincy Jr High School.
The closest school to Quincy Jr High School is Early Childhood, located about 0.5 miles away. Quincy Jr High School is one of several public schools in the area, with 7 others within five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Quincy Jr High School at 7th of 8.
In the federal locale system, Quincy Jr High School is coded Town: Remote, for schools in a town far from an urbanized area.
Over 4 years, enrollment decreased by 136 students, from 1,431 to 1,295.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on athletics, class schedules, and weather closures here. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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
- 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
- Dr. Abby Fox Rooney Elementary SchoolElementary · 500 students
Other schools in Quincy
- Quincy Sr High SchoolHigh · 1,847 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
- Dr. Abby Fox Rooney Elementary SchoolElementary · 500 students
Nearby schools
- Early Childhood0.5 mi · 434
- Thomas S Baldwin Elementary School1.5 mi · 564
- Quincy Sr High School1.7 mi · 1,847
- Colonel George Iles Elementary School2.6 mi · 535
- Sarah Atwater Denman Elementary School2.7 mi · 501
- Lincoln-Douglas Elementary School2.8 mi · 588
Frequently asked questions
About Quincy Jr High SchoolHow large is Quincy Jr High School?
Quincy Jr High School enrolls approximately 1,295 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Quincy Jr High School serve?
Quincy Jr High School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many teachers does Quincy Jr High School have?
Quincy Jr High School employs 76 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.1:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Quincy Jr High School?
At Quincy Jr High School, the student body is approximately 74% White, 6% Hispanic, 8% Black, 1% Asian, 12% Two or more.
What district is Quincy Jr High School in?
Quincy Jr High School is part of Quincy SD 172.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.