Sarah Atwater Denman Elem

Sarah Atwater Denman Elem is a mid-sized elementary campus in Quincy, Illinois, operated by Quincy SD 172. The school caters to 501 students in grades K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 381 students per school, that is 31% larger than typical.

Quincy SD 172 runs 8 schools in total, collectively educating 6,264 students. Sarah Atwater Denman Elem is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Sarah Atwater Denman Elem records that the largest single group is White, at 78% of enrollment. Other groups include 14% multiracial, 5% Black, 4% Hispanic. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 91%.

On the resource side, The school employs 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.9:1, putting Sarah Atwater Denman Elem tighter than the state norm the norm. About 59% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Sarah Atwater Denman Elem performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 37.4%, the actual is 39.3%, a residual of +1.9 points.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Adams County indicate the typical household earns roughly $66,220 per year, about 28% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. Sarah Atwater Denman Elem is one of 23 public schools in Adams County (combined enrollment of about 8,717 students).

Lincoln-Douglas Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 7 other public schools cluster around Sarah Atwater Denman Elem. On composite proficiency, Sarah Atwater Denman Elem comes 2nd of 8 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 36.8%.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Sarah Atwater Denman Elem's enrollment has expanded 49% since 2018, when it stood at 336 (now 501).

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