Thomas S Baldwin Elem Sch

Thomas S Baldwin Elem Sch is a reasonably sized primary school in Quincy, Illinois, overseen by Quincy SD 172. The school teaches 564 students in grades K through 5. That puts it 48% bigger than the typical public school in Illinois, which averages around 381 students.

Quincy SD 172 comprises 8 schools with combined enrollment of 6,264 students; Thomas S Baldwin Elem Sch is among them.

On demographics, Thomas S Baldwin Elem Sch logs that White students make up the majority at 72%. The remainder looks like 14% multiracial, 8% Black, 6% Hispanic. By comparison, Adams County as a whole is about 91% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.1:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 13.9:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 65% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is above Adams County's rate of about 56%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Thomas S Baldwin Elem Sch performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 34.1%, the actual is 36.5%, a residual of +2.4 points.

In the surrounding community, Adams County reports that median household income runs about $66,220, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. In all, Adams County runs 23 public schools (combined enrollment of about 8,717 students), of which Thomas S Baldwin Elem Sch is one.

Quincy Sr High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 7 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Thomas S Baldwin Elem Sch comes 6th of 8 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 37.2%.

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

Five-year trend. Thomas S Baldwin Elem Sch's enrollment has increased 64% since 2018, when it stood at 343 (now 564). White enrollment moved from 79% to 72% across the same window. Class-load math has narrowed: from 16.3:1 in 2018 to 14.1:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.