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Enrollment
564
Elementary
DISTRICT 520 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·QUINCY SD 172·NCES 173300003359
Thomas S Baldwin Elementary School
3000 Maine St, Quincy, IL 62301 · (217) 223-0003 · Adams County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL564 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.1:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.8:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
65%
365 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 | 87 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 97 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 101 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 86 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 97 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 96 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (87) is 9% smaller than its 5th grade class (96).
Student demographics
46%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
42.3%
IL avg 51.0% . +18.8pp since 2023
Math
32.8%
IL avg 37.9% . +8.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 42 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 33 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 19 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 9 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 42.3% | 32.8% |
| 2023-24 | 23.5% | 23.9% |
% 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
36.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.1%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 37% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 34% 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 Thomas S Baldwin Elementary School
Thomas S Baldwin Elementary School's state test result (36.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas S Baldwin Elementary School this school | 564 | 64.7% | 36.5% |
| Lincoln-Douglas Elementary School Quincy | 588 | 61.9% | 44.3% |
| Dr. Abby Fox Rooney Elementary School Quincy | 500 | 67.2% | 34.1% |
| Lincoln Elementary School Marion | 482 | 66.6% | 59.0% |
| Bluffview Elementary School Dupo | 501 | 67.5% | 46.0% |
| Colonel George Iles Elementary School Quincy | 535 | 69.2% | 37.8% |
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 Thomas S Baldwin Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Adams County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 36.5% | #1,039 of 1,925 | #8 of 9 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 32.8% | #1,192 of 2,077 ▼ 161 | #8 of 9 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 42.3% | #1,275 of 2,077 ▲ 158 | #8 of 9 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 564 | #351 of 2,419 | #2 of 11 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.1:1 | #1,277 of 2,035 | #8 of 10 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 45.6% | #1,015 of 2,042 | #4 of 10 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 64.7% | #883 of 2,132 | #4 of 10 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +64.4% | #20 of 615 | #4 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
564
-24 (-4%) vs 2020
+89% since 2000-01, when it was 298
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 | 564 | 40 | 14.1:1 | 65% (365) |
| 2023-24 | 565 | 38.3 | 14.8:1 | 67% (378) |
| 2022-23 | 563 | 40.5 | 13.9:1 | 66% (370) |
| 2020-21 | 588 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 343 | 21 | 16.3:1 | 47% (161) |
| 2015-16 | 375 | 17 | 22.1:1 | 45% (169) |
| 2010-11 | 379 | 21 | 18.1:1 | 39% (148) |
| 2000-01 | 298 | 21 | 14.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Thomas S Baldwin Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 64% (343 to 564); teachers up 91% (21 to 40).
About Thomas S Baldwin Elementary School
Thomas S Baldwin Elementary School, located in Quincy, Illinois, is a mid-sized elementary school. The school teaches kindergarten through 5 and enrolls 564 students. The school is 48% bigger than the average for elementary schools in Illinois.
Quincy SD 172 counts 8 schools and 6,264 students, including Thomas S Baldwin Elementary School.
More than half of enrollment at Thomas S Baldwin Elementary School is White: 72%. Other groups include 14% multiracial, 8% Black, and 6% Hispanic. The county population is about 91% White. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Thomas S Baldwin Elementary School scores 46%.
With 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 14.1:1. The average for elementary schools in Illinois is about 13.9:1. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at Thomas S Baldwin Elementary School, 65% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. For comparison, public schools in Adams County average 56%.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Thomas S Baldwin Elementary School is 2.4 points above the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 36.5% actual, 34.1% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Illinois.
The county, Adams County, is where the school is located. Median household income comes to about $66,220, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 28% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 9%. The county's public schools total 23, with about 8,717 students.
Quincy Sr High School is about 0.2 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Thomas S Baldwin Elementary School is one of several public schools in the area, with 7 others within five miles. Thomas S Baldwin Elementary School ranks 6th of 8 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 36.5% against a local average of 37.2%.
Under the NCES locale system, Thomas S Baldwin Elementary School is Town: Remote.
The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was a 4% decline, from 588 to 564.
The discussion board for Thomas S Baldwin Elementary School is open to topics like pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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
- 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
- Lincoln-Douglas Elementary SchoolElementary · 588 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
- Quincy Sr High School0.2 mi · 1,847
- Quincy Jr High School1.5 mi · 1,295
- Sarah Atwater Denman Elementary School1.6 mi · 501
- Dr. Abby Fox Rooney Elementary School1.8 mi · 500
- Early Childhood2.0 mi · 434
- Lincoln-Douglas Elementary School2.2 mi · 588
Frequently asked questions
About Thomas S Baldwin Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Thomas S Baldwin Elementary School?
Thomas S Baldwin Elementary School enrolls approximately 564 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Thomas S Baldwin Elementary School serve?
Thomas S Baldwin Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Thomas S Baldwin Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Thomas S Baldwin Elementary School is approximately 14.1:1 (40 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Thomas S Baldwin Elementary School?
Student demographics at Thomas S Baldwin Elementary School are roughly 72% White, 6% Hispanic, 8% Black, 1% Asian, 14% Two or more.
What district is Thomas S Baldwin Elementary School in?
Thomas S Baldwin Elementary School is part of Quincy SD 172.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.