Summary:
The six elementary schools in Quincy School District 172 serve five K–5 schools and one PK–K school. Across the five K–5 schools, the 2025–26 average was 53% in ELA and 36% in math, compared with state averages of 56% and 40%. The clearest overall finding is that results vary substantially by school, and the five-school average remains below the state in both subjects.
Lincoln-Douglas Elementary School led in all-grades ELA at 64% and math at 42%—14 and 7 percentage points above the other four schools’ averages, respectively. At the other end, Dr. Abby Fox Rooney Elementary School had the lowest ELA result at 43%, 12 points below the other schools’ average; it was not lowest in math, where Thomas S Baldwin Elementary School scored 30%. Leadership shifts by grade: Rooney led 3rd-grade math at 54%, while Lincoln-Douglas led 5th-grade ELA at 69%. Baldwin topped 5th-grade science at 55%, 24 points above Rooney’s 31%; all five schools were below the state’s 36% in 5th-grade math.
ELA improved at every K–5 school: the average rose from 44% in 2024–25 to 53% in 2025–26, while math was essentially unchanged at 36%; the state’s averages increased in both subjects. SchoolDigger statewide percentile rankings fell from 2023–24 to 2025–26 at four schools: Lincoln-Douglas from the 63rd to the 53rd percentile, Baldwin from the 41st to the 33rd, Colonel George Iles Elementary School from the 50th to the 34th, and Rooney from the 41st to the 30th; Sarah Atwater Denman Elementary School stayed at the 44th percentile. These rankings are a different measure from test scores. Enrollment and staffing ratios do not neatly track results: Lincoln-Douglas had the largest enrollment and highest ratio, 15.0 students per teacher, yet led both subjects. For 2024–25, free/reduced lunch eligible shares at the K–5 schools ranged from 59% to 69%; these figures provide context, not an explanation of results. Early Childhood serves PK–K and has no test scores, so achievement comparisons cover the five K–5 schools.
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