Summary:
Quincy School District 172 in Illinois has only one middle school, Quincy Junior High School, which serves grades 6-8 with an enrollment of 1,273 students. The school is ranked 943 out of 1,368 Illinois middle schools for the 2024-2025 school year, with a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.
Quincy Junior High School is performing significantly below the state averages in English Language Arts (ELA), Math, and Science proficiency. For the 2024-2025 school year, the percentage of students proficient or better in ELA ranged from 33.7% (8th grade) to 37.7% (7th grade), compared to the state average of 53.1%. In Math, the percentage of students proficient or better ranged from 15% (8th grade) to 23.4% (7th grade), compared to the state average of 38.5%. The school's 8th-grade Science proficiency rate was 32.5%, compared to the state average of 45.4%. Additionally, the school has a high chronic absenteeism rate of 25.4%.
The school's high free/reduced lunch rate of 58.92% for the 2023-2024 school year indicates that a majority of the student population comes from economically disadvantaged backgrounds. The school's per-student spending of $11,923 for the 2023-2024 school year is relatively high, but it does not seem to be translating into better academic outcomes. The student-teacher ratio of 16.5 is within a reasonable range, but it's unclear if this is contributing to the school's academic performance. Overall, Quincy School District 172 and Quincy Junior High School face significant challenges in improving academic performance and addressing attendance issues.
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