Summary:
Zip code 49082 is home to a single middle school, Quincy Middle School, which serves grades 5 through 8 and enrolls 345 students in the Quincy Community Schools district.
Quincy Middle School is clearly a school on the rise, having improved its state ranking from the 55th percentile two years ago to the 75th percentile this year, earning a 4-star rating. The most impressive story is in the 8th grade, where students are outperforming state averages by wide margins across the board. Social Studies proficiency is an extraordinary 75.3% compared to the state's 50.3%, Science proficiency sits at 56.2% versus the state's 39.2%, and PSAT college readiness benchmarks show 74% proficiency in ELA and 49.3% in Math—both well above state levels. This suggests a particularly strong cohort or excellent instruction in the upper grades. The school also keeps chronic absenteeism remarkably low at 17.5% versus the state's 27.9%, which likely supports these academic gains.
However, the picture is more mixed in lower grades. While 6th-grade ELA exceeds the state by 8.3 points, math proficiency lags significantly in 5th grade (19.8% vs. 32.2% statewide) and 7th grade (22.3% vs. 33.3%). In fact, 5th-grade math proficiency actually declined from 28% last year to 19.8% this year, signaling a critical area for intervention. Despite these math struggles, the school has shown dramatic year-over-year improvements in several subjects, including a 27-point jump in 8th-grade Social Studies and a 17.7-point rise in 8th-grade PSAT ELA. With moderate per-student spending of $13,949 and a student-teacher ratio of 17.4:1, Quincy Middle School appears to allocate resources effectively, delivering strong results in upper grades while needing targeted support for math instruction in earlier grades.
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