Is Quincy Senior High School a good school?

Quincy Senior High School ranks 340 th of 697 Illinois high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

How many students attend Quincy Senior High School?

In the 2023-24 school year, 1,886 students attended Quincy Senior High School.

What is the racial makeup of Quincy Senior High School?

Students at Quincy Senior High School are 78% White, 9% Two or more races, 7% African American, 4% Hispanic, 1% Asian.

What schools feed into Quincy Senior High School?

Quincy Senior High School is fed by the following schools: Elementary : Colonel George Iles Elementary School Elementary : Dr. Abby Fox Rooney Elementary School Elementary : Lincoln-Douglas Elementary School Elementary : Sarah Atwater Denman Elementary Elementary : Thomas S Baldwin Elementary School Middle : Quincy Junior High School

Quincy Senior High School

Summary:

Quincy Senior High School is a public high school in Quincy, Illinois, serving 1,924 students in grades 9-12. The school is part of the Quincy School District 172, which is ranked 548 out of 813 districts in Illinois and has a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Quincy Senior High School has been ranked between 258 to 371 out of 647 to 701 Illinois high schools over the past 10 years, with a 3-star rating from SchoolDigger for most of that period. The school's performance varies across different student subgroups, with male and African American students generally performing better than female and Hispanic students. The school's graduation rate, ranging from 76.7% to 83.1% over the past 5 years, is lower than the state average, and its dropout rate, ranging from 4.3% to 7.9%, is also higher than the state average. Additionally, the school has experienced a significant increase in chronic absenteeism, rising from 23.3% in 2019-2020 to 43.2% in 2021-2022.

Compared to nearby schools, such as Central High School, Liberty High School, and Unity High School, Quincy Senior High School generally underperforms in terms of statewide rankings, graduation rates, and academic performance. However, the school ranked 5th out of 24 Illinois high schools for the performance of its homeless student population in the 2020-2021 school year, indicating that it may be providing effective support and resources for this vulnerable group.

Detail:

Public 9-12

3322 Maine St
Quincy, IL 62301-4439

(217) 224-3770

District: Quincy School District 172

SchoolDigger Rank:
340^th of 697 Illinois High Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $12,140

Feeder schools for Quincy Senior High School:

Elementary:	Colonel George Iles Elementary School
	Dr. Abby Fox Rooney Elementary School
	Lincoln-Douglas Elementary School
	Sarah Atwater Denman Elementary
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	Thomas S Baldwin Elementary School
Middle:	Quincy Junior High School

Student/teacher ratio: 19.3

Number of students: 1,886

Racial breakdown:

White:

78.0%

Two or more races:

8.8%

African American:

7.3%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 53.8%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Quincy Senior High School ranks better than 51.2% of high schools in Illinois. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 46.46. (See more...)

The four-year cohort graduation rate measures the percentage of students at Quincy Senior High School who earn a standard high school diploma within four years of starting ninth grade.

The high school dropout rate measures the percentage of students who do not complete their high school education.

Chronic absenteeism in a school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.

Student Body

Compare Details Racial makeup is: White (78%), two or more races (8.8%), African American (7.3%). (See more...)

Compare Details 53.8% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Quincy Senior High School is 19.3. (See more...)

Compare Quincy Senior High School employs 97.6 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Quincy Senior High School is $12,140.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Quincy Senior High School:

SchoolDigger ranks Quincy Senior High School 340^th of 697 Illinois public high schools. (See Quincy Senior High School in the ranking list.)

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Quincy School District 172:

SchoolDigger ranks Quincy School District 172 548^th of 813 Illinois school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Quincy Senior High School

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Rank History for all students at Quincy Senior High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile
2003	50.03	340^th	586	42.0%
2004	45.47	382^nd	592	35.5%
2005	58.10	280^th	590	52.5%
2006	45.58	379^th	596	36.4%
2007	55.67	305^th	612	50.2%
2008	59.87	281^st	624	55.0%
2009	55.11	314^th	632	50.3%
2010	63.38	253^rd	643	60.7%
2011	52.03	354^th	655	46.0%
2012	52.77	364^th	665	45.3%
2013	49.06	381^st	670	43.1%
2014	53.07	344^th	670	48.7%
2015	42.59	330^th	614	46.3%
2016	44.85	343^rd	643	46.7%
2017	49.94	315^th	642	50.9%
2018	48.44	330^th	647	49.0%
2019	46.73	371^st	701	47.1%
2021	54.53	265^th	688	61.5%
2022	52.02	329^th	699	52.9%
2023	56.80	258^th	699	63.1%
2024	46.46	340^th	697	51.2%

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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Quincy Senior High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	18.14	124^th	154	19.5%
2019	18.55	135^th	165	18.2%
2021	25.45	113^th	160	29.4%
2022	17.50	138^th	170	18.8%
2023	25.99	110^th	163	32.5%
2024	17.99	146^th	182	19.8%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Quincy Senior High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	27.23	248^th	374	33.7%
2019	34.79	268^th	473	43.3%
2021	41.26	196^th	453	56.7%
2022	40.58	221^st	493	55.2%
2023	42.65	209^th	476	56.1%
2024	43.49	203^rd	482	57.9%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Quincy Senior High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	41.86	341^st	585	41.7%
2019	33.93	430^th	639	32.7%
2021	38.98	355^th	611	41.9%
2022	47.64	305^th	626	51.3%
2023	45.59	335^th	644	48.0%
2024	50.68	268^th	639	58.1%

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Rank History for Homeless students at Quincy Senior High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2021	84.79	5^th	24	79.2%

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Rank History for Female students at Quincy Senior High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	46.16	330^th	620	46.8%
2019	46.74	353^rd	665	46.9%
2021	47.95	307^th	639	52.0%
2022	50.26	317^th	658	51.8%
2023	53.69	287^th	656	56.3%
2024	37.42	401^st	664	39.6%

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Rank History for Disabled students at Quincy Senior High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	48.33	163^rd	428	61.9%
2024	34.69	219^th	429	49.0%

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Rank History for Male students at Quincy Senior High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	48.40	321^st	619	48.1%
2019	44.39	362^nd	675	46.4%
2021	57.26	249^th	653	61.9%
2022	51.49	303^rd	664	54.4%
2023	57.62	242^nd	668	63.8%
2024	53.77	262^nd	668	60.8%

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Rank History for African American students at Quincy Senior High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	36.04	145^th	253	42.7%
2019	28.94	206^th	299	31.1%
2021	56.09	80^th	281	71.5%
2022	47.34	121^st	294	58.8%
2023	41.39	145^th	301	51.8%
2024	40.13	143^rd	299	52.2%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Quincy Senior High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	47.37	138^th	291	52.6%
2021	74.87	51^st	317	83.9%
2022	64.88	82^nd	335	75.5%
2023	38.74	195^th	333	41.4%
2024	15.75	306^th	336	8.9%

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Rank History for White students at Quincy Senior High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	36.25	342^nd	548	37.6%
2019	32.22	373^rd	552	32.4%
2021	37.93	304^th	553	45.0%
2022	38.50	340^th	560	39.3%
2023	43.98	285^th	557	48.8%
2024	34.20	338^th	554	39.0%

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Data source: test scores: Illinois State Board of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

Data source: Illinois State Board of Education

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Enrollment information for Quincy Senior High School

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1988	1563	87	16	3	1	n/a	n/a	0	1670
1989	1500	81	17	2	1	n/a	n/a	0	1601
1990	1479	80	16	4	1	n/a	n/a	0	1580
1991	1418	87	18	4	0	n/a	n/a	0	1527
1992	1419	88	17	8	1	n/a	n/a	0	1533
1993	1401	88	21	7	0	n/a	n/a	0	1517
1994	1440	99	30	4	1	n/a	n/a	0	1574
1995	1522	109	23	7	0	n/a	n/a	0	1661
1996	1522	109	23	7	0	n/a	n/a	0	1661
1997	1519	101	22	7	0	n/a	n/a	0	1649
1998	1430	91	25	11	0	n/a	n/a	0	1557
1999	1419	102	20	6	0	n/a	n/a	0	1547
2000	1381	88	15	6	0	n/a	n/a	0	1490
2001	1438	96	12	11	1	n/a	n/a	0	1558
2002	1515	135	13	14	1	n/a	n/a	0	1678
2003	1515	135	13	14	1	n/a	n/a	0	1678
2004	1552	140	16	15	3	n/a	n/a	0	1726
2005	1522	114	19	19	4	n/a	n/a	0	1678
2006	1497	120	19	19	5	n/a	n/a	1	1661
2007	1495	115	21	24	5	n/a	n/a	5	1665
2008	1467	112	19	22	3	n/a	n/a	5	1628
2009	1245	103	18	19	3	n/a	n/a	8	1396
2010	1328	110	16	20	2	n/a	n/a	14	1490
2011	1165	108	14	12	1	0	15	0	1315
2012	1288	104	11	19	0	0	23	0	1445
2013	1195	94	8	19	0	0	38	0	1354
2014	1156	100	6	21	0	1	54	0	1338
2015	1163	92	9	27	1	1	72	0	1365
2016	907	68	9	19	2	0	42	0	1047
2017	1581	141	12	48	2	0	86	0	1870
2018	1443	137	15	45	4	1	108	0	1753
2019	1434	118	17	61	3	1	120	0	1754
2020	1451	123	15	45	3	2	128	0	1767
2021	1596	155	21	65	4	2	164	0	2007
2022	1596	153	20	83	3	1	163	0	2019
2023	1517	136	18	78	5	1	169	0	1924
2024	1471	138	23	77	6	5	166	0	1886

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Quincy Senior High School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	1670	71.8	23.2	n/a
1989	1601	65.2	24.5	n/a
1990	1580	71.4	22.1	n/a
1991	1527	75.1	20.3	n/a
1992	1533	75.2	20.3	n/a
1993	1517	67.8	22.4	n/a
1994	1574	68.4	23.0	n/a
1995	1661	74.4	22.3	n/a
1996	1661	74.4	22.3	n/a
1997	1649	70.3	23.5	n/a
1998	1557	71.8	21.7	n/a
1999	1547	75.3	20.5	n/a
2000	1490	74.7	19.9	n/a
2001	1558	69.7	22.4	n/a
2002	1678	67.7	24.8	24.5
2003	1678	67.7	24.8	24.5
2004	1726	70.2	24.6	24.7
2005	1678	78.4	21.4	28.2
2006	1661	81.9	20.3	28.6
2007	1665	87.0	19.1	34.2
2008	1628	77.0	21.1	35.6
2009	1396	97.6	14.3	41.6
2010	1490	92.2	16.1	40.9
2011	1315	78.9	16.6	46.4
2012	1445	77.3	18.6	42.4
2013	1354	58.9	22.9	43.2
2014	1338	73.9	18.1	43.6
2015	1365	74.0	18.4	46.6
2016	1047	72.0	14.5	35.6
2017	1870	94.0	19.8	15
2018	1753	101.2	17.3	50.3
2019	1754	93.8	18.6	48.9
2020	1767	82.7	21.3	48
2021	2007	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	2019	92.9	21.7	45.9
2023	1924	97.9	19.6	50.8
2024	1886	97.6	19.3	53.8

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Quincy Senior High School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	1670	71.8	23.2	n/a
1989	1601	65.2	24.5	n/a
1990	1580	71.4	22.1	n/a
1991	1527	75.1	20.3	n/a
1992	1533	75.2	20.3	n/a
1993	1517	67.8	22.4	n/a
1994	1574	68.4	23.0	n/a
1995	1661	74.4	22.3	n/a
1996	1661	74.4	22.3	n/a
1997	1649	70.3	23.5	n/a
1998	1557	71.8	21.7	n/a
1999	1547	75.3	20.5	n/a
2000	1490	74.7	19.9	n/a
2001	1558	69.7	22.4	n/a
2002	1678	67.7	24.8	24.5
2003	1678	67.7	24.8	24.5
2004	1726	70.2	24.6	24.7
2005	1678	78.4	21.4	28.2
2006	1661	81.9	20.3	28.6
2007	1665	87.0	19.1	34.2
2008	1628	77.0	21.1	35.6
2009	1396	97.6	14.3	41.6
2010	1490	92.2	16.1	40.9
2011	1315	78.9	16.6	46.4
2012	1445	77.3	18.6	42.4
2013	1354	58.9	22.9	43.2
2014	1338	73.9	18.1	43.6
2015	1365	74.0	18.4	46.6
2016	1047	72.0	14.5	35.6
2017	1870	94.0	19.8	15
2018	1753	101.2	17.3	50.3
2019	1754	93.8	18.6	48.9
2020	1767	82.7	21.3	48
2021	2007	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	2019	92.9	21.7	45.9
2023	1924	97.9	19.6	50.8
2024	1886	97.6	19.3	53.8

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.

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