Quincy Junior High School

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Quincy Junior High School is a public middle school in Quincy, Illinois, serving 1,348 students in grades 6-8. The school is part of the Quincy School District 172, which is ranked 548 out of 813 districts in the state and has a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Quincy Junior High School faces significant academic challenges, with student performance consistently below state and district averages across all grades and subjects. In the 2023-2024 school year, only 25.6% of students were proficient or better in English Language Arts, compared to 41.2% statewide and 28.4% for the district. In mathematics, the school's proficiency rate was just 17.3%, far behind the state average of 28.4% and the district's 20.5%. The school's performance in science is also below par, with only 40% of students proficient or better, compared to 53.2% statewide and 52.2% for the district. Concerning trends include increasing chronic absenteeism, rising from 13.1% in 2019-2020 to 29.6% in 2023-2024.

In comparison, the nearby Unity Middle School, part of the Cusd 4 district, consistently outperforms Quincy Junior High School in both English Language Arts and Mathematics, with significantly higher proficiency rates across all grades. For example, in 2023-2024, 60.6% of Unity Middle School students were proficient or better in English Language Arts, compared to only 25.6% at Quincy Junior High School. Unity Middle School also has a lower chronic absenteeism rate of 15.4%, compared to 29.6% at Quincy Junior High School.


Detail:

Public 6-8

 100 S 14th St
       Quincy, IL  62301-4209


(217) 222-3073

District: Quincy School District 172

SchoolDigger Rank:
892nd of 1,363 Illinois Middle Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $11,923 Help


Students who attend Quincy Junior High School usually attend:

High:    Quincy Senior High School

Feeder schools for Quincy Junior 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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Student/teacher ratio:  16.3 Help
Number of students:  1,348

Racial breakdown:

White:
75.4%
Two or more races:
11.9%
African American:
8.2%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  60.4% Help


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Compare Details Quincy Junior High School ranks worse than 65.4% of middle schools in Illinois. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 30.46. (See more...)
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Chronic absenteeism in a high 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.
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Quincy Junior High School is $11,923.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Quincy Junior High School:

SchoolDigger ranks Quincy Junior High School 892nd of 1363 Illinois public middle schools. (See Quincy Junior High School in the ranking list.)

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Quincy School District 172:

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


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Rank History for Quincy Junior High School

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Rank History for all students at Quincy Junior High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2003 57.10 571st 1185 51.8%
2004 54.10 647th 1204 46.3%
2005 61.36 560th 1209 53.7%
2006 57.90 621st 1272 51.2%
2007 64.35 521st 1287 59.5%
2008 56.80 679th 1293 47.5%
2009 44.90 851st 1318 35.4%
2010 35.84 969th 1327 27.0%
2011 35.54 983rd 1344 26.9%
2012 30.64 1043rd 1365 23.6%
2013 25.21 1080th 1367 21.0%
2014 33.00 937th 1322 29.1%
2015 42.07 679th 1302 47.8%
2016 40.35 726th 1294 43.9%
2017 34.65 826th 1293 36.1%
2018 33.13 839th 1293 35.1%
2019 34.57 853rd 1356 37.1%
2021 57.26 425th 1241 65.8%
2022 45.30 660th 1369 51.8%
2023 38.73 797th 1367 41.7%
2024 30.46 892nd 1363 34.6%
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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Quincy Junior High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 20.01 137th 164 16.5%
2019 13.35 161st 179 10.1%
2021 34.96 61st 97 37.1%
2022 28.26 139th 195 28.7%
2023 19.52 158th 194 18.6%
2024 15.26 163rd 184 11.4%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Quincy Junior High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 30.82 427th 602 29.1%
2019 32.99 500th 792 36.9%
2021 41.72 265th 548 51.6%
2022 33.54 515th 781 34.1%
2023 29.70 554th 805 31.2%
2024 23.09 682nd 802 15.0%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Quincy Junior High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 27.41 892nd 1161 23.2%
2019 29.14 920th 1217 24.4%
2021 55.94 330th 1019 67.6%
2022 40.06 678th 1221 44.5%
2023 35.84 790th 1234 36.0%
2024 25.07 964th 1219 20.9%
See the entire list of Best Illinois Middle Schools for Low Socio Economic Status Students!

Rank History for Female students at Quincy Junior High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 29.90 873rd 1226 28.8%
2019 32.91 859th 1276 32.7%
2021 55.61 379th 1017 62.7%
2022 50.13 550th 1286 57.2%
2023 39.68 725th 1275 43.1%
2024 33.17 798th 1251 36.2%
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Rank History for Disabled students at Quincy Junior High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 32.83 440th 674 34.7%
2024 27.91 503rd 639 21.3%
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Rank History for Male students at Quincy Junior High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 35.70 744th 1223 39.2%
2019 35.75 790th 1296 39.0%
2021 51.79 414th 1048 60.5%
2022 40.25 690th 1286 46.3%
2023 37.46 755th 1292 41.6%
2024 28.65 856th 1264 32.3%
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Rank History for African American students at Quincy Junior High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 29.94 382nd 511 25.2%
2019 33.20 389th 565 31.2%
2021 64.14 72nd 385 81.3%
2022 33.03 386th 573 32.6%
2023 36.76 340th 569 40.2%
2024 34.27 363rd 548 33.8%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Quincy Junior High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 45.26 297th 590 49.7%
2019 20.07 570th 639 10.8%
2021 51.58 200th 517 61.3%
2022 42.90 346th 662 47.7%
2023 31.16 468th 661 29.2%
2024 26.30 504th 643 21.6%
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Rank History for White students at Quincy Junior High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 17.19 788th 889 11.4%
2019 18.62 778th 905 14.0%
2021 43.51 427th 813 47.5%
2022 29.43 654th 898 27.2%
2023 23.17 748th 895 16.4%
2024 16.93 764th 875 12.7%
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Data source: test scores: Illinois State Board of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

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Enrollment information for Quincy Junior High School

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 1391 85 11 1 n/a n/a n/a 0 1488
1989 1467 90 11 1 n/a n/a n/a 0 1569
1990 1408 102 16 1 n/a n/a n/a 0 1527
1991 1463 111 19 1 0 n/a n/a 0 1594
1992 1448 125 21 2 0 n/a n/a 0 1596
1993 1584 125 21 5 3 n/a n/a 0 1738
1994 1599 146 20 5 4 n/a n/a 0 1774
1995 1541 132 21 6 1 n/a n/a 0 1701
1996 1541 132 21 6 1 n/a n/a 0 1701
1997 1486 127 17 8 0 n/a n/a 0 1638
1998 1465 124 15 6 2 n/a n/a 0 1612
1999 1448 140 8 9 3 n/a n/a 0 1608
2000 1447 145 7 13 2 n/a n/a 0 1614
2001 1459 161 11 17 1 n/a n/a 0 1649
2002 1477 142 11 15 1 n/a n/a 0 1646
2003 1477 142 11 15 1 n/a n/a 0 1646
2004 1458 150 13 17 1 n/a n/a 0 1639
2005 1448 141 11 22 2 n/a n/a 0 1624
2006 1416 145 11 18 1 n/a n/a 5 1596
2007 1338 140 10 16 4 n/a n/a 2 1510
2008 1339 133 10 15 2 n/a n/a 6 1505
2009 1262 119 10 14 1 n/a n/a 14 1420
2010 1221 117 7 15 1 n/a n/a 30 1391
2011 1172 95 8 24 1 0 58 0 1358
2012 1217 105 9 31 1 0 61 0 1424
2013 1235 104 8 22 1 0 65 0 1435
2014 1210 111 10 25 2 0 65 0 1423
2015 1165 124 12 23 2 1 70 0 1397
2016 1131 120 17 27 2 0 73 0 1370
2017 1104 151 17 30 5 1 82 0 1390
2018 1111 127 17 38 3 1 103 0 1400
2019 1139 130 14 53 4 3 111 0 1454
2020 1123 119 13 57 7 0 118 0 1437
2021 1109 122 11 57 6 3 123 0 1431
2022 1049 114 14 48 5 2 137 0 1369
2023 1017 111 11 45 1 3 160 0 1348

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 Junior High School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 1488 82.2 18.1 n/a
1989 1569 74.7 21.0 n/a
1990 1527 78.3 19.5 n/a
1991 1594 92.0 17.3 n/a
1992 1596 93.0 17.1 n/a
1993 1738 89.8 19.4 n/a
1994 1774 95.0 18.7 n/a
1995 1701 93.6 18.2 n/a
1996 1701 93.6 18.2 n/a
1997 1638 89.8 18.2 n/a
1998 1612 92.8 17.4 n/a
1999 1608 90.4 17.8 n/a
2000 1614 83.7 19.3 n/a
2001 1649 80.8 20.4 n/a
2002 1646 83.7 19.7 43.4
2003 1646 83.7 19.7 43.4
2004 1639 75.2 21.8 43.5
2005 1624 76.2 21.3 43
2006 1596 60.8 26.3 40.2
2007 1510 67.0 22.5 44.8
2008 1505 61.0 24.7 44.9
2009 1420 77.3 18.4 47.6
2010 1391 76.5 18.1 50.2
2011 1358 74.5 18.2 47.9
2012 1424 75.9 18.7 49.3
2013 1435 48.1 29.8 49.8
2014 1423 71.0 20.0 52.6
2015 1397 78.0 17.9 55.5
2016 1370 73.0 18.7 52
2017 1390 83.8 16.5 59.8
2018 1400 82.5 16.9 56.7
2019 1454 79.7 18.2 58
2020 1437 88.2 16.2 56.8
2021 1431 n/a n/a n/a
2022 1369 80.2 17.0 55.5
2023 1348 82.4 16.3 60.4

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 Junior High School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 1488 82.2 18.1 n/a
1989 1569 74.7 21.0 n/a
1990 1527 78.3 19.5 n/a
1991 1594 92.0 17.3 n/a
1992 1596 93.0 17.1 n/a
1993 1738 89.8 19.4 n/a
1994 1774 95.0 18.7 n/a
1995 1701 93.6 18.2 n/a
1996 1701 93.6 18.2 n/a
1997 1638 89.8 18.2 n/a
1998 1612 92.8 17.4 n/a
1999 1608 90.4 17.8 n/a
2000 1614 83.7 19.3 n/a
2001 1649 80.8 20.4 n/a
2002 1646 83.7 19.7 43.4
2003 1646 83.7 19.7 43.4
2004 1639 75.2 21.8 43.5
2005 1624 76.2 21.3 43
2006 1596 60.8 26.3 40.2
2007 1510 67.0 22.5 44.8
2008 1505 61.0 24.7 44.9
2009 1420 77.3 18.4 47.6
2010 1391 76.5 18.1 50.2
2011 1358 74.5 18.2 47.9
2012 1424 75.9 18.7 49.3
2013 1435 48.1 29.8 49.8
2014 1423 71.0 20.0 52.6
2015 1397 78.0 17.9 55.5
2016 1370 73.0 18.7 52
2017 1390 83.8 16.5 59.8
2018 1400 82.5 16.9 56.7
2019 1454 79.7 18.2 58
2020 1437 88.2 16.2 56.8
2021 1431 n/a n/a n/a
2022 1369 80.2 17.0 55.5
2023 1348 82.4 16.3 60.4

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.

Immunization Rates

Quincy Junior High School

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YearPolioMeaslesMumpsRubellaHepatitis BVaricellaDTPMeningococcal
201599.5%99.0%99.0%99.0%99.5%98.7%99.6%
201699.7%99.0%99.0%99.0%99.4%99.0%
201799.4%99.0%99.0%99.0%99.3%99.1%98.9%66.2%
201899.2%99.0%99.0%99.0%99.2%98.9%99.2%98.6%
201999.4%99.3%99.3%99.3%99.3%99.1%99.5%95.6%
202199.4%99.3%99.3%99.3%99.6%99.2%99.4%94.0%
202299.3%99.3%99.3%99.3%99.4%99.0%99.3%97.7%
202399.2%99.2%99.2%99.2%99.3%99.0%99.0%97.7%
202499.1%99.1%99.1%99.1%99.0%99.2%99.2%97.6%

Data source: Illinois State Board of Education
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Per Pupil Expenditures for Quincy Junior High School

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $506 (5.7%) $8,375 (94.3%) $8,881
2020 $400 (4.5%) $8,533 (95.5%) $8,933
2021 $916 (9.6%) $8,580 (90.3%) $9,497
2022 $916 (9.6%) $8,580 (90.3%) $9,497
2023 $1,661 (15.0%) $9,390 (85.0%) $11,051
2024 $2,286 (19.2%) $9,637 (80.8%) $11,922

Data source: Illinois Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Quincy Junior High School

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 853rd of 1356 Middle schoolsRanks 797th of 1367 Middle schools
 4.6%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
6th Grade English Language Arts (Quincy Junior High School)2424.4
 0.4%
   6th Grade English Language Arts (Quincy School District 172)2424.4
 0.4%
   6th Grade English Language Arts (Illinois)3534.2
 0.8%
6th Grade Mathematics (Quincy Junior High School)15.218.4
 3.2%
   6th Grade Mathematics (Quincy School District 172)15.218.4
 3.2%
   6th Grade Mathematics (Illinois)25.323.4
 1.9%
7th Grade English Language Arts (Quincy Junior High School)26.825.2
 1.6%
   7th Grade English Language Arts (Quincy School District 172)26.825.2
 1.6%
   7th Grade English Language Arts (Illinois)41.237.9
 3.3%
7th Grade Mathematics (Quincy Junior High School)20.116.8
 3.3%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Quincy School District 172)20.116.8
 3.3%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Illinois)29.926.9
 3%
8th Grade English Language Arts (Quincy Junior High School)25.127.2
 2.1%
   8th Grade English Language Arts (Quincy School District 172)2527.2
 2.2%
   8th Grade English Language Arts (Illinois)39.640.5
 0.9%
8th Grade Mathematics (Quincy Junior High School)1617.6
 1.6%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Quincy School District 172)1617.6
 1.6%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Illinois)32.625.7
 6.9%
8th Grade Science (Quincy Junior High School)45.945.6
 0.3%
   8th Grade Science (Quincy School District 172)45.945.6
 0.3%
   8th Grade Science (Illinois)5552
 3%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students14541348
 7.3%
African American130111
 14.6%
American Indian41
 75%
Asian1411
 21.4%
Hispanic5345
 15.1%
Pacific Islander33
White11391017
 10.7%
Two or More Races111160
 44.1%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients58%60.4%
 2.3%


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In the 2022-23 school year, 1,348 students attended Quincy Junior High School.

Students who attend Quincy Junior High School usually go on to attend Quincy Senior High School

Quincy Junior High School ranks 892nd of 1363 Illinois middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

Students at Quincy Junior High School are 75% White, 12% Two or more races, 8% African American, 3% Hispanic.


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