NCES CCD 2024-25 6 schools CA

Best-Resourced Schools in Quincy, CA

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6 public K-12 schools in Quincy from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

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6
Schools
1,016
Students
33/100
Avg Resource Index
14.2:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Lean reported-resource profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Quincy has more public-school enrollment than 2% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Quincy's average Resource Investment Index falls in the lower portion of the 4,487-city comparison set. The index is a resource snapshot, not an academic grade: it reflects the federal staffing, counselor, gifted-program, and attendance fields available for local campuses. The most useful next step is to open the individual schools below and identify which component is pulling each score down, because the same city average can hide very different campus-level constraints.

Combined-grade campuses shape the local portfolio

4 of Quincy's 6 listed schools use NCES's combined or “other” grade-level classification. Citywide averages therefore blend campuses serving unusually broad or nonstandard grade spans with conventional elementary, middle, and high schools. Grade configuration is a first-order comparison here, not a minor label.

A small portfolio contains radically different campus scales

Quincy lists only 6 schools, yet reported enrollment runs from 1 to 349 students, a 349-fold range. In a portfolio this compact, the smallest record may be a specialized or nonstandard setting rather than a miniature version of the largest campus. That distinction affects how ratios and program fields should be read. Compare similarly configured grade levels first; combining the extremes into one city average conceals more than it explains.

City enrollment
Top 98%
School count
Top 79%
Resource Index average
19th percentile
Teacher staffing
65th percentile

Plumas Charter accounts for 34.4% of all Quincy public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means Quincy-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: Combined. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how districts allocate programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Quincy school enrollment varies 349× across entities

Quincy school enrollment ranges from 1 students (lowest) to 349 students (highest), a spread of 348 students. That ratio is an extreme outlier spread — among the widest gaps observed anywhere in this dataset. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Quincy student-teacher ratio is 14.2:1 — near the typical range (US average ~15.7) — citywide staffing is neither unusually lean nor unusually crowded by this measure

student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Variation between sub-units within Quincy is typically wider than the Quincy-aggregate figure suggests.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

1 of Quincy's 6 listed schools are charters

17% of the city's listed public-school campuses are reported as charter schools in NCES CCD. Charter status identifies a different governance arrangement; it does not establish admissions availability, academic quality, or the share of city students enrolled in those campuses. Open each school record to compare enrollment and staffing directly.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

# School Score
1. Portola Opportunity 53
2. Plumas County Community 49
3. Plumas County Opportunity 30
4. Plumas Charter 24
5. Quincy Junior/Senior High 23
6. Quincy Elementary 19

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Quincy

Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.

  1. 1 Portola Opportunity 61.1/100
  2. 2 Plumas County Community 53.1/100
  3. 3 Quincy Elementary 46.8/100
  4. 4 Plumas Charter 46.4/100
  5. 5 Quincy Junior/Senior High 40.9/100

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Which Quincy school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Portola Opportunity has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Quincy schools in this federal-data comparison at 53/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Quincy, CA? ▼

Quincy has 6 public schools with a total enrollment of 1,016 students. 1 are charter schools. Average student-teacher ratio: 14.2:1.

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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.