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Quincy, Massachusetts - 19 schools
An equity score of 26/100 ranks Quincy #285 of 362 districts in Massachusetts (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $19,856 per pupil, Quincy ranks #254 of 396 Massachusetts districts by per-pupil spending (Massachusetts districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
9,802
Total Enrollment
19
Schools
$19,856
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, Middle
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Quincy operates 19 public schools serving 9,802 students, placing it among the smaller districts in Massachusetts. The school portfolio breaks down into 12 elementary, 3 middle, 2 high, 2 combined schools, a compact enough portfolio that families can compare every campus directly before they move, rent, or enrol. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Norfolk County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $19,856 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the lower half of 396 Massachusetts districts by per-pupil spending. See how Massachusetts compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 65.3% local, 27.1% state, and 7.6% federal, a local-revenue-heavy mix that leaves the district more exposed to property-tax swings and local ballot measures than state-funded peers. The district's equity score is 26/100, ranked #285 of 362 in Massachusetts against a state average of 38, notably less even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 2 of 19 schools offering Advanced Placement (42 AP courses district-wide), a 247.7:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 20.2% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 38.2% Asian, 37.0% White, 9.3% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is South West Middle School, with a diversity index of 77.6/100.
Its largest campus is North Quincy High, enrolling 1,520 students (16% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Amelio Della Chiesa Early Childhood Center, at 165 students, a 9x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
North Quincy High accounts for 15.5% of all Quincy student enrollment
That concentration means Quincy-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: high. A single dominant campus often anchors a district's program offerings and staffing patterns; the share helps explain why district-wide averages may not reflect the typical neighbourhood-school experience. When one entity dominates a region's footprint, its programmatic and budget decisions effectively set policy for a majority of the affected population.
Quincy school enrollment varies 9.2× across entities
Quincy school enrollment ranges from 165 students (lowest) to 1,520 students (highest), a spread of 1,355 students. That spread reflects typical mixed-portfolio variation between specialty programs and large neighbourhood schools. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Quincy student-counselor ratio is 248:1 — low (typically associated with meeting or exceeding the American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommended 250:1 benchmark, which correlates with stronger college and career counseling capacity)
student-counselor ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE counselors against total enrollment, districts that contract intervention or social-emotional staff outside the counselor classification may be under-counted Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.
Quincy chronic absenteeism rate is 20.2% — near the typical range (US average ~28) — aligned with the national post-pandemic baseline of roughly 28% chronic absenteeism
chronic absenteeism rate is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: a student is chronically absent if they miss ≥10% of enrolled days for any reason, illness, family obligations, or disengagement Variation between sub-units within Quincy is typically wider than the Quincy-aggregate figure suggests.