An equity score of 17/100 ranks Quincy Sd 172 #729 of 763 districts in Illinois (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $11,626 per pupil, Quincy Sd 172 ranks #808 of 848 Illinois districts by per-pupil spending (Illinois districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
6,345
Total Enrollment
8
Schools
$11,626
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Quincy Sd 172 operates 8 public schools serving 6,345 students, placing it among the smaller districts in Illinois. The school portfolio breaks down into 5 elementary, 1 high, 1 middle, 1 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 Adams County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $11,626 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, among the bottom 85 of 848 Illinois districts by per-pupil spending. See how Illinois compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 52.9% local, 32.8% state, and 14.3% 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 17/100, ranked #729 of 763 in Illinois 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 1 of 8 schools offering Advanced Placement (15 AP courses district-wide), a 331.3:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 32.8% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 72.9% White, 7.6% African American, 4.9% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Colonel George Iles Elem Sch, with a diversity index of 51.6/100.
Its largest campus is Quincy Sr High School, enrolling 1,847 students (29% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Early Childhood, at 434 students, a 4x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Quincy Sr High School accounts for 29.1% of all Quincy Sd 172 student enrollment
That concentration means Quincy Sd 172-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 Sd 172 school enrollment varies 4.3× across entities
Quincy Sd 172 school enrollment ranges from 434 students (lowest) to 1,847 students (highest), a spread of 1,413 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous campus portfolio, most districts have a wider mix of school sizes. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Quincy Sd 172 student-counselor ratio is 331:1: slightly below the ~408 national average, within the typical range for U.S. public districts
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 Sitting just under the national figure still leaves meaningful room for sub-unit variation that the aggregate number hides. Variation between sub-units within Quincy Sd 172 is typically wider than the Quincy Sd 172-aggregate figure suggests.
Quincy Sd 172 chronic absenteeism rate is 32.8%: on the high side (typically associated with higher-than-average disruption; recent CRDC data showed elevated rates persisting after pandemic-era schooling changes)
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 Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.