Photo: David Wilson · CC BY 2.0Quincy Township’s public schools
Quincy School District 172 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Quincy Township. Each school below is shown with its own results.
Tests spring 2021, when 95% of students in Illinois’s tested grades sat them, and the class of 2023’s graduation rate (U.S. Department of Education). How TownRatings grades schools
Quincy Township’s schools, in brief
School by school
4 of Quincy Township’s 6 district schools with test results score above the middle of Illinois’s 3,406 public schools. Colonel George Iles Elem Sch places highest (better than 64%); Sarah Atwater Denman Elem lowest (48%). See the path ↓
Which school depends on your street
Five elementary schools serve Quincy Township, graded from B− to B, so it’s worth checking the specific school. Then one middle school and one high school: Quincy Sr High School. See the path ↓
Written from the figures on this page. Tests are from 2020–21, graduation from the class of 2023; each school’s own letter uses 2020–21 results.
Where will my kid go?
Pick a grade. These are the public schools in Quincy Township, with each school’s own grade.
Pre-K in Quincy Township
Early Childhood
Grades PK–K · 434 students · 27:1 students per teacher · in Quincy
6th grade in Quincy Township
Quincy Jr High School
Grades 6–8 · 1,295 students · 17:1 students per teacher · in Quincy
7th grade in Quincy Township
Quincy Jr High School
Grades 6–8 · 1,295 students · 17:1 students per teacher · in Quincy
8th grade in Quincy Township
Quincy Jr High School
Grades 6–8 · 1,295 students · 17:1 students per teacher · in Quincy
9th grade in Quincy Township
Quincy Sr High School
Grades 9–12 · 1,847 students · 19:1 students per teacher · in Quincy
10th grade in Quincy Township
Quincy Sr High School
Grades 9–12 · 1,847 students · 19:1 students per teacher · in Quincy
11th grade in Quincy Township
Quincy Sr High School
Grades 9–12 · 1,847 students · 19:1 students per teacher · in Quincy
12th grade in Quincy Township
Quincy Sr High School
Grades 9–12 · 1,847 students · 19:1 students per teacher · in Quincy
Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Quincy School District 172.
The district
Spending and class size are shown but don’t count toward the grade. Each district’s own page has every school.
Well below the state in reading
Quincy Township vs. its neighbors
Schools grades for the Illinois towns that share Quincy Township’s borders.
| Town | Schools | Main districts |
|---|---|---|
| Quincy Township | — | Quincy School District 172 |
| Quincy (city) | C | Quincy School District 172 |
| Melrose | C | Quincy School District 172 PK–12 · Payson Community Unit School District 1 PK–12 |
| Riverside | C | Quincy School District 172 |
| Ellington | C | Quincy School District 172 |
All 4 neighbors share Quincy School District 172 with Quincy Township, so their letters differ mainly through other districts.
Every school in Quincy Township
14 schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with Illinois’s other public schools (the newest school-level results we have).
Left off: 4 public programs with fewer than 25 students (Adams County RSSP, Academic Behavior&Community Acad, Quincy Area Voc Ctr and Adams Co Juvenile Detention Cntr).
Questions about Quincy Township’s schools
Are Quincy Township’s schools good?
There’s no Schools grade for Quincy Township. Quincy School District 172 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Quincy Township. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 4 of its 6 district schools with test results score above the middle of Illinois’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.
What school district is Quincy Township in?
Quincy School District 172.
Where do Quincy Township kids go to high school?
Quincy Sr High School.
Are there private schools in Quincy Township?
Yes: St. Peter School (grades PK–8, 485 students), St. Francis Solanus (grades PK–8, 237 students), Blessed Sacrament Catholic School (grades PK–8, 207 students), St. Dominic Elementary School (grades PK–8, 199 students), St. James Lutheran School (grades PK–8, 122 students), Chaddock (grades 1–12, 102 students) and Transitions School (grades 1–12, 15 students).
Parents talk
What Quincy Township families are saying about school.
Looking for colleges? Colleges near Quincy Township → They have their own page.
School data: state test results (2020–21, with participation) and four-year graduation rates (class of 2023) reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express); each school’s own letter uses its 2020–21 results (EDFacts via the Urban Institute); schools and enrollment from NCES (2024–25; private schools 2023–24); spending from the Census Bureau’s school finance survey (FY2024). Stars are from neighbors.