📍 1400 W King St, Quincy, Gadsden County, 32351
James A. Shanks Middle School is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Quincy, Gadsden County. The school has 574 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Gadsden school district. It serves grades 4–8 in a rural setting. The school employs 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 19.1:1. 23% of students are proficient in reading. 26% are proficient in maths.
James A. Shanks Middle School enrolls 574 students across grades 4–8. The student body is 54% male and 46% female. A teaching staff of 30 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 19.1:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 68% Black or African American, 26% Hispanic or Latino and 2.3% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 389 | 68% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 151 | 26% |
| White | 13 | 2.3% |
| Two or more races | 10 | 1.7% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 7 | 1.2% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 4 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
529 of the school's 574 students (92%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 509 qualify for free lunch and 20 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
James A. Shanks Middle School is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Fringe). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district FL-20, state senate district 3, state house district 8.
James A. Shanks Middle School is one of 17 schools in GADSDEN, based in QUINCY, Florida. The district serves 4,633 students district-wide and employs 282 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 574 students, James A. Shanks Middle School is larger than the district average of about 273 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Fringe
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