📍 4100 Harrison Street, Quincy, Adams County, 62305
Sarah Atwater Denman Elem is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Quincy, Adams County. The school has 500 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Amber Whicker. It is part of the Quincy SD 172 school district. It serves grades K–5 in a rural setting. The school employs 39.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 12.6:1. 22% of students are proficient in reading. 21% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Sarah Atwater Denman Elem enrolls 500 students across grades K–5. The student body is 52% male and 48% female. A teaching staff of 39.7 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 12.6:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 80% White, 11% Two or more races and 4.4% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 399 | 80% |
| Two or more races | 57 | 11% |
| Black or African American | 22 | 4.4% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 17 | 3.4% |
| Asian | 5 | 1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
296 of the school's 500 students (59%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Sarah Atwater Denman Elem 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 IL At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 47, state house district 94.
Sarah Atwater Denman Elem is one of 9 schools in Quincy SD 172, based in Quincy, Illinois. The district serves 6,264 students district-wide and employs 393 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 500 students, Sarah Atwater Denman Elem is smaller than the district average of about 696 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Fringe
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