Middle · Florida
James A. Shanks Middle School
Free meals for allJames A. Shanks Middle School, a public middle school in Quincy, Florida: grades 4–8, 434 students, 19.7 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Gadsden.
Size and class size
Compared with middle schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.
- Students
- 434
- Teachers (FTE)
- 22.0
- Students per teacher
- 19.7
- Grades
- 4–8
- Middle
More students per teacher than 58% of middle schools in Florida
Median 19.2 · 571 schools compared
More students per teacher than 86% of middle schools in the US
Median 14.6 · 15,584 schools compared
Smaller than 86% of middle schools in Florida
Median 805 · 581 schools compared
Smaller than 60% of middle schools in the US
Median 524 · 16,046 schools compared
State test results
Share of students scoring proficient or above on Florida's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.
Reading and writing
Florida: 57%24%proficient
+6.6 points from 2023–24 school year
A lower share proficient than 97% of middle schools in Florida
Median 54% · 581 middle schools compared
384 students tested, grades 5, 6, 7, 8 · FAST; proficient means Levels 3-5
Math
Florida: 59%34%proficient
+9.6 points from 2023–24 school year
A lower share proficient than 87% of middle schools in Florida
Median 52% · 581 middle schools compared
358 students tested, grades 5, 6, 7, 8 · FAST; proficient means Levels 3-5
Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
What it offers
- Grades
- Middle · Grades 4–8
- Type
- District school · Regular
- Instruction
- In person
- Meals
- Free breakfast and lunch for every student
- Area
- Rural area near a city
- Run by
- Gadsden
Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Gadsden.
Location
- Address
- 1400 W King St, Quincy, FL 32351
- Phone
- (850)875-8737
- City or town
- Quincy
- County
- Gadsden County
Nearby middle schools
The closest public middle schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
West Gadsden Middle SchoolFree meals for all | 4–8 | 314 | 19.6 |
Griffin Middle SchoolFree meals for all | 6–8 | 457 | 17.6 |
Raa Middle SchoolFree meals for all | 6–8 | 928 | 20.3 |
| 6–8 | 876 | 20.2 | |
Bainbridge Middle SchoolFree meals for all | 6–8 | 793 | 12.2 |
Elizabeth Cobb Middle SchoolFree meals for all | 6–8 | 675 | 18.8 |
Sources
- Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
- State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository v3.1.
Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.
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