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James A. Shanks Middle School, Quincy, FL

CEP schoolJames A. Shanks Middle School is a public middle school in Quincy, part of Gadsden County Public Schools. It enrolled 434 students in 2024-25, with 19.7 students per full-time teacher.Listed in NCES data as "JAMES A. SHANKS MIDDLE SCHOOL".

Enrollment and teachers

Students
434
Teachers (FTE)
22.0
Students per teacher
19.7
Grades
4 to 8

This school's ratio is 2.9 higher than the district figure of 16.8. The Florida average across schools is 18.2. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school19.7
District16.8
Florida18.2
United States15.3

School details

Address
1400 W King St, Quincy, FL 32351
Phone
(850)875-8737
District
Gadsden County Public Schools
County
Gadsden County
Level
Middle
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
No
Virtual
No
Locale
Rural: Fringe
NCES school ID
120060000859
Location from NCES coordinates. Map data OpenStreetMap contributors. Open larger map

School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.
Free lunch
375
Reduced-price lunch
19
Free or reduced-price lunch
39490.8% of enrollment.
Direct certification
375Students certified through programs such as SNAP, without an application.
Community Eligibility Provision
Yes (CEP school)

Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.

Related schools

Other middle schools in Gadsden County Public Schools

We publish official enrollment and staffing data, not ratings or test scores.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.