Quincy Public Schools
{{Short description|Public school district of Quincy, Massachusetts, USA}}
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{{Infobox school district
|name = Quincy Public Schools
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|type = Public
|grades = K-12
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|country = United States
|location = 34 Coddington Street,
Quincy, MA 02169
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|superintendent = Kevin W. Mulvey
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|schools = 19
|budget = $153,147,901 total
$16,463 per pupil
(2016){{Cite web|url=http://profiles.doe.mass.edu/statereport/ppx.aspx|title = Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education - per Pupil Expenditures Statewide Report}}
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|students = 9,229{{Cite web|url=http://profiles.doe.mass.edu/profiles/student.aspx?orgcode=02430000&orgtypecode=5&|title = Enrollment Data (2019-20) - Quincy (02430000)}}
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|ratio = 13.7 to 1{{Cite web|url=http://profiles.doe.mass.edu/profiles/teacher.aspx?orgcode=02430000&orgtypecode=5&|title = Teacher Data (2018-19) - Quincy (02430000)}}
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|website = [http://quincypublicschools.com Quincy Public Schools]
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SAT scores
|free_text =541 verbal
565 math
1106 total (2017-2018){{Cite web|url=http://profiles.doe.mass.edu/statereport/sat.aspx|title = Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education - 2019-20 SAT Performance Report - All Students Statewide Report}}
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Quincy Public Schools (QPS) is a school district that manages schools in Quincy, Massachusetts, USA. The superintendent is Kevin W. Mulvey, It serves a population of approximately 94,470{{Cite web|title=U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts: Quincy city, Massachusetts|url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/quincycitymassachusetts/BZA115219|access-date=2021-05-25|website=www.census.gov|language=en}} of whom approx. 11% are school age.{{cite web |url=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/25/2555745.html |title=Quincy (City) QuickFacts from the US Census Bureau |access-date=2011-11-30 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111102071916/http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/25/2555745.html |archive-date=2011-11-02 }}
History
The Quincy Public Schools first superintendent was Francis W. Parker. F. W. Parker Elementary School was named after him. In June 2021, South West Middle School was placed into a state program for schools or districts that disproportionately suspend nonwhite students or students with disabilities.{{cite news|last=Trufant|first=Jessica|date=June 11, 2021|title=Black students disproportionately suspended at schools in Quincy, Weymouth, Plymouth|work=The Patriot Ledger|publisher=Gannett|url=https://www.patriotledger.com/story/news/2021/06/11/black-students-suspended-more-than-white-south-shore-schools/7414000002/|access-date=June 12, 2021}}
Elementary schools
- Amelio Della Chiesa Early Childhood Center (preschool)
- Atherton Hough Elementary School
- Beechwood Knoll Elementary School
- Charles .A. Bernazzani Elementary School
- Lincoln-Hancock Elementary School
- Clifford Marshall Elementary School
- Merrymount Elementary School
- Montclair Elementary School
- Parker Elementary School
- Snug Harbor Elementary School (elementary and preschool)
- Squantum Elementary School
- Wollaston Elementary School
Middle schools
- Atlantic Middle School
- Broad Meadows Middle School
- Central Middle School
- Point Webster Middle School
- Southwest Middle School
High schools
Notable alumni
- Priscilla Chan{{Cite web|last=King|first=Hope|date=2015-12-01|title=Who is Priscilla Chan?|url=https://money.cnn.com/2015/12/01/technology/priscilla-chan-facts/index.html|access-date=2021-12-02|website=CNNMoney}}
- Dick Dale{{Cite book|last=Crowe|first=Julia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vivVZObwWTYC&pg=PA92|title=My First Guitar: Tales of True Love and Lost Chords from 70 Legendary Musicians|date=2012-09-20|publisher=Ecw Press|isbn=978-1-77090-275-6|language=en}}
- John Cheever
- Ruth Gordon
- Robert Burns Woodward{{Cite book|last1=Benfey|first1=Otto Theodor|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jMoiQSZUktoC&pg=PP1|title=Robert Burns Woodward: Architect and Artist in the World of Molecules|last2=Morris|first2=Peter John Turnbull|date=2001|publisher=Chemical Heritage Foundation|isbn=978-0-941901-25-3|language=en}}
External links
- [http://www.quincypublicschools.com/ Official site]
References
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{{Quincy, Massachusetts}}
{{Massachusetts Public High Schools}}