Enrollment
132
Middle
DISTRICT 201 · STATE 464
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FORREST CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 050627001185
LINCOLN ACADEMY
1133 NORTH DIVISION ST, FORREST CITY, AR 72335 · (870) 261-1810 · St. Francis County
GRADES 06–06MIDDLE32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL132 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 10% of Arkansas public middle schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Arkansas public middle schools
Student : Teacher
16.7:1
8 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.2:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
132 students
DISTRICT 100% · STATE 70%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 132 | 100% |
Student demographics
16%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 11% · STATE 61% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within FORREST CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ATLAS 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3+4)English Language Arts
11.8%
AR avg 34.9% . -6.6pp since 2023
Math
23.5%
AR avg 38.9% . +5.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the ATLAS, Arkansas's statewide test, about 12 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 24 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Arkansas schools, those numbers are about 35 and 39. Reading and writing scores are down about 7 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 6 points.
ATLAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 11.8% | 23.5% |
| 2023-24 | 18.4% | 18.0% |
% Proficient (Level 3+4), all students and all tested grades.
Source: ATLAS. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
15.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
22.7%
based on AR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 16% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 23% typical for Arkansas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Arkansas's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like LINCOLN ACADEMY
LINCOLN ACADEMY's state test result (15.6% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| LINCOLN ACADEMY this school | 132 | 100.0% | 15.6% |
| KIPP:DELTA COLLEGE PREP SCHOOL HELENA | 163 | 100.0% | 26.7% |
| BLYTHEVILLE CHICKASAW PREPARATORY ACADEMY (BCPA) BLYTHEVILLE | 104 | 100.0% | 13.0% |
| BLYTHEVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL BLYTHEVILLE | 172 | 100.0% | 11.5% |
| OSCEOLA MIDDLE SCHOOL OSCEOLA | 221 | 98.6% | 10.7% |
| DUMAS MIDDLE SCHOOL DUMAS | 184 | 100.0% | 14.5% |
Matched among Arkansas middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where LINCOLN ACADEMY ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Arkansas |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 15.6% | #191 of 207 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 23.5% | #170 of 208 ▲ 11 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 11.8% | #201 of 208 ▼ 15 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 132 | #205 of 217 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #15 of 210 |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
132
-23 (-15%) vs 2020
-85% since 1990-91, when it was 875
Student : Teacher
16.7:1
was 17.2:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 132 | 7.9 | 16.7:1 | 100% (132) |
| 2023-24 | 155 | 9.9 | 15.6:1 | 100% (155) |
| 2022-23 | 139 | 10.8 | 12.8:1 | 100% (139) |
| 2020-21 | 155 | 9 | 17.2:1 | 100% (155) |
| 2017-18 | 130 | 11.2 | 11.6:1 | 45% (59) |
| 2015-16 | 171 | 14 | 12.2:1 | 62% (106) |
| 2010-11 | 486 | 41 | 11.8:1 | 99% (483) |
| 2000-01 | 606 | 45 | 13.5:1 | 75% (456) |
| 1990-91 | 875 | 45 | 19.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for LINCOLN ACADEMY.
About LINCOLN ACADEMY
LINCOLN ACADEMY is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as a middle-grades school in FORREST CITY, Arkansas. The school covers grade 6 and reported 132 students in 2024-25. On average, middle schools in Arkansas enroll around 464, and this school is 72% below that mark.
LINCOLN ACADEMY is run by FORREST CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT, whose 5 schools enroll 2,078 students.
By race and ethnicity, LINCOLN ACADEMY is 92% Black. Next come 4% White and 3% Hispanic. The county population is about 55% Black. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 16, compared with 70 nationally.
Staffing at LINCOLN ACADEMY comes to 7.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 16.7:1. The school's 16.7:1 compares with an average of 13.9:1 for middle schools in Arkansas. On the income side, 100% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That is in line with the 100% average for public schools in St. Francis County.
LINCOLN ACADEMY earns a D on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 10% of Arkansas public middle schools.
LINCOLN ACADEMY's actual average proficiency rate across its state test results (15.6%) and its predicted rate (22.7%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Arkansas schools.
In St. Francis County, home to about 22,400 people, the median household earns about $42,574 a year, roughly 14% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 24%. LINCOLN ACADEMY shares St. Francis County with 7 other public schools.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, FORREST CITY JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL, is less than a tenth of a mile. Within five miles are 4 other public schools. LINCOLN ACADEMY is 7th of 8 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
In the federal locale system, LINCOLN ACADEMY is coded Town: Distant, for schools in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
Enrollment fell by 15% across 4 years, from 155 in 2020-21 to 132 in 2024-25.
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St. Francis County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
22,400
Census ACS
Median income
$42,574
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
14%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
24%
Below federal line
Schools in county
8
2,904 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in FORREST CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT
- CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 713 students
- FORREST CITY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 563 students
- STEWART ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 400 students
- FORREST CITY JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLMiddle · 270 students
Other schools in FORREST CITY
- CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 713 students
- FORREST CITY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 563 students
- STEWART ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 400 students
- FORREST CITY JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLMiddle · 270 students
Other Lincoln Academy schools
3 other US public schools in 4 states are named Lincoln Academy. LINCOLN ACADEMY is the 3rd largest of the 4.
- Lincoln AcademyPLEASANT GROVE, UT · 911 students
- Lincoln AcademyGreensboro, NC · 696 students
- Lincoln AcademyStanwood, WA · 20 students
Nearby schools
- FORREST CITY JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL0.0 mi · 270
- FORREST CITY HIGH SCHOOL0.2 mi · 563
- STEWART ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.7 mi · 400
- CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.8 mi · 713
- PALESTINE-WHEATLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL7.3 mi · 448
- PALESTINE-WHEATLEY SENIOR HIGH8.0 mi · 378
Frequently asked questions
About LINCOLN ACADEMYWhat is the total enrollment at LINCOLN ACADEMY?
LINCOLN ACADEMY enrolls approximately 132 students in grades 06-06.
What grades does LINCOLN ACADEMY serve?
LINCOLN ACADEMY serves grades 06-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at LINCOLN ACADEMY?
The student-to-teacher ratio at LINCOLN ACADEMY is approximately 16.7:1 (8 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at LINCOLN ACADEMY?
At LINCOLN ACADEMY, the student body is approximately 4% White, 3% Hispanic, 92% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees LINCOLN ACADEMY?
LINCOLN ACADEMY is overseen by FORREST CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT in St. Francis County.
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