LINCOLN MIDDLE SCHOOL

Located at 201 EAST SCHOOL STREET, in LINCOLN, Arkansas, LINCOLN MIDDLE SCHOOL is a middle-of-the-pack middle school that works with 401 students (grades 4 through 8), part of LINCOLN SCHOOL DISTRICT.

LINCOLN SCHOOL DISTRICT comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 1,095 students; LINCOLN MIDDLE SCHOOL is among them.

In terms of who attends, LINCOLN MIDDLE SCHOOL records that White students make up the majority at 72%. Beyond that, the school reports 13% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 5% Asian, 4% Native American. The wider county runs roughly 63% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully more White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, LINCOLN MIDDLE SCHOOL has 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.1:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.9:1 average. Roughly 75% of students at LINCOLN MIDDLE SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Washington County (around 58%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), LINCOLN MIDDLE SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 31.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 32.4%.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Washington County) records that median household earnings sit near $70,639, about 35% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. In all, Washington County runs 76 public schools (combined enrollment of about 42,451 students), of which LINCOLN MIDDLE SCHOOL is one.

Nearest neighbor: LINCOLN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around LINCOLN MIDDLE SCHOOL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts LINCOLN MIDDLE SCHOOL at 5th of 7; the average score across the group is 35.3%.

The school occupies a low-density site.

Trend over the last 7 years. LINCOLN MIDDLE SCHOOL's enrollment has increased 5% since 2018, when it stood at 383 (now 401). White enrollment moved from 79% to 72% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 15.0:1 in 2018 to 16.1:1 today.

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