Lincoln (Abraham) High

Lincoln (Abraham) High is a heavily attended four-year high school in San Francisco, California, run under San Francisco Unified. The school caters to 2,074 students in grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 838 students per school, that is 147% bigger than typical.

Lincoln (Abraham) High is one of 106 schools operated by San Francisco Unified, a district that educates 48,706 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Lincoln (Abraham) High shows that the largest single group is Asian at 49%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest comes out to 26% Hispanic, 10% White, 9% multiracial, 6% Black. The wider county runs roughly 35% Asian, putting the school's mix visibly more Asian than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, The school reports having 93 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 22.4:1. The state averages around 18.2:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 55% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Lincoln (Abraham) High tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 47.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 53.5%.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for San Francisco County put median household earnings sit near $140,970, about 60% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Across San Francisco County's 132 public schools (combined enrollment of about 56,505 students), Lincoln (Abraham) High is one campus in the mix.

Feinstein (Dianne) Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Lincoln (Abraham) High ranks 7th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 69.3%.

Lincoln (Abraham) High operates from an urban location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Lincoln (Abraham) High's enrollment has held roughly steady since 2018, when it stood at 2,067 (now 2,074). Over the same period, the Asian share fell from 53% to 49%.

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