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Enrollment
1,590
High
DISTRICT 1,008 · STATE 838
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SAN JOSE UNIFIED·NCES 063459005696
Abraham Lincoln High
555 Dana Ave., San Jose, CA 95126 · (408) 535-6300 · Santa Clara County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,590 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 18% of California public high schools
- C+Test 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.
- DThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded California public high schools
Student : Teacher
19.6:1
81 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.4:1 · STATE 18.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
56%
893 students
DISTRICT 49% · STATE 65%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 382 | 24% |
| Grade 10 | 433 | 27% |
| Grade 11 | 400 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 375 | 24% |
Student demographics
41%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · STATE 62% · 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
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
51.8%
CA avg 49.1% . -12.2pp since 2014
Math
19.6%
CA avg 37.7% . -11.4pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 52 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 20 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are down about 12 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 11 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 23.1% | 28.6% | 24.8% | 23.4% |
| Math | 7.5% | 12.0% | 21.8% | 58.7% |
Share of tested students at each CAASPP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
CAASPP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 51.8% | 19.6% |
| 2023-24 | 54.0% | 17.6% |
| 2022-23 | 52.9% | 22.5% |
| 2021-22 | 55.6% | 23.8% |
| 2020-21 | 54.3% | 30.7% |
| 2018-19 | 48.6% | 29.6% |
| 2017-18 | 55.8% | 26.2% |
| 2016-17 | 57.0% | 29.1% |
| 2015-16 | 59.0% | 33.0% |
| 2014-15 | 64.0% | 31.0% |
% met or exceeded standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CAASPP. 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
35.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
46.6%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 36% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 47% typical for California 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 California'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 Abraham Lincoln High
Abraham Lincoln High's state test result (35.7% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abraham Lincoln High this school | 1,590 | 56.2% | 35.7% |
| La Mirada High La Mirada | 1,726 | 57.0% | 55.3% |
| Gilroy High Gilroy | 1,618 | 51.2% | 30.6% |
| Ernest Righetti High Santa Maria | 2,416 | 55.5% | 41.3% |
| La Serna High Whittier | 2,372 | 58.4% | 57.6% |
| South Hills High West Covina | 1,568 | 62.3% | 47.3% |
Matched among California high 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 Abraham Lincoln High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Santa Clara County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 35.7% | #643 of 1,052 | #34 of 43 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 19.6% | #696 of 1,056 ▼ 10 | #34 of 43 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 51.8% | #668 of 1,056 ▼ 103 | #33 of 43 ▲ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -4.0pp | #167 of 1,044 | #16 of 42 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,590 | #519 of 2,093 | #25 of 76 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.6:1 | #501 of 1,352 | #21 of 57 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 41.0% | #825 of 1,351 | #38 of 57 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 56.2% | #1,103 of 1,575 | #29 of 67 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.4% | #280 of 802 | #18 of 39 |
Ranked against other public high 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
1,590
-113 (-7%) vs 2020
+37% since 1990-91, when it was 1,160
Student : Teacher
19.6:1
was 22.4:1
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 | 1,590 | 81 | 19.6:1 | 56% (893) |
| 2023-24 | 1,596 | 73.5 | 21.7:1 | 56% (892) |
| 2022-23 | 1,693 | 75 | 22.6:1 | 54% (907) |
| 2020-21 | 1,703 | 76 | 22.4:1 | 46% (784) |
| 2017-18 | 1,879 | 82 | 22.9:1 | 55% (1,035) |
| 2015-16 | 1,903 | 83 | 22.9:1 | 56% (1,061) |
| 2010-11 | 1,685 | N/A | N/A | 48% (810) |
| 2000-01 | 1,673 | 77 | 21.7:1 | 29% (492) |
| 1990-91 | 1,160 | 60 | 19.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Abraham Lincoln High.
Since 2017-18: students down 15% (1,879 to 1,590); teachers down 1% (82 to 81).
About Abraham Lincoln High
Abraham Lincoln High is a large high school in San Jose, California. Total enrollment is 1,590 students, and the grades served are 9 through 12. By comparison, high schools in California enroll about 838 students on average.
Abraham Lincoln High falls under San Jose Unified, which has 41 schools enrolling 24,322 students.
Federal enrollment data show Abraham Lincoln High is 75% Hispanic. The remaining shares are 11% White, 5% Asian, 4% multiracial, and 4% Black. Santa Clara County as a whole is about 25% Hispanic, so the school's share is higher. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 41, compared with 70 nationally.
A staff of 81 full-time-equivalent teachers puts the student-to-teacher ratio at 19.6:1. The gap from the 18.2:1 average for high schools in California is 1.4 students per teacher. By family income, 56% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Santa Clara County is 37%.
On the allk12 Grade, Abraham Lincoln High lands at C-, ahead of 18% of California public high schools.
Abraham Lincoln High's actual average proficiency rate across its state test results (35.7%) and its predicted rate (46.6%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of California schools.
In the wider Santa Clara County area, median household income comes to about $164,281, 57% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 4% of people live in poverty. Santa Clara County's 412 public schools enroll about 230,059 students and include Abraham Lincoln High.
Merritt Trace Elementary is about 0.2 miles from Abraham Lincoln High, the shortest distance to any other public school. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Abraham Lincoln High places 5th of 9 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
The school's federal locale classification is City: Large.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment fell from 1,703 to 1,590, a 7% drop. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 22.4:1 to 19.6:1.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies at Abraham Lincoln High. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Santa Clara County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,902,047
Census ACS
Median income
$164,281
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
57%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
412
230,059 students
Quick facts
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Other Abraham Lincoln High schools
3 other US public schools in 4 states are named Abraham Lincoln High. Abraham Lincoln High is the 2nd largest of the 4.
- ABRAHAM LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOLBROOKLYN, NY · 2,210 students
- Abraham Lincoln High SchoolCouncil Bluffs, IA · 1,333 students
- Abraham Lincoln High SchoolDENVER, CO · 965 students
Nearby schools
- Merritt Trace Elementary0.2 mi · 829
- Herbert Hoover Middle0.3 mi · 910
- Luther Burbank Elementary0.3 mi · 426
- Sherman Oaks Elementary1.3 mi · 524
- Washington Open Elementary1.3 mi · 352
- Buchser Middle1.5 mi · 711
Frequently asked questions
About Abraham Lincoln HighWhat is the total enrollment at Abraham Lincoln High?
Abraham Lincoln High enrolls approximately 1,590 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Abraham Lincoln High serve?
Abraham Lincoln High serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Abraham Lincoln High?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Abraham Lincoln High is approximately 19.6:1 (81 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Abraham Lincoln High?
At Abraham Lincoln High, the student body is approximately 11% White, 75% Hispanic, 4% Black, 5% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Abraham Lincoln High public or private?
Abraham Lincoln High is a public K-12 school, overseen by San Jose Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.