Lincoln High (Continuation)

Lincoln High (Continuation) is a small high school serving families in San Leandro, California. The grade span is 9 through 12, and enrollment is 166 students. Average enrollment for high schools in California is about 838, so this school runs 80% smaller than that.

The district, San Leandro Unified, operates 13 schools serving 8,834 students.

By race and ethnicity, Lincoln High (Continuation) is 66% Hispanic. Beyond that, enrollment is 16% Black, 7% Asian, 5% White, and 4% Pacific Islander. In Alameda County overall, about 23% of residents are Hispanic. The chance that two students picked at random at Lincoln High (Continuation) belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 53%.

The school reports 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 12.8 students per teacher. For comparison, high schools in California average 18.2:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility covers 84% of students. Compared with the 49% average for public schools in Alameda County, the school's rate is higher.

County data help place the school in context: in Alameda County, median household income is about $129,367, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 52% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 6%. The public schools of Alameda County number 394 and enroll about 210,511.

The shortest distance from Lincoln High (Continuation) to another public school is about 0.1 miles, to John Muir Middle. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools.

The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Suburb: Large: in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.

Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, enrollment moved from 168 to 166, a small change. The ratio was 18.7:1 in 2020-21 and 12.8:1 in 2024-25.

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