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Enrollment
971
Middle
DISTRICT 792 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ALAMEDA UNIFIED·NCES 060177000049
Lincoln Middle
1250 Fernside Blvd., Alameda, CA 94501 · (510) 748-4018 · Alameda County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL971 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 93% of California public middle schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- AThree-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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
23.6:1
41 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.3:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
20%
196 students
DISTRICT 39% · STATE 65%
Community
6
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 | 330 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 330 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 311 | 32% |
Student demographics
73%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 76% · 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
81.0%
CA avg 49.1% . +3.0pp since 2014
Math
69.5%
CA avg 37.7% . +0.5pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 81 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 69 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 3 points since 2014, while math scores have held steady.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 41.2% | 39.7% | 12.3% | 6.7% |
| Math | 46.0% | 23.5% | 18.6% | 11.9% |
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 | 81.0% | 69.5% |
| 2023-24 | 76.7% | 64.1% |
| 2022-23 | 75.9% | 66.7% |
| 2021-22 | 74.6% | 62.6% |
| 2018-19 | 80.3% | 68.8% |
| 2017-18 | 80.3% | 68.7% |
| 2016-17 | 82.2% | 71.4% |
| 2015-16 | 85.0% | 75.0% |
| 2014-15 | 78.0% | 69.0% |
% 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
72.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
67.7%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 73% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 68% 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 Lincoln Middle
Lincoln Middle's state test result (72.8% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lincoln Middle this school | 971 | 20.2% | 72.8% |
| Dartmouth Middle San Jose | 903 | 17.4% | 64.4% |
| Black Mountain Middle San Diego | 1,077 | 20.7% | 63.2% |
| Rolling Hills Middle Los Gatos | 778 | 18.9% | 70.7% |
| Burlingame Intermediate Burlingame | 1,115 | 25.1% | 71.3% |
| Sunnyvale Middle Sunnyvale | 1,053 | 16.8% | 62.0% |
Matched among California 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 Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Alameda County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 72.8% | #98 of 1,224 | #9 of 46 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 69.5% | #93 of 1,227 ▲ 34 | #9 of 46 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 81.0% | #64 of 1,227 ▲ 37 | #7 of 46 ▲ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +6.6pp | #200 of 1,214 | #5 of 45 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 971 | #224 of 1,377 | #14 of 51 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 23.6:1 | #1,029 of 1,279 | #39 of 49 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 73.0% | #53 of 1,278 | #9 of 49 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 20.2% | #1,220 of 1,329 | #42 of 50 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +11.2% | #91 of 257 | #12 of 17 |
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
971
+123 (+15%) vs 2020
+46% since 1990-91, when it was 665
Student : Teacher
23.6:1
was 23.6:1
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 | 971 | 41.2 | 23.6:1 | 20% (196) |
| 2023-24 | 922 | 41.3 | 22.3:1 | 24% (222) |
| 2022-23 | 876 | 34.7 | 25.2:1 | 21% (183) |
| 2020-21 | 848 | 36 | 23.6:1 | 16% (132) |
| 2017-18 | 873 | 40.7 | 21.4:1 | 17% (150) |
| 2015-16 | 888 | 40 | 22.2:1 | 13% (112) |
| 2010-11 | 919 | N/A | N/A | 14% (128) |
| 2000-01 | 848 | 38 | 22.3:1 | 12% (103) |
| 1990-91 | 665 | 31 | 21.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lincoln Middle.
Since 2017-18: students up 11% (873 to 971); teachers up 1% (40.7 to 41.2).
About Lincoln Middle
Lincoln Middle is a mid-sized middle school in Alameda, California, one of the schools in Alameda Unified. Enrollment totals 971 students across grades 6 through 8. That puts enrollment 47% above the 659-student average for middle schools in California.
Alameda Unified counts 15 schools and 9,260 students, including Lincoln Middle.
No group is above 50% at Lincoln Middle; the largest is Asian, at 33%. The school is also 31% White, 22% multiracial, 10% Hispanic, and 2% Black. Among Alameda County residents, the Asian share is about 33%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Lincoln Middle scores 73%.
For every teacher at Lincoln Middle, there are about 23.6 students; the school has 41.2 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for middle schools in California, 20.7:1, is lower. There are 196 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 20% of enrollment. The average for public schools in Alameda County is 49%.
Lincoln Middle holds an A allk12 Grade, placing it above 93% of California public middle schools.
Compared with California schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Lincoln Middle's results are 5.1 points above predicted: 72.8% against 67.7%.
In the wider Alameda County area, the median household earns about $129,367 a year, about 52% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 6%. Lincoln Middle shares Alameda County with 393 other public schools.
Among nearby public schools, Frank Otis Elementary is closest at about 0.4 miles. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Lincoln Middle. Lincoln Middle places 5th of 7 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
Its location is classified as Suburb: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Enrollment figures show a rise of 123 students from 2020-21 to 2024-25.
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Alameda County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,649,473
Census ACS
Median income
$129,367
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
52%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
394
210,511 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Alameda Unified
- Alameda HighHigh · 1,868 students
- Encinal Junior/Senior HighHigh · 1,280 students
- Will C. Wood MiddleMiddle · 613 students
- Amelia Earhart ElementaryElementary · 573 students
- Frank Otis ElementaryElementary · 569 students
- Bay FarmElementary · 531 students
Other schools in Alameda
- Alameda HighHigh · 1,868 students
- Encinal Junior/Senior HighHigh · 1,280 students
- The Academy of AlamedaElementary · 638 students
- Will C. Wood MiddleMiddle · 613 students
- Amelia Earhart ElementaryElementary · 573 students
- Frank Otis ElementaryElementary · 569 students
Other Lincoln Middle schools
32 other US public schools in 20 states are named Lincoln Middle. Lincoln Middle is the largest of the 33.
- Lincoln MiddleSanta Monica, CA · 914 students
- Lincoln MiddleOceanside, CA · 621 students
- LINCOLN MIDDLERIO RANCHO, NM · 805 students
- Lincoln Middle SchoolBerwyn, IL · 793 students
- Lincoln Middle SchoolMt Prospect, IL · 784 students
Nearby schools
- Frank Otis Elementary0.4 mi · 569
- Amelia Earhart Elementary0.7 mi · 573
- Edison Elementary0.8 mi · 474
- Alameda High1.2 mi · 1,868
- Bay Farm1.2 mi · 531
- ASCEND1.5 mi · 493
Frequently asked questions
About Lincoln MiddleWhat is the total enrollment at Lincoln Middle?
Lincoln Middle enrolls approximately 971 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Lincoln Middle serve?
Lincoln Middle serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many teachers does Lincoln Middle have?
Lincoln Middle employs 41 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 23.6:1.
What is the student diversity at Lincoln Middle?
Student demographics at Lincoln Middle are roughly 31% White, 10% Hispanic, 2% Black, 33% Asian, 22% Two or more.
Who oversees Lincoln Middle?
Lincoln Middle is overseen by Alameda Unified in Alameda County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.