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What's the most underrated thing about Lincoln Middle that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
914
Middle
DISTRICT 659 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SANTA MONICA-MALIBU UNIFIED·NCES 063570006093
Lincoln Middle
1501 California Ave., Santa Monica, CA 90403 · (310) 393-9227 · Los Angeles County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE13-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL914 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 84% 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.
- ABeats 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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
20.7:1
44 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.5:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
30%
270 students
DISTRICT 31% · 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 | 321 | 35% |
| Grade 7 | 293 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 300 | 33% |
Student demographics
64%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 67% · 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
78.3%
CA avg 49.1% . +5.3pp since 2014
Math
63.1%
CA avg 37.7% . +0.1pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 78 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 63 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 5 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 | 43.0% | 35.3% | 14.0% | 7.7% |
| Math | 41.3% | 21.8% | 21.7% | 15.2% |
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 | 78.3% | 63.1% |
| 2023-24 | 79.2% | 64.9% |
| 2022-23 | 78.9% | 60.7% |
| 2021-22 | 80.7% | 64.8% |
| 2018-19 | 79.2% | 66.6% |
| 2017-18 | 79.0% | 66.0% |
| 2016-17 | 80.8% | 64.6% |
| 2015-16 | 79.0% | 69.0% |
| 2014-15 | 73.0% | 63.0% |
% 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
71.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
62.2%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 71% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 62% 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 (71.4% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lincoln Middle this school | 914 | 29.5% | 71.4% |
| Aliso Viejo Middle Aliso Viejo | 803 | 35.4% | 68.1% |
| Spring View Middle Rocklin | 780 | 31.0% | 55.0% |
| Martin Luther King Middle Berkeley | 851 | 32.5% | 69.0% |
| Silverado Middle Roseville | 1,010 | 33.5% | 51.5% |
| Pershing Middle San Diego | 980 | 35.8% | 58.2% |
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 Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 71.4% | #108 of 1,224 | #18 of 248 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 63.1% | #153 of 1,227 ▼ 35 | #31 of 248 ▼ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 78.3% | #92 of 1,227 ▼ 21 | #14 of 248 ▼ 5 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -2.0pp | #205 of 1,214 | #24 of 247 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 914 | #291 of 1,377 | #73 of 317 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.7:1 | #557 of 1,279 | #129 of 301 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.3% | #308 of 1,278 | #42 of 301 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 29.5% | #1,154 of 1,329 | #287 of 312 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.1% | #502 of 930 | #134 of 213 |
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
914
-140 (-13%) vs 2020
-1% since 1990-91, when it was 920
Student : Teacher
20.7:1
was 22.9:1
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 | 914 | 44.2 | 20.7:1 | 30% (270) |
| 2023-24 | 884 | 44.4 | 19.9:1 | 25% (218) |
| 2022-23 | 854 | 45.6 | 18.7:1 | 22% (191) |
| 2020-21 | 1,054 | 46 | 22.9:1 | 17% (184) |
| 2017-18 | 1,077 | 46.3 | 23.3:1 | 16% (170) |
| 2015-16 | 1,067 | 46 | 23.2:1 | 18% (195) |
| 2010-11 | 1,129 | N/A | N/A | 18% (201) |
| 2000-01 | 1,306 | 57 | 22.9:1 | 13% (174) |
| 1990-91 | 920 | 37 | 24.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lincoln Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 15% (1,077 to 914); teachers down 4% (46.3 to 44.2).
About Lincoln Middle
Lincoln Middle is classified as a middle school. It is located in Santa Monica, California. It had 914 students in 2024-25, spanning grades 6 through 8. By comparison, middle schools in California enroll about 659 students on average.
In Santa Monica-Malibu Unified, 15 schools enroll a combined 8,616 students.
More than half of the students at Lincoln Middle are White (54%). Next come 19% Hispanic, 12% Asian, 7% multiracial, and 7% Black. That compares with about 31% White among all Los Angeles County residents. The diversity index for Lincoln Middle is 64%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
There are 44.2 full-time-equivalent teachers at Lincoln Middle, giving a ratio of 20.7:1. The 20.7:1 average for middle schools in California is close to this figure. By family income, 30% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Los Angeles County is 70%.
On the allk12 Grade, Lincoln Middle lands at A-, ahead of 84% of California public middle schools.
Lincoln Middle sits between the top and bottom 10% of California schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 71.4% and a predicted 62.2%.
The school's county is Los Angeles County. According to Census Bureau estimates, the median household earns about $90,112 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 36% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 10%. Lincoln Middle shares Los Angeles County with 2,243 other public schools.
Lincoln Middle's closest public school neighbor is Roosevelt Elementary, about 0.6 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Lincoln Middle at 5th of 9.
The federal government classifies Lincoln Middle's location as City: Small.
Enrollment figures show a drop of 140 students from 2020-21 to 2024-25. Its ratio of students to teachers was 22.9:1 in 2020-21, and 20.7:1 in 2024-25.
People can post here about homework, tutoring, and testing dates and other school topics. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Los Angeles County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
9,808,667
Census ACS
Median income
$90,112
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
2,244
1,265,907 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Santa Monica-Malibu Unified
- Santa Monica HighHigh · 2,588 students
- John Adams MiddleMiddle · 806 students
- Franklin ElementaryElementary · 597 students
- Grant ElementaryElementary · 562 students
- Roosevelt ElementaryElementary · 552 students
- Will Rogers ElementaryElementary · 522 students
Other schools in Santa Monica
- Santa Monica HighHigh · 2,588 students
- John Adams MiddleMiddle · 806 students
- Franklin ElementaryElementary · 597 students
- Grant ElementaryElementary · 562 students
- Roosevelt ElementaryElementary · 552 students
- Will Rogers ElementaryElementary · 522 students
Other Lincoln Middle schools
32 other US public schools in 20 states are named Lincoln Middle. Lincoln Middle is the 2nd largest of the 33.
- Lincoln MiddleAlameda, CA · 971 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
- Roosevelt Elementary0.6 mi · 552
- Franklin Elementary0.8 mi · 597
- McKinley Elementary0.8 mi · 362
- Santa Monica High1.2 mi · 2,588
- Canyon Charter Elementary1.3 mi · 391
- Edison Elementary1.4 mi · 404
Frequently asked questions
About Lincoln MiddleWhat is the total enrollment at Lincoln Middle?
Lincoln Middle enrolls approximately 914 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 44 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 20.7:1.
What is the student diversity at Lincoln Middle?
Student demographics at Lincoln Middle are roughly 54% White, 19% Hispanic, 7% Black, 12% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is Lincoln Middle in?
Lincoln Middle is part of Santa Monica-Malibu Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.