Lincoln Middle

As a mid-tier middle-grades school in Santa Monica, California, Lincoln Middle educates 914 students from grades 6 through 8, operated by Santa Monica-Malibu Unified. By comparison, California's public schools average about 659 students each, so Lincoln Middle sits 39% larger than that benchmark.

Santa Monica-Malibu Unified runs 15 schools in total, collectively educating 8,616 students. Lincoln Middle is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Lincoln Middle shows that 54% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 19% Hispanic, 12% Asian, 7% multiracial, 7% Black. The wider county runs roughly 31% White, putting the school's mix visibly more White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, The school reports having 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 20.7:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 30% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Los Angeles County (around 70%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Lincoln Middle performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 61.9%, the actual is 72.1%, a residual of +10.2 points.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Los Angeles County put median household earnings sit near $90,112, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. In all, Los Angeles County runs 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), of which Lincoln Middle is one.

The closest other public school is Roosevelt Elementary, roughly 0.6 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Lincoln Middle comes 5th of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 68.6%.

Lincoln Middle operates from a high-density location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 15%: 1,077 students in 2018 compared to 914 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 60% to 54% across the same window. Class-load math has pulled in: from 23.3:1 in 2018 to 20.7:1 in 2025.

Inside the community feed, the feed for Lincoln Middle typically covers fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.