Lincoln Middle School

Lincoln Middle School is a middle-of-the-pack intermediate school in FORT COLLINS, Colorado, run under Poudre School District R-1. The school serves 552 students in grades 6 through 8.

Poudre School District R-1 runs 52 schools in total, collectively educating 29,381 students. Lincoln Middle School is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Lincoln Middle School logs that the largest single group is Hispanic at 49%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest consists of 41% White, 6% multiracial. By comparison, Larimer County as a whole is about 13% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.3:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.9:1 average. Roughly 67% of students at Lincoln Middle School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Larimer County runs at roughly 35%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Lincoln Middle School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 26.3%; this one delivers 32.3%.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Larimer County) shows that median household earnings sit near $93,765, about 53% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Lincoln Middle School is one of 94 public schools in Larimer County (combined enrollment of about 47,159 students).

Nearest neighbor: Putnam Elementary School, around 0.6 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Lincoln Middle School at 5th of 6; the average score across the group is 44.5%.

The campus sits in a high-density setting.

Five-year trend. Lincoln Middle School's enrollment has decreased 3% since 2018, when it stood at 568 (now 552).

In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.