Lincoln Middle School

Lincoln Middle School is an average-sized middle-grades school in Meriden, Connecticut, run under Meriden School District. The school educates 684 students in grades 6 through 8. By comparison, Connecticut's public schools average about 521 students each, so Lincoln Middle School sits 31% above that benchmark.

Meriden School District runs 13 schools in total, collectively educating 8,036 students. Lincoln Middle School is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Lincoln Middle School logs that Hispanic students make up the majority at 68%. Other groups include 17% White, 9% Black, 5% multiracial. By comparison, South Central Connecticut Planning Region as a whole is about 20% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, The school reports having 45 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.1:1. The state averages around 11.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 79% of students at Lincoln Middle School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is north of South Central Connecticut Planning Region's rate of about 51%.

Across the wider county, South Central Connecticut Planning Region reports that median household income runs about $88,197, about 42% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. In all, South Central Connecticut Planning Region runs 152 public schools (combined enrollment of about 72,909 students), of which Lincoln Middle School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Orville H. Platt High School, around 0.2 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Lincoln Middle School operates from an outer-ring location.

Over the past 7-year window. Lincoln Middle School's enrollment has held roughly steady since 2018, when it stood at 690 (now 684). Over the same period, the Hispanic share ticked up from 56% to 68%. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 11.3:1 in 2018 to 15.1:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.