ABRAHAM LINCOLN MIDDLE SCHOOL

As a modestly sized 6-8 campus in GAINESVILLE, Florida, ABRAHAM LINCOLN MIDDLE SCHOOL teaches 613 students from grades 6 through 8, run under ALACHUA. By comparison, Florida's public schools average about 794 students each, so ABRAHAM LINCOLN MIDDLE SCHOOL sits 23% smaller than that benchmark.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of 60 schools operated by ALACHUA, a district that works with 28,255 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, ABRAHAM LINCOLN MIDDLE SCHOOL records that 55% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 24% White, 10% Asian, 7% multiracial, 4% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 19% Black, putting the school's mix visibly more Black than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 22.4:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 19.6:1 average. About 55% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

After controlling for student poverty, ABRAHAM LINCOLN MIDDLE SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 53.5%; this one delivers 54.6%.

In the surrounding community, Alachua County reports that the typical household earns roughly $61,949 per year, about 49% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. In all, Alachua County runs 68 public schools (combined enrollment of about 29,618 students), of which ABRAHAM LINCOLN MIDDLE SCHOOL is one.

Nearest neighbor: JOSEPH WILLIAMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, around 0.2 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts ABRAHAM LINCOLN MIDDLE SCHOOL at 4th of 5; the average score across the group is 59.0%.

The campus sits in a high-density setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at ABRAHAM LINCOLN MIDDLE SCHOOL has edged down 11%, going from 692 students in 2018 to 613 in 2025. Asian enrollment moved from 19% to 10% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 19.2:1 in 2018 to 22.4:1 today.

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