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Enrollment
613
Middle
DISTRICT 576 · STATE 794
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ALACHUA·NCES 120003000010
ABRAHAM LINCOLN MIDDLE SCHOOL
1001 SE 12TH ST, GAINESVILLE, FL 32641 · (352) 955-6711 · Alachua County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL613 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 55% of Florida public middle schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Florida public middle schools
Student : Teacher
22.4:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.8:1 · STATE 19.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
55%
338 students
DISTRICT 53% · STATE 50%
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 | 187 | 31% |
| Grade 7 | 206 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 220 | 36% |
Student demographics
63%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · STATE 70% · 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
FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveEnglish Language Arts
58.7%
FL avg 56.7% . +0.9pp since 2023
Math
51.0%
FL avg 58.9% . -10.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 59 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 51 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are down about 11 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 58.7% | 51.0% |
| 2023-24 | 57.8% | 61.6% |
% at Level 3 or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: FAST / B.E.S.T.. 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
54.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
53.5%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 55% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 54% typical for Florida 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 Florida'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 ABRAHAM LINCOLN MIDDLE SCHOOL
ABRAHAM LINCOLN MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (54.6% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABRAHAM LINCOLN MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 613 | 55.1% | 54.6% |
| FAIRVIEW MIDDLE SCHOOL TALLAHASSEE | 735 | 50.6% | 50.9% |
| HOWARD MIDDLE SCHOOL OCALA | 917 | 53.7% | 50.7% |
| ALFRED I. DUPONT MIDDLE SCHOOL JACKSONVILLE | 579 | 50.9% | 34.3% |
| TYRONE MIDDLE SCHOOL ST PETERSBURG | 799 | 57.7% | 57.0% |
| FORT CLARKE MIDDLE SCHOOL GAINESVILLE | 840 | 51.3% | 55.7% |
Matched among Florida 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 ABRAHAM LINCOLN MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Alachua County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 54.6% | #262 of 560 | #4 of 8 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 51.0% | #359 of 560 ▼ 155 | #5 of 8 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 58.7% | #211 of 560 ▼ 47 | #3 of 8 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 613 | #430 of 584 | #6 of 10 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.4:1 | #485 of 547 | #5 of 7 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 62.6% | #202 of 553 | #7 of 7 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 55.1% | #235 of 565 | #2 of 8 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.4% | #222 of 379 | N/A |
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
613
-130 (-17%) vs 2020
-40% since 1990-91, when it was 1,026
Student : Teacher
22.4:1
was 23.2:1
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 | 613 | 27.4 | 22.4:1 | 55% (338) |
| 2023-24 | 697 | 28.4 | 24.5:1 | 50% (351) |
| 2022-23 | 709 | 26.6 | 26.6:1 | 55% (387) |
| 2020-21 | 743 | 32 | 23.2:1 | 51% (378) |
| 2017-18 | 692 | 36 | 19.2:1 | 54% (375) |
| 2015-16 | 723 | 38 | 19.0:1 | 43% (312) |
| 2010-11 | 724 | 41 | 17.7:1 | 49% (355) |
| 2000-01 | 1,024 | 57 | 18.0:1 | 50% (515) |
| 1990-91 | 1,026 | 50 | 20.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for ABRAHAM LINCOLN MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About ABRAHAM LINCOLN MIDDLE SCHOOL
ABRAHAM LINCOLN MIDDLE SCHOOL is a low-enrollment middle-grades school in Florida, with an address in GAINESVILLE. Enrollment stands at 613 students, covering grades 6 through 8. That puts enrollment 23% below the 794-student average for middle schools in Florida.
In ALACHUA, 60 schools enroll a combined 28,255 students.
About 55% of the student body at ABRAHAM LINCOLN MIDDLE SCHOOL is Black. Other students are 24% White, 10% Asian, 7% multiracial, and 4% Hispanic. By comparison, Alachua County residents are about 19% Black. A diversity index of 63% means there is a 63% chance two randomly chosen students at ABRAHAM LINCOLN MIDDLE SCHOOL are from different groups.
The student-to-teacher ratio at ABRAHAM LINCOLN MIDDLE SCHOOL is 22.4:1, based on 27.4 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for middle schools in Florida, 19.6:1, is lower. ABRAHAM LINCOLN MIDDLE SCHOOL counts 55% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN MIDDLE SCHOOL holds a B allk12 Grade, placing it above 55% of Florida public middle schools.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for ABRAHAM LINCOLN MIDDLE SCHOOL is +1.1 points: 54.6% actual, 53.5% predicted.
American Community Survey estimates for Alachua County show that the median household earns about $61,949 a year, about 49% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 11%. Across Alachua County, 68 public schools serve about 29,618 students.
About 0.2 miles separate ABRAHAM LINCOLN MIDDLE SCHOOL from the closest public school, JOSEPH WILLIAMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. ABRAHAM LINCOLN MIDDLE SCHOOL is 4th of 5 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is City: Mid-size: inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has fallen 17%, from 743 to 613.
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Alachua County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
285,492
Census ACS
Median income
$61,949
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
49%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
68
29,618 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in ALACHUA
- F. W. BUCHHOLZ HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,416 students
- GAINESVILLE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,825 students
- EASTSIDE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,291 students
- SANTA FE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,132 students
- KANAPAHA MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,014 students
- OAK VIEW MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 962 students
Other schools in GAINESVILLE
- F. W. BUCHHOLZ HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,416 students
- GAINESVILLE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,825 students
- P.K. YONGE DEVELOPMENTAL RESEARCH SCHOOLCombined · 1,363 students
- EASTSIDE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,291 students
- KANAPAHA MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,014 students
- WESTWOOD MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 854 students
Other Abraham Lincoln Middle schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Abraham Lincoln Middle. ABRAHAM LINCOLN MIDDLE SCHOOL is the 3rd largest of the 3.
- Abraham Lincoln MiddleSelma, CA · 892 students
- Abraham Lincoln Middle SchoolRockford, IL · 736 students
Nearby schools
- JOSEPH WILLIAMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.2 mi · 398
- PACE0.5 mi · 51
- CARING & SHARING LEARNING SCHOOL0.7 mi · 369
- HOSPITAL HOMEBOUND0.7 mi · 29
- EARLY LEARNING ACADEMY AT DUVAL1.4 mi · 117
- P.K. YONGE DEVELOPMENTAL RESEARCH SCHOOL1.6 mi · 1,363
Frequently asked questions
About ABRAHAM LINCOLN MIDDLE SCHOOLHow many students attend ABRAHAM LINCOLN MIDDLE SCHOOL?
ABRAHAM LINCOLN MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 613 students in grades 06-08.
Is ABRAHAM LINCOLN MIDDLE SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
ABRAHAM LINCOLN MIDDLE SCHOOL is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does ABRAHAM LINCOLN MIDDLE SCHOOL have?
ABRAHAM LINCOLN MIDDLE SCHOOL employs 27 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 22.4:1.
What is the student diversity at ABRAHAM LINCOLN MIDDLE SCHOOL?
Student demographics at ABRAHAM LINCOLN MIDDLE SCHOOL are roughly 24% White, 4% Hispanic, 55% Black, 10% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is ABRAHAM LINCOLN MIDDLE SCHOOL public or private?
ABRAHAM LINCOLN MIDDLE SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by ALACHUA.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.