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What's one thing LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOL gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
1,822
High
DISTRICT 1,025 · STATE 1,035
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LEON·NCES 120111001194
LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOL
3838 TROJAN TRL, TALLAHASSEE, FL 32311 · (850) 487-2110 · Leon County
GRADES 09–12HIGH12-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL1,822 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 31% of Florida public high schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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 high schools
Student : Teacher
26.6:1
68 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.4:1 · STATE 23.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
23%
420 students
DISTRICT 48% · STATE 50%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 469 | 26% |
| Grade 10 | 472 | 26% |
| Grade 11 | 476 | 26% |
| Grade 12 | 405 | 22% |
Student demographics
68%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 68% · 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
59.0%
FL avg 56.7% . +4.0pp since 2023
Math
38.0%
FL avg 58.9% . +1.0pp 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 38 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores are up about 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 1 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 59.0% | 38.0% |
| 2023-24 | 55.0% | 37.0% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of FL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
51.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
69.6%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-17.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 52% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 70% typical for Florida schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOL
LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (51.7% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOL this school | 1,822 | 23.1% | 51.7% |
| MANDARIN HIGH SCHOOL JACKSONVILLE | 2,343 | 22.3% | 64.5% |
| LEON HIGH SCHOOL TALLAHASSEE | 1,793 | 31.2% | 50.8% |
| WILLIAM T. DWYER HIGH SCHOOL WEST PALM BEACH | 2,163 | 31.9% | 59.3% |
| WESLEY CHAPEL HIGH SCHOOL WESLEY CHAPEL | 1,928 | 25.6% | 55.1% |
| ATLANTIC COAST HIGH SCHOOL JACKSONVILLE | 2,887 | 27.5% | 59.4% |
Matched among Florida high 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 LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Leon County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 51.7% | #296 of 555 | #4 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 38.0% | #312 of 549 ▼ 53 | #3 of 7 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 59.0% | #235 of 559 ▼ 8 | #5 of 7 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,822 | #207 of 830 | #2 of 9 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 26.6:1 | #507 of 575 | #7 of 7 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.7% | #90 of 594 | #1 of 7 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 23.1% | #536 of 630 | #6 of 8 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.0% | #114 of 289 | N/A |
Ranked against other public high 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
1,822
-32 (-2%) vs 2020
-4% since 1990-91, when it was 1,902
Student : Teacher
26.6:1
was 23.5:1
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 | 1,822 | 68.4 | 26.6:1 | 23% (420) |
| 2023-24 | 1,860 | 75.1 | 24.8:1 | 29% (533) |
| 2022-23 | 1,861 | 74.7 | 24.9:1 | 28% (530) |
| 2020-21 | 1,854 | 79 | 23.5:1 | 34% (627) |
| 2017-18 | 2,094 | 91 | 23.0:1 | 26% (538) |
| 2015-16 | 2,092 | 90 | 23.2:1 | 22% (457) |
| 2010-11 | 1,921 | 104 | 18.5:1 | 18% (355) |
| 2000-01 | 1,975 | 103 | 19.2:1 | 4% (88) |
| 1990-91 | 1,902 | 99 | 19.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOL.
About LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOL
LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOL is a high school located in TALLAHASSEE, Florida, in Leon County. The school covers grades 9 through 12 and reported 1,822 students in 2024-25. The school is 76% above the average for high schools in Florida.
A total of 51 schools make up LEON, with 31,579 students enrolled.
The student body at LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOL has no majority group. White students lead at 42%. Next come 36% Black, 10% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, and 5% Asian. The county population is about 55% White. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 68, compared with 70 nationally.
LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOL has a student-to-teacher ratio of 26.6:1, with 68.4 full-time-equivalent teachers. Compared with the 23.5:1 average for high schools in Florida, this school's ratio is higher. The school has 23% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Among public schools in Leon County, the average eligibility rate is 41%.
LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOL earns a C on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 31% of Florida public high schools.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOL is in the bottom 10% of Florida schools: 51.7% actual against 69.6% predicted.
For the population of Leon County, median household income comes to about $66,287, roughly 49% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Leon County's 63 public schools enroll about 35,246 students and include LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOL.
About 0.3 miles separate LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOL from the closest public school, APALACHEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. The five-mile area around LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOL holds at least 8 other public schools. LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOL ranks 4th of 7 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 51.7% against a local average of 52.9%.
In the federal locale system, LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOL is coded City: Mid-size, for schools inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
The student count changed little between 2020-21 (1,854) and 2024-25 (1,822). Its ratio of students to teachers was 23.5:1 in 2020-21, and 26.6:1 in 2024-25.
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Leon County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
297,542
Census ACS
Median income
$66,287
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
49%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
63
35,246 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in LEON
- LAWTON CHILES HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,881 students
- LEON HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,793 students
- JAMES RICKARDS HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,718 students
- AMOS P. GODBY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,388 students
- WILLIAM J MONTFORD III MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,016 students
- RAA MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 928 students
Other schools in TALLAHASSEE
- LAWTON CHILES HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,881 students
- FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOLCombined · 1,851 students
- LEON HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,793 students
- JAMES RICKARDS HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,718 students
- AMOS P. GODBY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,388 students
- FLORIDA SCHOLARS ACADEMYCombined · 1,024 students
Other Lincoln High schools
26 other US public schools in 21 states are named Lincoln High. LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOL is the 7th largest of the 27.
- Lincoln HighStockton, CA · 2,801 students
- Lincoln High SchoolPhiladelphia, PA · 2,472 students
- Lincoln High SchoolGahanna, OH · 2,468 students
- Lincoln High SchoolDes Moines, IA · 2,364 students
- LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOLLINCOLN, NE · 2,086 students
Nearby schools
- APALACHEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.3 mi · 482
- LEON COUNTY VIRTUAL SCHOOL FRANCHISE0.4 mi · 88
- J MICHAEL CONLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AT SOUTHWOOD1.7 mi · 693
- FLORIDA SCHOLARS ACADEMY1.7 mi · 1,024
- SWIFT CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOL1.8 mi · 793
- RENAISSANCE ACADEMY2.2 mi · 243
Frequently asked questions
About LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOLHow large is LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOL?
LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 1,822 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOL serve?
LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOL serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOL?
Approximately 26.6:1 students per teacher at LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOL.
How diverse is LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOL?
LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOL reports a student body of 42% White, 10% Hispanic, 36% Black, 5% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOL public or private?
LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by LEON.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.