Lincoln Comm High School

Located at 1000 Railer Way, in Lincoln, Illinois, Lincoln Comm High School is a mid-tier high school that teaches 764 students (grades 9 through 12), run under Lincoln CHSD 404.

Operationally, Lincoln Comm High School answers to Lincoln CHSD 404, which sets policy, hires staff, and reports enrollment to the state.

Demographically, Lincoln Comm High School reports that 85% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school reports 7% multiracial, 5% Hispanic, 2% Black. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 58 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.1:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.8:1, putting Lincoln Comm High School tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 52% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Lincoln Comm High School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 41.4%, the actual is 37.6%, a residual of -3.7 points.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Logan County) records that median household income runs about $66,358, roughly 21% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Logan County runs 15 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,448 students), of which Lincoln Comm High School is one.

The closest other public school is Chester-East Lincoln Elem School, roughly 0.5 miles away. 7 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Lincoln Comm High School ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 47.7%.

The campus sits in a town-based setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 7%: 819 students in 2018 compared to 764 in 2025. Class-load math has pulled in: from 14.9:1 in 2018 to 13.1:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.