Enrollment
269
Middle
DISTRICT 460 · STATE 462
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LA SALLE ESD 122·NCES 172208002477
Lincoln Jr High School
1165 Saint Vincents Ave, La Salle, IL 61301 · (815) 223-0786 · LaSalle County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL269 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 10% of Illinois public middle schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats 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 Illinois public middle schools
Student : Teacher
11.7:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.6:1 · STATE 13.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
75%
202 students
DISTRICT 72% · STATE 56%
Community
0
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 5 | 4 | 1% |
| Grade 6 | 90 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 92 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 83 | 31% |
Student demographics
61%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 60% · STATE 69% · 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
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within La Salle ESD 122. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
27.4%
IL avg 51.0% . +18.2pp since 2023
Math
8.8%
IL avg 37.9% . +5.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 27 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 9 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Illinois schools, those numbers are about 51 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 18 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 27.4% | 8.8% |
| 2023-24 | 9.2% | 3.6% |
% Proficient (Levels 4-5), all students and all tested grades.
Source: IAR + ISA. 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
20.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
28.1%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 21% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 28% typical for Illinois 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 Illinois'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 Lincoln Jr High School
Lincoln Jr High School's state test result (20.8% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lincoln Jr High School this school | 269 | 75.1% | 20.8% |
| Central Junior High Kewanee | 235 | 74.0% | 40.5% |
| Rock Falls Middle School Rock Falls | 246 | 75.2% | 46.5% |
| Central Elementary School Kewanee | 353 | 72.8% | 31.5% |
| Momence Jr High School Momence | 327 | 71.3% | 31.9% |
| Bradley Central Middle School Bradley | 364 | 65.9% | 31.9% |
Matched among Illinois 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 Lincoln Jr High School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In LaSalle County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 20.8% | #517 of 578 | #9 of 9 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 8.8% | #601 of 640 ▲ 13 | #9 of 9 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 27.4% | #584 of 640 ▲ 50 | #9 of 9 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 269 | #486 of 691 | #6 of 9 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.7:1 | #148 of 558 | #3 of 7 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.6% | #150 of 560 | #1 of 7 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 75.1% | #80 of 581 | #1 of 9 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.3% | #240 of 440 | #4 of 7 |
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
269
-20 (-7%) vs 2020
+16% since 1990-91, when it was 232
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 | 269 | 23 | 11.7:1 | 75% (202) |
| 2023-24 | 262 | 20.7 | 12.7:1 | 73% (192) |
| 2022-23 | 258 | 18.6 | 13.9:1 | 72% (186) |
| 2020-21 | 289 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 300 | 18 | 16.6:1 | 77% (232) |
| 2015-16 | 289 | 18 | 16.1:1 | 80% (232) |
| 2010-11 | 257 | 19 | 13.5:1 | 74% (189) |
| 2000-01 | 155 | 13 | 11.9:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 232 | 15 | 15.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lincoln Jr High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 10% (300 to 269); teachers up 27% (18 to 23).
About Lincoln Jr High School
The public middle-grades school Lincoln Jr High School is located in La Salle, Illinois. The school enrolls 269 students, from grades 6 through 8. Average enrollment for middle schools in Illinois is about 462, so this school runs 42% smaller than that.
La Salle ESD 122 oversees Lincoln Jr High School and 1 other school, with 919 students in total.
Lincoln Jr High School's enrollment is 53% White. Enrollment also includes 32% Hispanic, 7% Black, and 7% multiracial. Among people living in LaSalle County, the White share is about 86%. Lincoln Jr High School has a diversity index of 61%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The count of teachers at Lincoln Jr High School is 23 full-time equivalents, for a ratio of 11.7:1. Among middle schools in Illinois, the typical ratio is 13.0:1. The school counts 202 students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, or 75%. For comparison, public schools in LaSalle County average 53%.
allk12 grades Lincoln Jr High School a D. The grade compares the school only with Illinois public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
Lincoln Jr High School is 7.4 points below its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests (20.8% versus 28.1%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Illinois.
LaSalle County has about 108,714 residents, and median household income is about $73,045, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 21%, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. The public schools of LaSalle County number 54 and enroll about 14,523.
Northwest Elementary School is the closest public school, about 0.6 miles away in a straight line. Lincoln Jr High School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Nearby schools with test data average 40.2% proficiency; Lincoln Jr High School posts 20.8%.
The federal government classifies Lincoln Jr High School's location as Town: Distant.
Federal counts put enrollment at 289 in 2020-21 and 269 in 2024-25, a 7% decrease.
Discussions about Lincoln Jr High School may include school safety, transportation, and start times. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
LaSalle County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
108,714
Census ACS
Median income
$73,045
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
21%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
54
14,523 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in La Salle ESD 122
- Northwest Elementary SchoolElementary · 650 students
Other schools in La Salle
- La Salle-Peru Twp High SchoolHigh · 1,167 students
- Northwest Elementary SchoolElementary · 650 students
- Dimmick Comm Cons SD 175Elementary · 153 students
Other Lincoln Junior High schools
8 other US public schools in 5 states are named Lincoln Junior High. Lincoln Jr High School is the 8th largest of the 9.
- Lincoln Jr High SchoolNaperville, IL · 774 students
- Lincoln Jr High SchoolSkokie, IL · 628 students
- Lincoln Jr High SchoolLincoln, IL · 321 students
- Lincoln Junior High SchoolDolton, IL · 168 students
- Lincoln Junior HighTaft, CA · 748 students
Nearby schools
- Northwest Elementary School0.6 mi · 650
- La Salle-Peru Twp High School0.7 mi · 1,167
- Northview Elementary School1.5 mi · 594
- Parkside Middle School2.2 mi · 372
- Lincoln Elementary School2.8 mi · 328
- Washington Elementary School3.5 mi · 116
Frequently asked questions
About Lincoln Jr High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Lincoln Jr High School?
Lincoln Jr High School enrolls approximately 269 students in grades 06-08.
Is Lincoln Jr High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Lincoln Jr High School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at Lincoln Jr High School?
Approximately 11.7:1 students per teacher at Lincoln Jr High School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Lincoln Jr High School?
At Lincoln Jr High School, the student body is approximately 53% White, 32% Hispanic, 7% Black, 0% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees Lincoln Jr High School?
Lincoln Jr High School is overseen by La Salle ESD 122 in LaSalle County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.