Lincoln Jr High School

Lincoln Jr High School is a mid-sized junior high in Skokie, Illinois, overseen by Skokie SD 69. The school serves 628 students in grades 6 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 462 students per school, that is 36% larger than typical.

Across the 3 schools in Skokie SD 69 (1,842 students total), Lincoln Jr High School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, Lincoln Jr High School logs that the most-represented group is Asian (35%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest consists of 26% White, 18% Hispanic, 12% Black, 8% multiracial. That is considerably more Asian than the county at large, where the share is closer to 8%.

In terms of school funding signals, The school reports having 54 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.7:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.0:1 average. Around 62% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

After controlling for student poverty, Lincoln Jr High School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 35.6%, the actual is 37.9%, a residual of +2.4 points.

Zooming out to the county, Cook County reports that the typical household earns roughly $83,498 per year, roughly 43% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Lincoln Jr High School is one of 1406 public schools in Cook County (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students).

The closest other public school is Madison Elem School, roughly 0.6 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Lincoln Jr High School comes 6th of 6 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 55.0%.

Lincoln Jr High School operates from a high-density location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count increased 17%: 538 students in 2018 compared to 628 in 2025. The White share of enrollment edged down from 36% to 26% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 13.3:1 in 2018 to 11.7:1 today.

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