Lincoln Magnet School

Lincoln Magnet School, a small middle school in Springfield, Illinois, one of the schools within Springfield SD 186, teaches 300 students, covering grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 35% leaner than the state mean of about 462.

Within Springfield SD 186, which oversees 31 schools and 13,014 students, Lincoln Magnet School is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Lincoln Magnet School logs that 50% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 28% Black, 13% multiracial, 6% Asian, 3% Hispanic. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 78%.

On the resource side, Lincoln Magnet School reports 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.0:1, putting Lincoln Magnet School tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 38% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is south of Sangamon County's rate of about 48%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Lincoln Magnet School is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 49.8%; this one delivers 63.8%, a residual of +14.1 points.

Zooming out to the county, Sangamon County reports that the typical household earns roughly $75,357 per year, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Sangamon County's 77 public schools (combined enrollment of about 27,345 students), Lincoln Magnet School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Feitshans Elem Sch, roughly 0.6 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Lincoln Magnet School at 2nd of 9; the average score across the group is 25.8%.

The school occupies a city-core site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Lincoln Magnet School has shrank 4%, going from 314 students in 2018 to 300 in 2025. Class-load math has tightened: from 13.7:1 in 2018 to 12.0:1 in 2025.

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