Lincoln Middle School

Lincoln Middle School is a large middle school in Edwardsville, Illinois, operated by Edwardsville CUSD 7. The school educates 736 students in grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 59% larger than the state mean of about 462.

Within Edwardsville CUSD 7, which oversees 13 schools and 7,060 students, Lincoln Middle School is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Lincoln Middle School shows that the largest single group is White, at 75% of enrollment; the rest looks like 9% Black, 8% multiracial, 6% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 83% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Lincoln Middle School reports 55 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.4:1. The state averages about 13.0:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 26% of students at Lincoln Middle School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Madison County (around 46%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Lincoln Middle School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 56.7%; this one delivers 47.8%.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Madison County indicate median household earnings sit near $75,793, about 31% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Lincoln Middle School is one of 84 public schools in Madison County (combined enrollment of about 35,253 students).

Woodland Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Lincoln Middle School. On composite proficiency, Lincoln Middle School comes 5th of 5 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 56.8%.

Lincoln Middle School operates from a bedroom-community location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Lincoln Middle School's enrollment has shrank 5% since 2018, when it stood at 771 (now 736). White enrollment moved from 80% to 75% across the same window. Class-load math has tightened: from 17.2:1 in 2018 to 13.4:1 in 2025.

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