Lincoln Middle/ High School

As a rural-scale high school in Cambridge City, Indiana, Lincoln Middle/ High School instructs 306 students from grades 7 through 12, overseen by Western Wayne Schools. By comparison, Indiana's public schools average about 816 students each, so Lincoln Middle/ High School sits 63% smaller than that benchmark.

Western Wayne Schools comprises 2 schools with combined enrollment of 739 students; Lincoln Middle/ High School is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Lincoln Middle/ High School shows that nearly all students (92%) are White. The remainder looks like 4% Hispanic, 4% multiracial.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Lincoln Middle/ High School has 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 9.4:1. The state averages around 16.6:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 58% 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 Middle/ High School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 34.8%; this one delivers 27.5%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Wayne County indicate the typical household earns roughly $55,692 per year, 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 14%. Lincoln Middle/ High School is one of 23 public schools in Wayne County (combined enrollment of about 9,696 students).

Western Wayne Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Within ten miles, there are 8 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. On composite proficiency, Lincoln Middle/ High School comes 7th of 8 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 41.5%.

Geographically, the school is in a rural area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Lincoln Middle/ High School has stayed largely flat, going from 312 students in 2018 to 306 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 13.4:1 in 2018 to 9.4:1 today.

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