Lincoln Middle School

As a middle-of-the-pack intermediate school in Indianapolis, Indiana, Lincoln Middle School teaches 736 students from grades 6 through 8, one of the schools within MSD Pike Township. By comparison, Indiana's public schools average about 594 students each, so Lincoln Middle School sits 24% larger than that benchmark.

Lincoln Middle School is one of 13 schools operated by MSD Pike Township, a district that teaches 10,674 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Lincoln Middle School shows that Black students make up the majority at 63%. Beyond that, the school logs 30% Hispanic, 3% White, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 27% Black, putting the school's mix visibly more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Lincoln Middle School has 57 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.0:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.6:1 average. Roughly 56% of students at Lincoln Middle School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Lincoln Middle School is in the bottom 10% of Indiana public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 36.0%; Lincoln Middle School posts 11.4%, -24.6 points below that line.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Marion County indicate median household income runs about $66,346, about 35% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Lincoln Middle School is one of 274 public schools in Marion County (combined enrollment of about 161,456 students).

Nearest neighbor: Pike High School, around 0.4 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Lincoln Middle School comes 6th of 6 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 20.7%.

Geographically, the school is in a city-core area.

Over the past 7-year window. Lincoln Middle School's enrollment has declined 18% since 2018, when it stood at 903 (now 736). Class-load math has pulled in: from 17.4:1 in 2018 to 13.0:1 in 2025.

Inside the community feed, the feed for Lincoln Middle School typically covers science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.