Abraham Lincoln High School

Abraham Lincoln High School, a large secondary school in Council Bluffs, Iowa, one of the schools within Council Bluffs Comm School District, educates 1,333 students, covering grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 185% above the state mean of about 468.

Council Bluffs Comm School District comprises 15 schools with combined enrollment of 8,299 students; Abraham Lincoln High School is among them.

In terms of who attends, Abraham Lincoln High School logs that 77% of the student body identifies as White; the rest breaks down as 14% Hispanic, 4% Black, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Pottawattamie County as a whole is about 88% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Abraham Lincoln High School reports 87 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.3:1 average. Roughly 46% of students at Abraham Lincoln High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Abraham Lincoln High School is in the bottom 10% of Iowa public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 68.9%; Abraham Lincoln High School posts 52.6%, -16.3 points below that line.

In the broader community, Pottawattamie County reports that median household earnings sit near $73,602, roughly 24% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Abraham Lincoln High School is one of 35 public schools in Pottawattamie County (combined enrollment of about 15,270 students).

Nearest neighbor: College View Elementary, around 1.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Abraham Lincoln High School at 8th of 8; the average score across the group is 67.3%.

Abraham Lincoln High School operates from a bedroom-community location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count remained close to its prior level: 1,334 students in 2018 compared to 1,333 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 81% to 77% across the same window.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.