Estherville Lincoln Central Middle School

Estherville Lincoln Central Middle School is one of the compact junior highs in Estherville, Iowa, one of the schools within Estherville Lincoln Central Comm School District, with 308 students on its rolls from grades 5 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 400 students per school, that is 23% leaner than typical.

Estherville Lincoln Central Comm School District comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 1,127 students; Estherville Lincoln Central Middle School is among them.

Demographically, Estherville Lincoln Central Middle School logs that the largest single group is White, at 64% of enrollment. The remainder looks like 33% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 87% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Estherville Lincoln Central Middle School logs 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.7:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.2:1 average. Around 56% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Estherville Lincoln Central Middle School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 64.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 67.0%.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Emmet County indicate the typical household earns roughly $63,730 per year, roughly 17% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. In all, Emmet County runs 4 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,297 students), of which Estherville Lincoln Central Middle School is one.

Estherville Lincoln Central High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Estherville Lincoln Central Middle School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Estherville Lincoln Central Middle School at 4th of 8; the average score across the group is 68.9%.

The school occupies a town-center site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 26%: 415 students in 2018 compared to 308 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 20% to 33% across the same window. Class-load math has tightened: from 14.0:1 in 2018 to 10.7:1 in 2025.

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