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Enrollment
485
Middle
DISTRICT 474 · STATE 400
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MASON CITY COMM SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 191878002115
Lincoln Intermediate
1625 S. Pennsylvania Ave, Mason City, IA 50401 · (641) 421-4423 · Cerro Gordo County
GRADES 05–06MIDDLE33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL485 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 23% of Iowa public middle schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Iowa public middle schools
Student : Teacher
13.0:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.4:1 · STATE 15.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
53%
258 students
DISTRICT 49% · STATE 41%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 5 | 238 | 49% |
| Grade 6 | 247 | 51% |
Student demographics
49%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 50% · STATE 48% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Lincoln Intermediate→John Adams Middle School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Mason City Comm School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ISASP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
67.6%
IA avg 73.6% . -1.2pp since 2023
Math
68.4%
IA avg 70.9% . +1.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the ISASP, Iowa's statewide test, about 68 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 68 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Iowa schools, those numbers are about 74 and 71. Reading and writing scores are down about 1 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
ISASP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 67.6% | 68.4% |
| 2023-24 | 68.8% | 66.7% |
% Proficient, all students and all tested grades.
Source: ISASP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
65.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
65.3%
based on IA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 66% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 65% typical for Iowa schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Iowa's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Lincoln Intermediate
Lincoln Intermediate's state test result (65.6% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lincoln Intermediate this school | 485 | 53.2% | 65.6% |
| John Adams Middle School Mason City | 463 | 49.0% | 65.7% |
| Charles City Middle School Charles City | 386 | 52.1% | 68.2% |
| Clinton Middle School Clinton | 745 | 55.3% | 64.2% |
| Fort Dodge Middle School Fort Dodge | 765 | 55.3% | 61.1% |
| Oelwein Middle School Oelwein | 350 | 52.6% | 53.9% |
Matched among Iowa middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Lincoln Intermediate ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Iowa |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 65.6% | #179 of 224 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 68.4% | #171 of 224 ▼ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 67.6% | #184 of 224 ▼ 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 485 | #73 of 246 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.0:1 | #39 of 180 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 49.1% | #64 of 180 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 53.2% | #53 of 237 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -20.0% | #22 of 103 |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
485
-25 (-5%) vs 2020
-18% since 2010-11, when it was 592
Student : Teacher
13.0:1
was 11.3:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 485 | 37.2 | 13.0:1 | 53% (258) |
| 2023-24 | 488 | 36.1 | 13.5:1 | 58% (285) |
| 2022-23 | 468 | 37.9 | 12.3:1 | 59% (278) |
| 2020-21 | 510 | 45 | 11.3:1 | 59% (301) |
| 2017-18 | 606 | 43 | 14.1:1 | 48% (293) |
| 2015-16 | 560 | 39 | 14.4:1 | 56% (313) |
| 2010-11 | 592 | 44 | 13.4:1 | 51% (304) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lincoln Intermediate.
Since 2017-18: students down 20% (606 to 485); teachers down 13% (43 to 37.2).
About Lincoln Intermediate
Lincoln Intermediate is a medium-sized middle school in Iowa, located in Mason City. The school counts 485 students across grades 5 through 6. The typical figure for middle schools in Iowa is about 400 students.
Lincoln Intermediate is one of 9 schools in Mason City Comm School District, which enrolls 3,406 students in total.
Lincoln Intermediate is 70% White by enrollment. Smaller groups are 10% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 6% Pacific Islander, and 5% Black. County-wide, 90% of Cerro Gordo County residents are White. Lincoln Intermediate's diversity index is 49%, against a US figure of 70%.
Federal records show a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.0:1 at Lincoln Intermediate, with 37.2 full-time-equivalent teachers. On average, middle schools in Iowa have 15.2:1, compared with 13.0:1 here. The count of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch equals 53% of enrollment. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Cerro Gordo County is 43%.
Measured against Iowa public middle schools, Lincoln Intermediate receives a C-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Test results at Lincoln Intermediate are within a point of what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (65.6% actual, 65.3% predicted).
Cerro Gordo County has these Census figures: the median household income is $68,189, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 24%, and about 6% of people live in poverty. In all, Cerro Gordo County has 13 public schools and roughly 5,248 students.
The nearest public school is Roosevelt Elementary School, at about 0.1 miles. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Lincoln Intermediate comes in 5th of 7 nearby schools on average proficiency.
Lincoln Intermediate is in a town far from an urbanized area, a location NCES labels Town: Remote.
Enrollment has fallen by 25 students since 2020-21, to 485. Students per teacher rose from 11.3 in 2020-21 to 13.0 in 2024-25.
Conversations here can range across enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
Cerro Gordo County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
42,632
Census ACS
Median income
$68,189
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
24%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
13
5,248 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Mason City Comm School District
- Mason City High SchoolHigh · 891 students
- John Adams Middle SchoolMiddle · 463 students
- Harding Elementary SchoolElementary · 387 students
- Hoover Elementary SchoolElementary · 361 students
- Roosevelt Elementary SchoolElementary · 348 students
- Jefferson Elementary SchoolElementary · 292 students
Other schools in Mason City
- Mason City High SchoolHigh · 891 students
- John Adams Middle SchoolMiddle · 463 students
- Harding Elementary SchoolElementary · 387 students
- Hoover Elementary SchoolElementary · 361 students
- Roosevelt Elementary SchoolElementary · 348 students
- Jefferson Elementary SchoolElementary · 292 students
Other Lincoln Intermediate schools
One other US public school is named Lincoln Intermediate. Lincoln Intermediate is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- LINCOLN INTERMEDIATEFARMINGTON, MO · 521 students
Nearby schools
- Roosevelt Elementary School0.1 mi · 348
- Jefferson Elementary School1.5 mi · 292
- John Adams Middle School1.8 mi · 463
- Mason City High School1.8 mi · 891
- Mason City Virtual Academy1.9 mi · 88
- Alternative School1.9 mi · 91
Frequently asked questions
About Lincoln IntermediateHow many students attend Lincoln Intermediate?
Lincoln Intermediate enrolls approximately 485 students in grades 05-06.
Is Lincoln Intermediate an elementary, middle, or high school?
Lincoln Intermediate is a middle school covering grades 05-06.
How many teachers does Lincoln Intermediate have?
Lincoln Intermediate employs 37 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.0:1.
What is the student diversity at Lincoln Intermediate?
Student demographics at Lincoln Intermediate are roughly 70% White, 10% Hispanic, 5% Black, 1% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Lincoln Intermediate in?
Lincoln Intermediate is part of Mason City Comm School District.
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