Lincoln Jr/Sr High
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Test scores
KAP 2024-25 . % Meeting + ExceedingWhat this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 50 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 49 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Kansas schools, those numbers are about 45 and 39. Reading and writing scores are up about 15 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 22 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 34% typical for Kansas 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 Kansas's top nor bottom 10%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Lincoln Jr/Sr High
As a cozy senior high in Lincoln, Kansas, Lincoln Jr/Sr High works with 181 students from grades 6 through 12, part of Lincoln. Compared to the state average of about 410 students per school, that is 56% leaner than typical.
Lincoln runs 2 schools in total, collectively educating 336 students. Lincoln Jr/Sr High is one of those campuses.
Looking at the student body, Lincoln Jr/Sr High lists that the student body is overwhelmingly White (85%). Beyond that, the school records 9% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Lincoln County as a whole is about 93% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.
On the resource side, Lincoln Jr/Sr High shows 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.5:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 58% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.
With demographic context factored in, Lincoln Jr/Sr High sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 34.4%; this one delivers 41.3%.
In the area at large, Lincoln County reports that median household income runs about $57,500, about 26% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Across Lincoln County's 3 public schools (combined enrollment of about 480 students), Lincoln Jr/Sr High is one campus in the mix.
Nearest neighbor: Lincoln Elem, around 0.7 miles off. On composite proficiency, Lincoln Jr/Sr High comes 7th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 43.2%.
The school occupies an outlying site.
Over the past 7-year window. Lincoln Jr/Sr High's enrollment has edged up 15% since 2018, when it stood at 157 (now 181). The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 9.6:1 in 2018 to 11.5:1 today.
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