Enrollment
181
High
DISTRICT 168 · STATE 410
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LINCOLN·NCES 200879000487
Lincoln Jr/Sr High
701 East North, Lincoln, KS 67455 · (785) 524-4193 · Lincoln County
GRADES 06–12HIGH43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL181 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 94% of Kansas public high schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+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 Kansas public high schools
Student : Teacher
11.5:1
16 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.7:1 · STATE 11.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
58%
105 students
DISTRICT 58% · STATE 51%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 24 | 13% |
| Grade 7 | 27 | 15% |
| Grade 8 | 20 | 11% |
| Grade 9 | 25 | 14% |
| Grade 10 | 27 | 15% |
| Grade 11 | 32 | 18% |
| Grade 12 | 26 | 14% |
Student demographics
28%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 29% · STATE 58% · 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
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Lincoln. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
KAP 2024-25 . % Meeting + ExceedingEnglish Language Arts
50.0%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
48.9%
KS avg 38.8%
What 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.
KAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 50.0% | 48.9% |
| 2023-24 | 34.9% | 27.2% |
% Meeting + Exceeding, all students and all tested grades. Kansas set new KAP cut scores in spring 2025, so results from 2023-24 and earlier are not comparable with later years.
Source: KAP. 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
41.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.4%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.8pp
above demographic expectation
What 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%.
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 Jr/Sr High
Lincoln Jr/Sr High's state test result (41.3% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lincoln Jr/Sr High this school | 181 | 58.0% | 41.3% |
| Washington County High School Washington | 163 | 58.3% | 24.6% |
| Rock Hills Jr/Sr High School Mankato | 175 | 55.4% | 33.0% |
| Galena High Galena | 236 | 57.6% | 24.2% |
| Pleasanton High Pleasanton | 162 | 58.0% | 14.0% |
| Decatur Community Jr/Sr High Oberlin | 144 | 55.6% | 25.1% |
Matched among Kansas high 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 Jr/Sr High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 41.3% | #35 of 262 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 48.9% | #45 of 262 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 50.0% | #52 of 262 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 181 | #185 of 332 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 58.0% | #52 of 263 |
Ranked against other public high 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
181
+16 (+10%) vs 2020
-4% since 1990-91, when it was 189
Student : Teacher
11.5:1
was 12.7:1
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 | 181 | 15.7 | 11.5:1 | 58% (105) |
| 2023-24 | 191 | 14.4 | 13.3:1 | 54% (104) |
| 2022-23 | 175 | 13.5 | 13.0:1 | 59% (103) |
| 2020-21 | 165 | 13 | 12.7:1 | 58% (96) |
| 2017-18 | 157 | 16.4 | 9.6:1 | 55% (87) |
| 2015-16 | 156 | 17 | 9.2:1 | 56% (87) |
| 2010-11 | 174 | 14 | 12.4:1 | 49% (85) |
| 2000-01 | 193 | 16 | 12.1:1 | 29% (56) |
| 1990-91 | 189 | 16 | 11.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lincoln Jr/Sr High.
Since 2017-18: students up 15% (157 to 181); teachers down 4% (16.4 to 15.7).
About Lincoln Jr/Sr High
Lincoln Jr/Sr High sits in Lincoln, Kansas, and is classified as a high school. It had 181 students in 2024-25, spanning grades 6 through 12. That compares with an average of about 410 students for high schools in Kansas.
Besides Lincoln Jr/Sr High, Lincoln runs 1 other school. The district enrolls 336 students.
White students are 85% of those enrolled at Lincoln Jr/Sr High. The remaining shares are 9% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. Census estimates put the White share of Lincoln County's population at about 93%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 28%.
The school has 15.7 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 11.5 students per teacher. The ratio is within a point of the 11.9:1 average for high schools in Kansas. The school reported 58% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25.
Lincoln Jr/Sr High holds an A allk12 Grade, placing it above 94% of Kansas public high schools.
Compared with Kansas schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Lincoln Jr/Sr High's results are 6.8 points above predicted: 41.3% against 34.4%.
For the population of Lincoln County, the median household earns about $57,500 a year, about 26% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 8%. Lincoln Jr/Sr High shares Lincoln County with 2 other public schools.
Lincoln Elem is the nearest public school to Lincoln Jr/Sr High, about 0.7 miles away. The nearest schools with test data average 43.2%, higher than Lincoln Jr/Sr High's 41.3%.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Rural: Remote, meaning it is in rural territory far from an urban area.
The school's enrollment increased 10% from 2020-21 to 2024-25. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio dropped from 12.7:1 to 11.5:1.
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Lincoln County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
2,923
Census ACS
Median income
$57,500
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
26%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
3
480 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other Lincoln Junior/Senior High schools
One other US public school is named Lincoln Junior/Senior High. Lincoln Jr/Sr High is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Lincoln Jr/Sr High SchoolAlma Center, WI · 250 students
Nearby schools
- Lincoln Elem0.7 mi · 155
- Tescott Elem13.9 mi · 69
- Tescott Junior High/High School13.9 mi · 72
- Sylvan-Lucas Unified Jr. sr14.3 mi · 144
- Lucas/Sylvan Elementary Unified21.3 mi · 125
- Ellsworth High21.8 mi · 300
Frequently asked questions
About Lincoln Jr/Sr HighHow large is Lincoln Jr/Sr High?
Lincoln Jr/Sr High enrolls approximately 181 students in grades 06-12.
What grades does Lincoln Jr/Sr High serve?
Lincoln Jr/Sr High serves grades 06-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Lincoln Jr/Sr High?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Lincoln Jr/Sr High is approximately 11.5:1 (16 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Lincoln Jr/Sr High?
At Lincoln Jr/Sr High, the student body is approximately 85% White, 9% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Lincoln Jr/Sr High in?
Lincoln Jr/Sr High is part of Lincoln.
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