Abraham Lincoln School

Located at 45 Forest Avenue, in Bangor, Maine, Abraham Lincoln School is a cozy elementary-level community that works with 184 students (grades pre-K through 3), run under Bangor Public Schools.

Within Bangor Public Schools, which oversees 10 schools and 3,436 students, Abraham Lincoln School is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Abraham Lincoln School reports that White students make up the majority at 76%. The remainder breaks down as 10% Black, 7% Asian, 5% Hispanic. By comparison, Penobscot County as a whole is about 92% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Abraham Lincoln School has 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.2:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 59% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Penobscot County runs at roughly 48%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Penobscot County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $66,356 per year, roughly 30% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. In all, Penobscot County runs 69 public schools (combined enrollment of about 18,646 students), of which Abraham Lincoln School is one.

The closest other public school is William S. Cohen School, roughly 0.5 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in an inner-city setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 12%: 210 students in 2018 compared to 184 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share edged down from 86% to 76%.

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