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What's the biggest difference between Lincoln Middle School and what you expected?
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Enrollment
712
Middle
DISTRICT 520 · STATE 502
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LINCOLN CONSOLIDATED SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 262157005856
Lincoln Middle School
8744 WHITTAKER RD, YPSILANTI, MI 48197 · (734) 484-7033 · Washtenaw County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL712 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 5% of Michigan public middle schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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 Michigan public middle schools
Student : Teacher
17.7:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.6:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
53%
380 students
DISTRICT 56% · STATE 55%
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 6 | 232 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 224 | 31% |
| Grade 8 | 256 | 36% |
Student demographics
66%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 66% · STATE 56% · 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 Middle School→Lincoln Senior High School
Based on grade levels within Lincoln Consolidated School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
M-STEP 2024-25 . % Advanced + ProficientEnglish Language Arts
28.8%
MI avg 47.7%
Math
16.3%
MI avg 44.8%
What this means: On the M-STEP, Michigan's statewide test, about 29 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 16 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Michigan schools, those numbers are about 48 and 45.
Source: M-STEP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of MI schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
28.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.6%
based on MI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-14.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 28% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 43% typical for Michigan schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Middle School
Lincoln Middle School's state test result (28.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lincoln Middle School this school | 712 | 53.4% | 28.0% |
| Adlai Stevenson Middle School WESTLAND | 768 | 56.6% | 20.6% |
| Grand Blanc Middle School West GRAND BLANC | 757 | 61.4% | 36.0% |
| Owen Intermediate School BELLEVILLE | 575 | 48.0% | 23.4% |
| McBride Middle School BELLEVILLE | 561 | 46.3% | 30.3% |
| Algonquin Middle School CLINTON TWP | 542 | 46.1% | 33.5% |
Matched among Michigan 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 Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Michigan | In Washtenaw County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 28.0% | #361 of 397 | #12 of 12 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 16.3% | #368 of 380 | #12 of 12 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 28.8% | #340 of 377 | #12 of 12 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 712 | #96 of 491 | #3 of 13 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.7:1 | #238 of 436 | #9 of 12 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.0% | #34 of 437 | #5 of 13 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 53.4% | #183 of 477 | #3 of 13 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.5% | #124 of 339 | #1 of 9 |
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
712
-75 (-10%) vs 2020
+54% since 1990-91, when it was 461
Student : Teacher
17.7:1
was 15.4:1
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 | 712 | 40.3 | 17.7:1 | 53% (380) |
| 2023-24 | 687 | 43.7 | 15.7:1 | 57% (389) |
| 2022-23 | 734 | 40.3 | 18.2:1 | 56% (409) |
| 2020-21 | 787 | 51 | 15.4:1 | 55% (433) |
| 2017-18 | 853 | 49.7 | 17.2:1 | 51% (435) |
| 2015-16 | 903 | 43 | 21.0:1 | 46% (411) |
| 2010-11 | 1,088 | 58 | 18.8:1 | 46% (496) |
| 2000-01 | 1,085 | 55 | 19.7:1 | 21% (230) |
| 1990-91 | 461 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lincoln Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 17% (853 to 712); teachers down 19% (49.7 to 40.3).
About Lincoln Middle School
Lincoln Middle School is a public mid-sized middle school in YPSILANTI, Michigan. The school covers grades 6 through 8 and reported 712 students in 2024-25. On average, middle schools in Michigan enroll around 502, and this school is 42% above that mark.
Lincoln Middle School is a school in Lincoln Consolidated School District. The district has 6 schools and 3,122 students.
White students make up 48% of enrollment at Lincoln Middle School, the largest share of any group. Other reported shares: 29% Black, 14% multiracial, and 7% Hispanic. That compares with about 69% White among all Washtenaw County residents. A diversity index of 66% means there is a 66% chance two randomly chosen students at Lincoln Middle School are from different groups.
Lincoln Middle School has a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.7:1, with 40.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average ratio among middle schools in Michigan is similar, at 17.5:1. The school has 53% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Washtenaw County is 34%.
On the allk12 Grade, Lincoln Middle School lands at D, ahead of 5% of Michigan public middle schools.
Lincoln Middle School falls short of its prediction by 14.6 points. The model expects 42.6% for a school with its free or reduced-price lunch share in Michigan; the school's rate is 28.0%.
In the wider Washtenaw County area, the median household earns about $89,180 a year, about 59% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. Across Washtenaw County, 104 public schools serve about 42,861 students.
LCS Virtual Academy is about 0.2 miles from Lincoln Middle School, the shortest distance to any other public school. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. By average proficiency, Lincoln Middle School is 4th among 6 schools close by.
Lincoln Middle School has an NCES locale of Rural: Fringe.
Enrollment was 712 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 787. Its ratio of students to teachers was 15.4:1 in 2020-21, and 17.7:1 in 2024-25.
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Washtenaw County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
369,822
Census ACS
Median income
$89,180
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
59%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
104
42,861 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Lincoln Consolidated School District
- Lincoln Senior High SchoolHigh · 810 students
- Brick Elementary SchoolElementary · 500 students
- Childs Elementary SchoolElementary · 493 students
- Bishop Elementary SchoolElementary · 486 students
- LCS Virtual AcademyCombined · 121 students
Other schools in YPSILANTI
- Lincoln Senior High SchoolHigh · 810 students
- South Arbor Charter AcademyElementary · 800 students
- Fortis AcademyElementary · 681 students
- South Pointe Scholars Charter AcademyElementary · 631 students
- Brick Elementary SchoolElementary · 500 students
- Childs Elementary SchoolElementary · 493 students
Other Lincoln Middle schools
32 other US public schools in 20 states are named Lincoln Middle. Lincoln Middle School is the 12th largest of the 33.
- Lincoln Middle SchoolWARREN, MI · 408 students
- Lincoln MiddleAlameda, CA · 971 students
- Lincoln MiddleSanta Monica, CA · 914 students
- LINCOLN MIDDLERIO RANCHO, NM · 805 students
- Lincoln Middle SchoolBerwyn, IL · 793 students
Nearby schools
- LCS Virtual Academy0.2 mi · 121
- Lincoln Senior High School0.2 mi · 810
- Bishop Elementary School0.3 mi · 486
- Brick Elementary School0.4 mi · 500
- Childs Elementary School0.8 mi · 493
- East Arbor Charter Academy2.0 mi · 483
Frequently asked questions
About Lincoln Middle SchoolHow large is Lincoln Middle School?
Lincoln Middle School enrolls approximately 712 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Lincoln Middle School serve?
Lincoln Middle School serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Lincoln Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Lincoln Middle School is approximately 17.7:1 (40 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Lincoln Middle School?
At Lincoln Middle School, the student body is approximately 48% White, 7% Hispanic, 29% Black, 2% Asian, 14% Two or more.
Is Lincoln Middle School public or private?
Lincoln Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Lincoln Consolidated School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.