Enrollment
158
High
STATE 371
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LINCOLN INTERNATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL·NCES 270029903733
Lincoln International High School
2520 MINNEHAHA AVE, MINNEAPOLIS, MN 55404 · (612) 872-8690 · Hennepin County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL158 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 25% of Minnesota public high schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+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 Minnesota public high schools
Student : Teacher
10.1:1
16 FTE teachers
STATE 16.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
158 students
STATE 48%
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 9 | 24 | 15% |
| Grade 10 | 46 | 29% |
| Grade 11 | 54 | 34% |
| Grade 12 | 34 | 22% |
Student demographics
51%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
STATE 60% · 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
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MCA 2024-25 . % Meets or Exceeds StandardsEnglish Language Arts
4.7%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
15.7%
MN avg 45.3%
What this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 5 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 Minnesota schools, those numbers are about 50 and 45.
Source: MCA. 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
10.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
11.3%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 11% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 11% typical for Minnesota 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 Minnesota'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 International High School
Lincoln International High School's state test result (10.7% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lincoln International High School this school | 158 | 100.0% | 10.7% |
| Venture Academy High School MINNEAPOLIS | 199 | 100.0% | 10.4% |
| St. Paul City High School SAINT PAUL | 152 | 88.8% | 9.3% |
| MTS HIGH SCHOOL MINNEAPOLIS | 158 | 93.0% | 11.8% |
| Columbia Heights Senior High COLUMBIA HEIGHTS | 1,141 | 72.2% | 23.5% |
| Brooklyn Center High School BROOKLYN CENTER | 539 | 79.0% | 13.0% |
Matched among Minnesota 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 International High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Minnesota | In Hennepin County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 10.7% | #391 of 397 | #42 of 45 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 15.7% | #344 of 401 | #32 of 47 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 4.7% | #396 of 397 | #44 of 45 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 158 | #371 of 764 | #43 of 100 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #1 of 444 | #1 of 51 |
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
158
+33 (+26%) vs 2020
+74% since 2010-11, when it was 91
Student : Teacher
10.1:1
was 9.6:1
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 | 158 | 15.6 | 10.1:1 | 100% (158) |
| 2023-24 | 165 | 13.2 | 12.5:1 | 100% (165) |
| 2022-23 | 115 | 12.9 | 8.9:1 | 97% (112) |
| 2020-21 | 125 | 13 | 9.6:1 | 98% (122) |
| 2017-18 | 132 | 14.4 | 9.2:1 | 98% (129) |
| 2015-16 | 144 | 11 | 13.1:1 | 98% (141) |
| 2010-11 | 91 | 10 | 9.1:1 | 97% (88) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lincoln International High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 20% (132 to 158); teachers up 9% (14.4 to 15.6).
About Lincoln International High School
Lincoln International High School is one of the public schools in MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota. It is a small high school. The latest federal count shows 158 students in grades 9 through 12. The average for high schools in Minnesota is about 371 students, so this school is 57% smaller than average.
In federal data, the district for Lincoln International High School is the school itself.
Hispanic students are the majority at Lincoln International High School, with 55% of enrollment. It is also 43% Black. Hennepin County's residents are about 8% Hispanic, 47 points below the school's share. Pick two students at random and there is a 51% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Lincoln International High School operates with 15.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 10.1:1. On average, high schools in Minnesota have 16.3:1, compared with 10.1:1 here. Lincoln International High School reports 100% of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals. The rate at public schools in Hennepin County averages 43%, lower than here.
allk12 grades Lincoln International High School a C. The grade compares the school only with Minnesota public high schools, because each state gives its own test.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate on state tests with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Lincoln International High School, the prediction is 11.3% and the result is 10.7%.
Across Hennepin County, the median household income is $97,653, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 54% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. Hennepin County is home to 496 public schools and about 177,509 public school students.
Nearest public school: AURORA CHARTER SCHOOL, about 0.1 miles away. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 14.5%; Lincoln International High School's is 10.7%, ranking 5th of 7.
Its NCES locale code is City: Large: the school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more. Charter status: Lincoln International High School is a public charter school.
Over 4 years, Lincoln International High School's enrollment climbed 26%, to 158.
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Hennepin County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,269,496
Census ACS
Median income
$97,653
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
54%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
496
177,509 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in MINNEAPOLIS
- Washburn HighHigh · 1,521 students
- South HighHigh · 1,257 students
- Southwest HighHigh · 1,195 students
- Roosevelt HighHigh · 1,148 students
- Andersen MiddleMiddle · 1,052 students
- Justice Page MiddleMiddle · 1,020 students
Nearby schools
- AURORA CHARTER SCHOOL0.1 mi · 239
- AURORA MIDDLE SCHOOL0.1 mi · 180
- Skyline Math & Science Academy OLL0.3 mi · 115
- Skyline Math and Science Academy0.3 mi · 145
- Minnesota Transitions Charter Elem0.3 mi · 85
- MTS HIGH SCHOOL0.4 mi · 158
Frequently asked questions
About Lincoln International High SchoolHow many students attend Lincoln International High School?
Lincoln International High School enrolls approximately 158 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Lincoln International High School serve?
Lincoln International High School serves grades 09-12.
How many teachers does Lincoln International High School have?
Lincoln International High School employs 16 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.1:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Lincoln International High School?
At Lincoln International High School, the student body is approximately 1% White, 55% Hispanic, 43% Black, 1% Asian.
Is Lincoln International High School public or private?
Lincoln International High School is a public K-12 school operated as a charter, overseen by Lincoln International High School.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.