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LINCOLN SECONDARY
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Test scores
MCA 2024-25 . % Meets or Exceeds StandardsWhat this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 66 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 54 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Minnesota schools, those numbers are about 50 and 45.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 57% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 60% 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About LINCOLN SECONDARY
LINCOLN SECONDARY is one of the roomy 9-12 campuss in ESKO, Minnesota, one of the schools within ESKO PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT, with 603 students on its rolls from grades 7 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 63% larger than the state mean of about 371.
Within ESKO PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT, which oversees 2 schools and 1,287 students, LINCOLN SECONDARY is one campus in the system.
In terms of who attends, LINCOLN SECONDARY records that the student body is overwhelmingly White (91%). Other groups include 5% multiracial, 2% Hispanic. That composition is broadly in line with Carlton County as a whole.
In terms of school funding signals, On paper, LINCOLN SECONDARY has 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 18.6:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 16.3:1 average. About 10% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Carlton County (around 35%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.
After controlling for student poverty, LINCOLN SECONDARY performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 59.5%, the actual is 57.4%, a residual of -2.2 points.
In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Carlton County put median household income runs about $80,573, about 27% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. LINCOLN SECONDARY is one of 25 public schools in Carlton County (combined enrollment of about 6,201 students).
The closest other public school is WINTERQUIST ELEMENTARY, roughly 0.0 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around LINCOLN SECONDARY. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), LINCOLN SECONDARY ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 42.7%.
Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.
Trend over the last 7 years. LINCOLN SECONDARY's enrollment has ticked up 7% since 2018, when it stood at 562 (now 603).
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Carlton County at a glance
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