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Which teacher or staff member at LINCOLN SENIOR HIGH deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
521
High
DISTRICT 272 · STATE 371
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·THIEF RIVER FALLS SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 273885001676
LINCOLN SENIOR HIGH
101 KNIGHT AVE S, THIEF RIVER FALLS, MN 56701 · (218) 681-7432 · Pennington County
GRADES 09–12HIGH33-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL521 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 22% of Minnesota public high schools
- C+Test 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 Minnesota public high schools
Student : Teacher
15.9:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.3:1 · STATE 16.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
33%
170 students
DISTRICT 50% · STATE 48%
Community
1
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 | 123 | 24% |
| Grade 10 | 141 | 27% |
| Grade 11 | 134 | 26% |
| Grade 12 | 123 | 24% |
Student demographics
30%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 33% · 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
Test scores
MCA 2024-25 . % Meets or Exceeds StandardsEnglish Language Arts
45.3%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
21.7%
MN avg 45.3%
What this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 22 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of MN schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
33.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.5%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-14.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 33% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 48% typical for Minnesota 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 SENIOR HIGH
LINCOLN SENIOR HIGH's state test result (33.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| LINCOLN SENIOR HIGH this school | 521 | 32.6% | 33.5% |
| Proctor Senior High PROCTOR | 540 | 33.1% | 49.6% |
| Lake Park Audubon High School LAKE PARK | 388 | 32.5% | 32.8% |
| RUSH CITY SECONDARY RUSH CITY | 391 | 30.7% | 39.0% |
| OSAKIS SECONDARY OSAKIS | 415 | 32.0% | 40.9% |
| Kennedy High School FERGUS FALLS | 714 | 30.1% | 55.2% |
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 SENIOR HIGH ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Minnesota |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 33.5% | #265 of 397 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 21.7% | #296 of 401 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 45.3% | #210 of 397 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 521 | #163 of 764 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.9:1 | #138 of 332 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 29.6% | #196 of 338 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 32.6% | #260 of 444 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.0% | #72 of 146 |
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
521
-67 (-11%) vs 2020
-26% since 1990-91, when it was 703
Student : Teacher
15.9:1
was 15.1:1
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 | 521 | 32.7 | 15.9:1 | 33% (170) |
| 2023-24 | 565 | 35.5 | 15.9:1 | 34% (192) |
| 2022-23 | 570 | 33.6 | 17.0:1 | 31% (178) |
| 2020-21 | 588 | 39 | 15.1:1 | 23% (135) |
| 2017-18 | 579 | 41.8 | 13.8:1 | 31% (181) |
| 2015-16 | 632 | 42 | 15.1:1 | 28% (177) |
| 2010-11 | 623 | 41 | 15.2:1 | 29% (183) |
| 2000-01 | 758 | 45 | 16.8:1 | 18% (139) |
| 1990-91 | 703 | 36 | 19.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for LINCOLN SENIOR HIGH.
Since 2017-18: students down 10% (579 to 521); teachers down 22% (41.8 to 32.7).
About LINCOLN SENIOR HIGH
Among the schools in THIEF RIVER FALLS, Minnesota, is LINCOLN SENIOR HIGH, a mid-sized high school. The school counted 521 students in 2024-25, covering grades 9 through 12. That puts enrollment 40% bigger than the 371-student average for high schools in Minnesota.
The district, THIEF RIVER FALLS SCHOOL DISTRICT, has 1,725 students enrolled across 4 schools.
Of every 100 students at LINCOLN SENIOR HIGH, about 83 are White. The school is also 8% multiracial and 6% Hispanic. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 30%.
The school's 32.7 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.9:1. The average ratio among high schools in Minnesota is similar, at 16.3:1. Income data for the school show 33% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
Among Minnesota public high schools, LINCOLN SENIOR HIGH outscored 22%, which works out to a C- on the allk12 Grade.
LINCOLN SENIOR HIGH trails its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results by 14.0 points (33.5% versus 47.5%), a bottom-10% result in Minnesota on BeatsExpectations.
Looking at the county, Pennington County, median household income comes to about $77,325, about 21% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. The county has 7 public schools and about 2,000 students.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, NORTHWEST AREA LEARNING CENTER, is about 0.2 miles. Other public schools within five miles: 3. Compared with its nearest neighbors, LINCOLN SENIOR HIGH ranks 6th of 7 on average proficiency.
The school is in a town far from an urbanized area, according to its NCES locale (Town: Remote).
The school's student count decreased 11% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years.
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Pennington County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
13,791
Census ACS
Median income
$77,325
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
21%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
7
2,000 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in THIEF RIVER FALLS SCHOOL DISTRICT
- CHALLENGER ELEMENTARYElementary · 727 students
- FRANKLIN MIDDLEMiddle · 454 students
- NORTHWEST AREA LEARNING CENTERHigh · 23 students
- Summer NW Area Learning CenterHigh
Other schools in THIEF RIVER FALLS
- CHALLENGER ELEMENTARYElementary · 727 students
- FRANKLIN MIDDLEMiddle · 454 students
- NORTHWEST AREA LEARNING CENTERHigh · 23 students
- Summer NW Area Learning CenterHigh
Other Lincoln Senior High schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Lincoln Senior High. LINCOLN SENIOR HIGH is the 3rd largest of the 3.
- Lincoln Senior High SchoolLincoln, RI · 973 students
- Lincoln Senior High SchoolYPSILANTI, MI · 810 students
Nearby schools
- NORTHWEST AREA LEARNING CENTER0.2 mi · 23
- FRANKLIN MIDDLE1.0 mi · 454
- CHALLENGER ELEMENTARY1.6 mi · 727
- VIKING ELEMENTARY12.6 mi · 77
- Red Lake County Central Elementary15.7 mi · 178
- J.A. HUGHES ELEMENTARY16.6 mi · 237
Frequently asked questions
About LINCOLN SENIOR HIGHWhat is the total enrollment at LINCOLN SENIOR HIGH?
LINCOLN SENIOR HIGH enrolls approximately 521 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does LINCOLN SENIOR HIGH serve?
LINCOLN SENIOR HIGH serves grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at LINCOLN SENIOR HIGH?
The student-to-teacher ratio at LINCOLN SENIOR HIGH is approximately 15.9:1 (33 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at LINCOLN SENIOR HIGH?
At LINCOLN SENIOR HIGH, the student body is approximately 83% White, 6% Hispanic, 0% Black, 1% Asian, 8% Two or more.
What district is LINCOLN SENIOR HIGH in?
LINCOLN SENIOR HIGH is part of THIEF RIVER FALLS SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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