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Enrollment
997
High
DISTRICT 762 · STATE 501
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·KANSAS CITY 33·NCES 291640000844
LINCOLN COLLEGE PREP.
2111 WOODLAND, KANSAS CITY, MO 64108 · (816) 418-3000 · Jackson County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL997 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 98% of Missouri public high schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- A+Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Missouri public high schools
Student : Teacher
20.0:1
50 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.3:1 · STATE 12.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
997 students
DISTRICT 100% · STATE 54%
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 | 272 | 27% |
| Grade 10 | 268 | 27% |
| Grade 11 | 245 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 212 | 21% |
Student demographics
71%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 66% · STATE 52% · 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
MAP 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
84.6%
MO avg 44.9% . +13.2pp since 2021
Math
49.7%
MO avg 43.8% . +22.1pp since 2021
What this means: On the MAP, Missouri's statewide test, about 85 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 50 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Missouri schools, those numbers are about 45 and 44. Reading and writing scores are up about 13 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 22 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Advanced | Proficient | Basic | Below Basic |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Math | 20.8% | 28.9% | 33.2% | 16.9% |
Share of tested students at each MAP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
MAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 84.6% | 49.7% |
| 2023-24 | 77.4% | 36.5% |
| 2022-23 | 74.5% | 31.6% |
| 2021-22 | 71.4% | 27.6% |
% Proficient + Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: MAP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of MO schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
60.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
22.4%
based on MO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+37.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 60% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 22% typical for Missouri schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 38 points, placing it in Missouri's top 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 COLLEGE PREP.
LINCOLN COLLEGE PREP.'s state test result (60.1% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| LINCOLN COLLEGE PREP. this school | 997 | 100.0% | 60.1% |
| ROOSEVELT HIGH ST LOUIS | 734 | 100.0% | 6.0% |
| GATEWAY HIGH ST LOUIS | 860 | 100.0% | 10.0% |
| RUSKIN HIGH SCHOOL KANSAS CITY | 1,299 | 100.0% | 29.9% |
| MCKINLEY CLASS. LEADERSHIP AC. ST LOUIS | 610 | 100.0% | 77.4% |
| RITENOUR SR. HIGH ST LOUIS | 2,041 | 100.0% | 19.7% |
Matched among Missouri 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 COLLEGE PREP. ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Missouri | In Jackson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 60.1% | #28 of 443 | #2 of 34 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 49.7% | #121 of 453 ▲ 91 | #11 of 34 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 84.6% | #3 of 382 ▲ 4 | #1 of 30 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +17.7pp | #7 of 231 | #1 of 21 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 997 | #99 of 561 | #16 of 38 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.0:1 | #338 of 343 | #30 of 30 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.8% | #3 of 343 | #1 of 30 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #39 of 455 | #9 of 34 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.4% | #139 of 187 | #7 of 10 |
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
997
+23 (+2%) vs 2020
+14% since 1990-91, when it was 876
Student : Teacher
20.0:1
was 21.6:1
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 | 997 | 49.9 | 20.0:1 | 100% (997) |
| 2023-24 | 958 | 55.6 | 17.3:1 | 100% (958) |
| 2022-23 | 897 | 56.5 | 15.9:1 | 100% (894) |
| 2020-21 | 974 | 45 | 21.6:1 | 100% (971) |
| 2017-18 | 1,043 | 51.3 | 20.3:1 | 100% (1,043) |
| 2015-16 | 951 | 47 | 20.2:1 | 100% (948) |
| 2010-11 | 963 | 55 | 17.5:1 | 66% (635) |
| 2000-01 | 1,019 | 76 | 13.4:1 | 40% (404) |
| 1990-91 | 876 | 54 | 16.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for LINCOLN COLLEGE PREP..
Since 2017-18: students down 4% (1,043 to 997); teachers down 3% (51.3 to 49.9).
About LINCOLN COLLEGE PREP.
Among the schools in KANSAS CITY, Missouri, is LINCOLN COLLEGE PREP., a large high school. The school reports 997 students in grades 9 through 12. The typical figure for high schools in Missouri is about 501 students.
KANSAS CITY 33 runs LINCOLN COLLEGE PREP. along with 30 other schools, enrolling 15,079 students in total.
LINCOLN COLLEGE PREP.'s enrollment has no majority group, and Black students are the largest at 40%. The remaining students are 26% White, 24% Hispanic, 5% Asian, and 3% multiracial. Among people living in Jackson County, the Black share is about 22%. LINCOLN COLLEGE PREP. has a diversity index of 71%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Teachers at the school number 49.9 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 20.0:1. Among high schools in Missouri, the typical ratio is 12.2:1. The school's lunch program data list 100% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Jackson County is 60%.
allk12 grades LINCOLN COLLEGE PREP. an A+. The grade compares the school only with Missouri public high schools, because each state gives its own test.
Compared with Missouri schools that have similar shares of low-income students, LINCOLN COLLEGE PREP. does better than predicted by 37.7 points. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 60.1%; the prediction is 22.4%.
Jackson County census figures show that median household income is about $68,577, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 34% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. A total of 244 public schools operate in Jackson County, serving about 105,714 students.
The school nearest to LINCOLN COLLEGE PREP. is LINCOLN COLLEGE ACADEMY MIDDLE, at a distance of about 0.2 miles. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among the 8 closest schools with test data, this one included, LINCOLN COLLEGE PREP. ranks 2nd on average proficiency.
The NCES locale for LINCOLN COLLEGE PREP. is City: Large, which covers schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment in 2024-25 was 997, close to the 974 recorded in 2020-21. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio fell from 21.6:1 to 20.0:1.
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Jackson County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
719,976
Census ACS
Median income
$68,577
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
244
105,714 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in KANSAS CITY 33
- EAST HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,155 students
- M. L. KING ELEMENTARYElementary · 768 students
- NORTHEAST HIGHHigh · 732 students
- PASEO ACAD. OF PERFORMING ARTSHigh · 669 students
- NORTHEAST MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 607 students
- FOREIGN LANGUAGE ACADEMYElementary · 594 students
Other schools in KANSAS CITY
- STALEY HIGHHigh · 2,091 students
- PARK HILL HIGHHigh · 1,947 students
- OAK PARK HIGHHigh · 1,755 students
- NORTH KANSAS CITY HIGHHigh · 1,719 students
- RUSKIN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,299 students
- WINNETONKA HIGHHigh · 1,238 students
Nearby schools
- LINCOLN COLLEGE ACADEMY MIDDLE0.2 mi · 583
- WENDELL PHILLIPS ELEMENTARY0.5 mi · 324
- GUADALUPE CENTERS HIGH SCHOOL0.6 mi · 458
- KIPP ENDEAVOR ACADEMY0.6 mi · 665
- PHILLIS WHEATLEY ELEMENTARY0.8 mi · 386
- Jackson County Juvenile Ctr.1.0 mi · 24
Frequently asked questions
About LINCOLN COLLEGE PREP.What is the total enrollment at LINCOLN COLLEGE PREP.?
LINCOLN COLLEGE PREP. enrolls approximately 997 students in grades 09-12.
Is LINCOLN COLLEGE PREP. an elementary, middle, or high school?
LINCOLN COLLEGE PREP. is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many teachers does LINCOLN COLLEGE PREP. have?
LINCOLN COLLEGE PREP. employs 50 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 20.0:1.
What is the student diversity at LINCOLN COLLEGE PREP.?
Student demographics at LINCOLN COLLEGE PREP. are roughly 26% White, 24% Hispanic, 40% Black, 5% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is LINCOLN COLLEGE PREP. in?
LINCOLN COLLEGE PREP. is part of KANSAS CITY 33.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.