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Enrollment
767
High
DISTRICT 765 · STATE 929
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JERSEY CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 340783002776
Lincoln High School
60 CRESCENT AVE, JERSEY CITY, NJ 07304 · (201) 915-6700 · Hudson County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL767 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 10% of New Jersey public high schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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 New Jersey public high schools
Student : Teacher
12.7:1
61 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.5:1 · STATE 12.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
76%
580 students
DISTRICT 69% · STATE 41%
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 | 295 | 38% |
| Grade 10 | 173 | 23% |
| Grade 11 | 115 | 15% |
| Grade 12 | 184 | 24% |
Student demographics
58%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 74% · STATE 71% · 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
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
19.2%
NJ avg 53.1% . -2.2pp since 2023
Math
4.2%
NJ avg 41.6% . +0.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 19 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 4 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Jersey schools, those numbers are about 53 and 42. Reading and writing scores are down about 2 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 19.2% | 4.2% |
| 2023-24 | 21.4% | 3.4% |
% Meeting or Exceeding Expectations, all students and all tested grades.
Source: NJSLA. 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
11.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
24.8%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-13.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 11% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 25% typical for New Jersey 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 New Jersey'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 High School
Lincoln High School's state test result (11.4% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lincoln High School this school | 767 | 75.6% | 11.4% |
| Henry Snyder High School JERSEY CITY | 729 | 78.1% | 11.0% |
| Central High School NEWARK | 1,051 | 74.5% | 6.3% |
| Hillside High School HILLSIDE | 911 | 66.5% | 16.7% |
| Malcolm X Shabazz High School NEWARK | 531 | 70.4% | 9.3% |
| Essex County Donald M. Payne Sr. School of Technology NEWARK | 1,230 | 73.4% | 43.0% |
Matched among New Jersey 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 High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Hudson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 11.4% | #368 of 397 | #20 of 21 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 4.2% | #375 of 400 ▲ 2 | #20 of 21 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 19.2% | #353 of 395 ▲ 19 | #20 of 21 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 767 | #238 of 442 | #11 of 22 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.7:1 | #225 of 388 | #10 of 19 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 58.0% | #156 of 389 | #12 of 20 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 75.6% | #43 of 405 | #6 of 22 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +16.4% | #55 of 173 | #3 of 12 |
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
767
-113 (-13%) vs 2020
-33% since 1990-91, when it was 1,139
Student : Teacher
12.7:1
was 15.7:1
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 | 767 | 60.5 | 12.7:1 | 76% (580) |
| 2023-24 | 877 | 63 | 13.9:1 | 60% (526) |
| 2022-23 | 942 | 60.5 | 15.6:1 | 61% (579) |
| 2020-21 | 880 | 56 | 15.7:1 | 64% (563) |
| 2017-18 | 659 | 75 | 8.8:1 | 70% (461) |
| 2015-16 | 850 | 77 | 11.0:1 | 71% (601) |
| 2010-11 | 970 | 78 | 12.4:1 | 65% (628) |
| 2000-01 | 1,259 | 96 | 13.1:1 | 43% (541) |
| 1990-91 | 1,139 | 91 | 12.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lincoln High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 16% (659 to 767); teachers down 19% (75 to 60.5).
About Lincoln High School
Lincoln High School is a small high school found in JERSEY CITY, New Jersey. It educates 767 students in grades 9 through 12.
Jersey City Public Schools oversees Lincoln High School and 38 other schools, with 24,151 students in total.
Lincoln High School is 56% Black by enrollment. Other students are 32% Hispanic, 6% White, and 4% Asian. By comparison, Hudson County residents are about 12% Black. The school's diversity index is 58%, meaning two students picked at random have a 58% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Federal data list 60.5 full-time-equivalent teachers at Lincoln High School in 2024-25, for a ratio of 12.7:1. For comparison, high schools in New Jersey average 12.7:1. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 76%. For comparison, public schools in Hudson County average 68%.
Measured against New Jersey public high schools, Lincoln High School receives a D. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate on state tests with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Lincoln High School, the prediction is 24.8% and the result is 11.4%.
County data help place the school in context: in Hudson County, the median household income is $91,795, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 49%, and about 11% of people live in poverty. In all, Hudson County has 130 public schools and roughly 86,216 students.
Nearest public school: Julia A. Barnes School, less than a tenth of a mile away. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. On average proficiency, Lincoln High School is 7th of 8 nearby schools with test data.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is City: Large: inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment has fallen by 113 students since 2020-21, to 767. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio fell to 12.7:1, from 15.7:1.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news at Lincoln High School. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Hudson County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
718,323
Census ACS
Median income
$91,795
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
49%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
130
86,216 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Jersey City Public Schools
- William L Dickinson High SchoolHigh · 1,786 students
- James J Ferris High SchoolHigh · 1,364 students
- Cornelia F. Bradford SchoolElementary · 1,082 students
- Joseph H. Brensinger SchoolElementary · 926 students
- Christa McAuliffe SchoolElementary · 906 students
- Franklin L. Williams SchoolMiddle · 906 students
Other schools in JERSEY CITY
- William L Dickinson High SchoolHigh · 1,786 students
- BelovED Community Charter SchoolCombined · 1,573 students
- James J Ferris High SchoolHigh · 1,364 students
- Empowerment Academy Charter SchoolCombined · 1,272 students
- Cornelia F. Bradford SchoolElementary · 1,082 students
- Joseph H. Brensinger SchoolElementary · 926 students
Other Lincoln High schools
26 other US public schools in 21 states are named Lincoln High. Lincoln High School is the 16th largest of the 27.
- Lincoln HighStockton, CA · 2,801 students
- Lincoln High SchoolPhiladelphia, PA · 2,472 students
- Lincoln High SchoolGahanna, OH · 2,468 students
- Lincoln High SchoolDes Moines, IA · 2,364 students
- LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOLLINCOLN, NE · 2,086 students
Nearby schools
- Julia A. Barnes School0.1 mi · 433
- Joseph H. Brensinger School0.3 mi · 926
- Dr Lena Edwards Academic Charter School0.3 mi · 383
- Ollie Culbreth Jr. School0.4 mi · 335
- Regional Day School0.4 mi · 67
- Learning Community Charter School0.5 mi · 634
Frequently asked questions
About Lincoln High SchoolHow large is Lincoln High School?
Lincoln High School enrolls approximately 767 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Lincoln High School serve?
Lincoln High School serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many teachers does Lincoln High School have?
Lincoln High School employs 61 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.7:1.
How diverse is Lincoln High School?
Lincoln High School reports a student body of 6% White, 32% Hispanic, 56% Black, 4% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is Lincoln High School in?
Lincoln High School is part of Jersey City Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.