LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOL

LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOL is a secondary school of sprawling scale in YONKERS, New York, run under YONKERS CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT, works with 1,176 students in grades 9 through 12. By comparison, New York's public schools average about 668 students each, so LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOL sits 76% larger than that benchmark.

Across the 42 schools in YONKERS CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT (24,376 students total), LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOL records that 73% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Beyond that, the school shows 15% Black, 8% White, 3% Asian. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 27%.

On the resource side, The school reports having 69 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.0:1, putting LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOL higher than the state norm the norm. Around 88% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Westchester County (around 38%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

After controlling for student poverty, LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 42.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 43.0%.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Westchester County) logs that median household earnings sit near $118,976, 53% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOL is one of 255 public schools in Westchester County (combined enrollment of about 140,968 students).

Nearest neighbor: YONKERS MIDDLE SCHOOL, around 0.7 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOL ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 41.6%.

LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOL operates from a commuter-belt location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOL has remained close to its prior level, going from 1,148 students in 2018 to 1,176 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment ticked up from 66% to 73% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 15.3:1 in 2018 to 17.0:1 today.

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