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Enrollment
455
Middle
DISTRICT 300 · STATE 494
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SOUTH LANE SD 45J3·NCES 411158000614
Lincoln Middle School
1565 S 4th St, Cottage Grove, OR 97424 · (541) 942-3316 · Lane County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL455 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 13% of Oregon public middle 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 Oregon public middle schools
Student : Teacher
17.1:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.3:1 · STATE 19.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
64%
289 students
DISTRICT 67% · STATE 76%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 133 | 29% |
| Grade 7 | 160 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 162 | 36% |
Student demographics
41%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 37% · STATE 59% · 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
School pathway
Based on grade levels within South Lane SD 45J3. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
OSAS 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
26.9%
OR avg 43.0% . -9.7pp since 2023
Math
16.0%
OR avg 31.8% . -2.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the OSAS, Oregon's statewide test, about 27 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 16 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Oregon schools, those numbers are about 43 and 32. Reading and writing scores are down about 10 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
OSAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 26.9% | 16.0% |
| 2023-24 | 36.6% | 18.0% |
% Proficient, all students and all tested grades.
Source: OSAS. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of OR schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
21.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
37.9%
based on OR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-16.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 22% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 38% typical for Oregon 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 Middle School
Lincoln Middle School's state test result (21.9% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lincoln Middle School this school | 455 | 63.5% | 21.9% |
| Astoria Middle School Astoria | 454 | 65.9% | 28.3% |
| Cedar Ridge Middle School Sandy | 471 | 60.5% | 38.4% |
| Boring Middle School Boring | 427 | 60.0% | 41.2% |
| Thurston Middle School Springfield | 524 | 64.7% | 37.7% |
| Madison Middle School Eugene | 398 | 64.3% | 34.3% |
Matched among Oregon middle 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 Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Oregon | In Lane County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 21.9% | #156 of 190 | #16 of 19 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 16.0% | #167 of 200 ▼ 20 | #16 of 19 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 26.9% | #174 of 201 ▼ 55 | #19 of 19 ▼ 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 455 | #114 of 208 | #7 of 20 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.1:1 | #58 of 180 | #8 of 19 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 41.4% | #139 of 180 | #13 of 19 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 63.5% | #135 of 194 | #19 of 19 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.8% | #32 of 141 | #4 of 16 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
455
-40 (-8%) vs 2020
-37% since 1990-91, when it was 726
Student : Teacher
17.1:1
was 19.8:1
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 | 455 | 26.6 | 17.1:1 | 64% (289) |
| 2023-24 | 491 | 23.1 | 21.3:1 | 66% (322) |
| 2022-23 | 451 | 30.6 | 14.7:1 | 64% (289) |
| 2020-21 | 495 | 25 | 19.8:1 | 53% (260) |
| 2017-18 | 560 | 27.6 | 20.3:1 | 64% (359) |
| 2015-16 | 520 | 26 | 20.0:1 | 64% (335) |
| 2010-11 | 583 | 27 | 21.6:1 | 70% (409) |
| 2000-01 | 581 | 27 | 21.5:1 | 55% (318) |
| 1990-91 | 726 | 43 | 16.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lincoln Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 19% (560 to 455); teachers down 4% (27.6 to 26.6).
About Lincoln Middle School
Lincoln Middle School is a middle school in Cottage Grove, Oregon, according to federal school records. Enrollment stands at 455 students, covering grades 6 through 8.
Lincoln Middle School is one school in a 9-school district, South Lane SD 45J3, which enrolls 2,697 students.
The largest group at Lincoln Middle School is White students, at 74%. Other students are 19% Hispanic and 5% multiracial. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 41%.
On staff are 26.6 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 17.1:1. Middle schools in Oregon have an average ratio of 19.3:1. About 64% of students at Lincoln Middle School are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. For comparison, public schools in Lane County average 76%.
On the allk12 Grade, Lincoln Middle School lands at D, ahead of 13% of Oregon public middle schools.
On allk12's BeatsExpectations measure, Lincoln Middle School is among the bottom 10% of schools in Oregon. Predicted: 37.9%. Actual: 21.9%.
In Lane County, the median household earns about $71,544 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 34%, and about 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Lane County counts 117 public schools with about 42,240 students.
Cottage Grove High School is about 0.3 miles from Lincoln Middle School, the shortest distance to any other public school. A five-mile radius around the school includes 5 other public schools. Among the 7 closest schools with test data, this one included, Lincoln Middle School ranks 7th on average proficiency.
Locale data from NCES put Lincoln Middle School in a town some distance from an urbanized area (Town: Distant).
In 2020-21, Lincoln Middle School enrolled 495 students. By 2024-25, that number had fallen to 455. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (17.1:1) than in 2020-21 (19.8:1).
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Lane County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
384,207
Census ACS
Median income
$71,544
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
117
42,240 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in South Lane SD 45J3
- Cottage Grove High SchoolHigh · 640 students
- Harrison Elementary SchoolElementary · 450 students
- Bohemia Elementary SchoolElementary · 443 students
- Academy for Character EducationCombined · 354 students
- Childs Way Charter SchoolCombined · 121 students
- Dorena SchoolElementary · 100 students
Other schools in Cottage Grove
- Cottage Grove High SchoolHigh · 640 students
- Harrison Elementary SchoolElementary · 450 students
- Bohemia Elementary SchoolElementary · 443 students
- Academy for Character EducationCombined · 354 students
- London SchoolElementary · 72 students
- Al Kennedy High SchoolHigh · 62 students
Other Lincoln Middle schools
32 other US public schools in 20 states are named Lincoln Middle. Lincoln Middle School is the 24th largest of the 33.
- Lincoln Middle SchoolOakland, OR · 191 students
- Lincoln MiddleAlameda, CA · 971 students
- Lincoln MiddleSanta Monica, CA · 914 students
- LINCOLN MIDDLERIO RANCHO, NM · 805 students
- Lincoln Middle SchoolBerwyn, IL · 793 students
Nearby schools
- Cottage Grove High School0.3 mi · 640
- Harrison Elementary School0.4 mi · 450
- Academy for Character Education0.6 mi · 354
- Bohemia Elementary School0.8 mi · 443
- Al Kennedy High School3.8 mi · 62
- Creswell Middle School9.4 mi · 244
Frequently asked questions
About Lincoln Middle SchoolHow many students attend Lincoln Middle School?
Lincoln Middle School enrolls approximately 455 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Lincoln Middle School serve?
Lincoln Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Lincoln Middle School?
Approximately 17.1:1 students per teacher at Lincoln Middle School.
What is the student diversity at Lincoln Middle School?
Student demographics at Lincoln Middle School are roughly 74% White, 19% Hispanic, 0% Black, 0% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Lincoln Middle School in?
Lincoln Middle School is part of South Lane SD 45J3.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.