Lincoln Middle School

Lincoln Middle School operates as an one-room-style intermediate school in Oakland, Oregon, overseen by Oakland SD 1. Current enrollment sits at 191 students spanning grades 5 through 8. That puts it 61% smaller than the typical public school in Oregon, which averages around 494 students.

Lincoln Middle School is one of 3 schools operated by Oakland SD 1, a district that serves 645 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Lincoln Middle School reports that 81% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest looks like 10% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 3% Native American.

On the resource side, On paper, Lincoln Middle School has 11 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 17.4:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 19.3:1 average. Roughly 79% of students at Lincoln Middle School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Lincoln Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 32.1%, the actual is 33.8%, a residual of +1.7 points.

Around the school, census data for Douglas County shows the typical household earns roughly $61,310 per year, roughly 19% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Lincoln Middle School is one of 50 public schools in Douglas County (combined enrollment of about 13,417 students).

Nearest neighbor: Oakland Elementary School, around 0.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 7 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Lincoln Middle School at 3rd of 7; the average score across the group is 29.2%.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 7%: 206 students in 2018 compared to 191 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share contracted from 88% to 81%. Class-load math has pulled in: from 20.6:1 in 2018 to 17.4:1 in 2025.

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