LINCOLN MIDDLE

LINCOLN MIDDLE operates as a reasonably sized junior high in PORT ARTHUR, Texas, operated by PORT ARTHUR ISD. Current enrollment sits at 619 students spanning grades 6 through 8.

PORT ARTHUR ISD comprises 13 schools with combined enrollment of 8,041 students; LINCOLN MIDDLE is among them.

Demographically, LINCOLN MIDDLE logs that the most-represented group is Black (52%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 41% Hispanic, 2% multiracial, 2% Asian. By comparison, Jefferson County as a whole is about 33% Black, so the school skews considerably more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, On paper, LINCOLN MIDDLE has 55 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.4:1, putting LINCOLN MIDDLE tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 85% of students at LINCOLN MIDDLE qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Jefferson County (around 71%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, On a poverty-adjusted basis, LINCOLN MIDDLE sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 36.7%; actual is 22.5%, a gap of -14.2 points.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Jefferson County put median household income runs about $60,026, 20% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 16%. LINCOLN MIDDLE is one of 92 public schools in Jefferson County (combined enrollment of about 42,825 students).

WASHINGTON EL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around LINCOLN MIDDLE. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), LINCOLN MIDDLE ranks 7th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 39.1%.

Geographically, the school is in a city-core area.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count stayed largely flat: 614 students in 2018 compared to 619 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 60% to 52% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 15.1:1 in 2018 to 11.2:1 today.

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