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Does Lincoln High School have enough mental health and stress support?
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Enrollment
1,556
High
DISTRICT 656 · STATE 573
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TACOMA SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530870001476
Lincoln High School
701 S 37th St, Tacoma, WA 98418 · (253) 571-6670 · Pierce County
GRADES 09–12HIGH12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,556 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 14% of Washington public high schools
- FTest 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.
- AThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Washington public high schools
Student : Teacher
20.5:1
76 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 24.5:1 · STATE 21.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
73%
1,131 students
DISTRICT 57% · STATE 51%
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 | 396 | 25% |
| Grade 10 | 392 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 409 | 26% |
| Grade 12 | 359 | 23% |
Student demographics
79%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 78% · STATE 68% · 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
Smarter Balanced + WCAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded StandardEnglish Language Arts
37.5%
WA avg 58.4% . +16.9pp since 2014
Math
12.7%
WA avg 51.2% . +8.4pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 38 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 13 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Washington schools, those numbers are about 58 and 51. Reading and writing scores are up about 17 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 8 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 37.5% | 12.7% |
| 2023-24 | 31.2% | 8.3% |
| 2022-23 | 35.3% | 6.0% |
| 2021-22 | 33.5% | 6.2% |
| 2018-19 | 47.4% | 21.5% |
| 2017-18 | 42.4% | 18.2% |
| 2016-17 | 2.2% | N/A |
| 2015-16 | 7.3% | N/A |
| 2014-15 | 20.6% | 4.3% |
% Met or Exceeded Standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Smarter Balanced + WCAS. 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
22.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
31.4%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 22% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 31% typical for Washington 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 Washington'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 (22.3% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lincoln High School this school | 1,556 | 72.7% | 22.3% |
| Federal Way High School FEDERAL WAY | 1,665 | 73.8% | 22.5% |
| Todd Beamer High School FEDERAL WAY | 1,412 | 72.8% | 25.9% |
| Mount Tahoma High School Tacoma | 1,410 | 69.6% | 24.9% |
| Thomas Jefferson High School AUBURN | 1,810 | 71.9% | 22.7% |
| Kent-Meridian High School Kent | 1,639 | 68.9% | 24.6% |
Matched among Washington 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 Washington | In Pierce County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 22.3% | #257 of 271 | #31 of 32 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 12.7% | #289 of 321 ▲ 25 | #29 of 32 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 37.5% | #282 of 327 ▲ 30 | #30 of 33 ▲ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +5.3pp | #39 of 259 | #4 of 32 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,556 | #75 of 570 | #10 of 51 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.5:1 | #150 of 311 | #12 of 34 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 79.4% | #5 of 316 | #4 of 35 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 72.7% | #50 of 386 | #5 of 39 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +7.8% | #80 of 136 | #9 of 17 |
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
1,556
-130 (-8%) vs 2020
+16% since 1990-91, when it was 1,343
Student : Teacher
20.5:1
was 20.1:1
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 | 1,556 | 75.8 | 20.5:1 | 73% (1,131) |
| 2023-24 | 1,529 | 81.1 | 18.9:1 | 80% (1,229) |
| 2022-23 | 1,578 | 83.3 | 18.9:1 | 73% (1,158) |
| 2020-21 | 1,686 | 84 | 20.1:1 | 77% (1,294) |
| 2017-18 | 1,443 | 72.7 | 19.8:1 | 72% (1,035) |
| 2015-16 | 1,429 | 69 | 20.7:1 | 79% (1,129) |
| 2010-11 | 1,382 | 84 | 16.4:1 | 62% (860) |
| 2000-01 | 1,676 | 75 | 22.4:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 1,343 | 68 | 19.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lincoln High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 8% (1,443 to 1,556); teachers up 4% (72.7 to 75.8).
About Lincoln High School
Lincoln High School is a high-enrollment high school in Tacoma, Washington, under Tacoma School District. The latest federal count shows 1,556 students in grades 9 through 12. The average for high schools in Washington is about 573 students, so this school is 172% above average.
Tacoma School District has 28,900 students in 66 schools, and Lincoln High School is one of those schools.
At Lincoln High School, the largest share of students is Hispanic, at 34%. After that, the student body is 18% Black, 15% multiracial, 14% White, and 12% Asian. Census figures show Pierce County is about 13% Hispanic. Pick two students at random and there is a 79% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The school has about 20.5 students per teacher and 75.8 full-time-equivalent teachers. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 21.6:1 average for high schools in Washington. About 73% of enrolled students meet the income rules for free or reduced-price lunch. On average, public schools in Pierce County report 50%.
The allk12 Grade for Lincoln High School is D. Compared with Washington public high schools, the school scored higher than 14% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for Lincoln High School is 31.4%, and its average proficiency rate on state tests is 22.3%.
Federal survey data for Pierce County show that the median household income is $99,564, roughly 31% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. There are 287 public schools in Pierce County, enrolling about 138,462 students in all.
Nearest public school: Whitman Elementary School, about 0.4 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Local comparison: Lincoln High School ranks 7th of 8 nearby schools, at 22.3% versus a 31.8% average.
Lincoln High School falls in the City: Mid-size locale category, used for schools inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Over 4 years, Lincoln High School's enrollment declined 8%, to 1,556.
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Pierce County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
930,319
Census ACS
Median income
$99,564
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
31%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
287
138,462 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Tacoma School District
- Stadium High SchoolHigh · 1,700 students
- Mount Tahoma High SchoolHigh · 1,410 students
- Dr. Dolores Silas High SchoolHigh · 1,160 students
- Baker Middle SchoolMiddle · 687 students
- Tacoma School of the ArtsHigh · 658 students
- Stewart Middle SchoolMiddle · 650 students
Other schools in Tacoma
- Stadium High SchoolHigh · 1,700 students
- Mount Tahoma High SchoolHigh · 1,410 students
- Dr. Dolores Silas High SchoolHigh · 1,160 students
- Washington High SchoolHigh · 989 students
- Franklin Pierce High SchoolHigh · 977 students
- Fife High SchoolHigh · 885 students
Other Lincoln High schools
26 other US public schools in 21 states are named Lincoln High. Lincoln High School is the 10th largest of the 27.
- Lincoln High SchoolSeattle, WA · 1,770 students
- Lincoln High SchoolWALLA WALLA, WA · 186 students
- Lincoln High SchoolPORT ANGELES, WA · 59 students
- Lincoln HighStockton, CA · 2,801 students
- Lincoln High SchoolPhiladelphia, PA · 2,472 students
Nearby schools
- Whitman Elementary School0.4 mi · 365
- Willard Early Learning Center0.5 mi · 30
- Lyon Elementary School0.8 mi · 381
- Reed Elementary School0.9 mi · 426
- Stewart Middle School1.0 mi · 650
- Mann Elementary School1.1 mi · 340
Frequently asked questions
About Lincoln High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Lincoln High School?
Lincoln High School enrolls approximately 1,556 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 students per teacher at Lincoln High School?
Approximately 20.5:1 students per teacher at Lincoln High School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Lincoln High School?
At Lincoln High School, the student body is approximately 14% White, 34% Hispanic, 18% Black, 12% Asian, 15% Two or more.
What district is Lincoln High School in?
Lincoln High School is part of Tacoma School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.