Lincoln County High School

Lincoln County High School operates as a middle-of-the-pack high school in Hamlin, West Virginia, part of Lincoln County Schools. Current enrollment sits at 774 students spanning grades 9 through 12. By comparison, West Virginia's public schools average about 640 students each, so Lincoln County High School sits 21% larger than that benchmark.

Lincoln County Schools comprises 7 schools with combined enrollment of 2,731 students; Lincoln County High School is among them.

Looking at the student body, Lincoln County High School logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (99%). That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 54 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.5:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 13.8:1, putting this campus right in line with peers.

In the area at large, census data for Lincoln County shows median household income runs about $46,205, 8% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 18%. In all, Lincoln County runs 8 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,804 students), of which Lincoln County High School is one.

Hamlin PK-8 is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 3 other public schools.

Lincoln County High School operates from a rural location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Lincoln County High School has shrank 9%, going from 855 students in 2018 to 774 in 2025.

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