Lincoln High

Located at 1433 S 8th St, in Manitowoc, Wisconsin, Lincoln High is a sprawling secondary school that caters to 1,385 students (grades 9 through 12), one of the schools within Manitowoc School District. By comparison, Wisconsin's public schools average about 475 students each, so Lincoln High sits 192% above that benchmark.

Across the 11 schools in Manitowoc School District (4,452 students total), Lincoln High accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Lincoln High reports that 62% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school lists 17% Hispanic, 9% Asian, 7% multiracial, 4% Black. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 88%.

On the resource side, The school currently runs with 96 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.4:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 43% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Lincoln High is in the bottom 10% of Wisconsin public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 51.0%; Lincoln High posts 35.4%, -15.6 points below that line.

Across the wider county, Manitowoc County reports that median household income runs about $69,148, about 23% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Manitowoc County's 30 public schools (combined enrollment of about 10,090 students), Lincoln High is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Jefferson Elementary, roughly 0.5 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Lincoln High comes 7th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 41.8%.

The school occupies a town-center site.

Over the past 7-year window. Lincoln High's enrollment has edged up 30% since 2018, when it stood at 1,064 (now 1,385). The White share of enrollment declined from 71% to 62% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 15.7:1 in 2018 to 14.4:1 today.

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