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SCHOOL COMMUNITY·KENOSHA SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 550732000817

Lincoln Middle

6729 18th Ave, Kenosha, WI 53143 · (262)359-6296 · Kenosha County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL402 STUDENTS
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This school has no state test results for 2023-24 or 2024-25 to grade, which is common for schools that end before third grade. How grades work

Enrollment
402
Middle
DISTRICT 725 · STATE 381
Student : Teacher
10.6:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.4:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
73%
294 students
DISTRICT 59% · STATE 42%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.

Enrollment by grade, 2023-24

GradeStudentsShare
Grade 612631%
Grade 714135%
Grade 813534%
Student demographics
71%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 68% · STATE 54% · US 70%
White
—29%
DISTRICT 43% · STATE 65% · US 43%
Hispanic
—38%
DISTRICT 33% · STATE 15% · US 30%
Black
—22%
DISTRICT 15% · STATE 9% · US 15%
Asian
—1%
DISTRICT 2% · STATE 4% · US 6%
Two+
—10%
DISTRICT 8% · STATE 6% · US 5%
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.

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Test scores

Forward Exam 2023-24 . % Meeting or Advanced
English Language Arts
24.7%
WI avg 52.8%
Math
13.8%
WI avg 55.4%

What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 25 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 14 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Wisconsin schools, those numbers are about 53 and 55.

Source: Forward Exam. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →

BeatsExpectations

Demographically-adjusted score · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
21.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.8%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.0pp
below demographic expectation

What this means: About 22% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 33% typical for Wisconsin 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 Wisconsin'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 →

Where Lincoln Middle ranks

Among middle schools
MeasureThis schoolIn Wisconsin
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
21.8%#314 of 323
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
13.8%#319 of 327
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
24.7%#315 of 327
Enrollment
ranked largest first
402#161 of 389
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
10.6:1#22 of 265
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
71.1%#13 of 265
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
73.1%#15 of 323
Ranked against other public middle 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.

6-year change

SY 2017-18 vs SY 2023-24
Enrollment
402
-199 (-33%) vs 2017
-42% since 1990-91, when it was 691
Student : Teacher
11.2:1
was 12.7:1
% White
29%
was 29%
% Hispanic
38%
was 38%
% Black
22%
was 26%
% Asian
1%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2023-244023611.2:173% (294)
2022-2344942.510.6:182% (369)
2020-215434512.1:186% (468)
2017-1860147.512.7:171% (427)
2015-166554614.2:171% (467)
2010-116484813.5:166% (428)
2000-018946314.2:127% (241)
1990-916915512.6:1N/A
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lincoln Middle.

Since 2017-18: students down 33% (601 to 402); teachers down 24% (47.5 to 36).

About Lincoln Middle

Lincoln Middle is a public medium-sized middle-grades school in Kenosha, Wisconsin. The school's enrollment of 402 students covers grades 6 through 8.

Lincoln Middle is one school in Kenosha School District, a system of 41 schools with 20,297 students.

Lincoln Middle has no majority group; Hispanic students are the largest, at 38%. The remaining students are 29% White, 22% Black, and 10% multiracial. Among people living in Kenosha County, the Hispanic share is about 15%. Pick two students at random and there is a 71% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.

The ratio of students to teachers is 10.6:1, with 36 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 12.8:1 average for middle schools in Wisconsin. Lunch subsidy eligibility at Lincoln Middle is 73%. The average for public schools in Kenosha County is 48%.

Lincoln Middle's average proficiency rate on state tests of 21.8% is 11.0 points below the 32.8% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.

Census estimates describe Kenosha County this way: the median household income is $81,239, 31% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Besides Lincoln Middle, Kenosha County has 55 other public schools.

The school nearest to Lincoln Middle is Lakeview K-8 Academy, at a distance of less than a tenth of a mile. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Lincoln Middle places 6th of 7 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.

Lincoln Middle is coded as Suburb: Mid-size in federal locale data.

Enrollment has fallen by 199 students since 2017-18, to 402. From 2017-18 to 2023-24, the ratio fell from 12.7:1 to 11.2:1.

Parents and students can post about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week at Lincoln Middle. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.

Kenosha County at a glance

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Population
168,438
Census ACS
Median income
$81,239
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
31%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
56
27,114 students

Quick facts

School name
Lincoln Middle
District
Kenosha School District
Address
6729 18th Ave, Kenosha, WI 53143
Phone
(262)359-6296
County
Kenosha County
Level
Middle
Grade range
06–08
Total enrollment
402
Teachers (FTE)
36
Student–teacher ratio
10.6:1
Free and reduced lunch
294 (73%)
Locale
22-Suburb: Mid-size
NCES ID
550732000817
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

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32 other US public schools in 20 states are named Lincoln Middle. Lincoln Middle is the 26th largest of the 33.

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Frequently asked questions

About Lincoln Middle
How many students attend Lincoln Middle?
Lincoln Middle enrolls approximately 402 students in grades 06-08.
Is Lincoln Middle an elementary, middle, or high school?
Lincoln Middle is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Lincoln Middle?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Lincoln Middle is approximately 10.6:1 (36 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Lincoln Middle?
Lincoln Middle reports a student body of 29% White, 38% Hispanic, 22% Black, 1% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Is Lincoln Middle public or private?
Lincoln Middle is a public K-12 school, overseen by Kenosha School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.
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