Lincoln Middle School

Set in Green River, Wyoming, Lincoln Middle School is a heavily attended 6-8 campus, part of Sweetwater County School District #2. It works with 504 students across grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 58% above the state mean of about 319.

Within Sweetwater County School District #2, which oversees 9 schools and 2,286 students, Lincoln Middle School is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Lincoln Middle School reports that nearly all students (82%) are White. The remainder is composed of 15% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Lincoln Middle School has 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.1:1. The state averages about 12.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 37% of students at Lincoln Middle School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Lincoln Middle School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 58.8%; this one delivers 54.7%.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Sweetwater County put median household earnings sit near $75,034, roughly 21% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. In all, Sweetwater County runs 26 public schools (combined enrollment of about 7,075 students), of which Lincoln Middle School is one.

The closest other public school is Monroe Elementary School, roughly 0.2 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 6 other public schools cluster around Lincoln Middle School. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Lincoln Middle School ranks 4th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 55.2%.

The campus sits in a town-center setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count increased 34%: 376 students in 2018 compared to 504 in 2025.

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