Summary:
Lincoln School District in Arkansas has only one middle school, Lincoln Middle School, which serves grades 4-8 with a total enrollment of 400 students. While the school's statewide ranking has fluctuated in recent years, it has generally been below average, ranking 146th out of 335 middle schools in 2023-2024, 184th out of 330 in 2022-2023, and 197th out of 318 in 2021-2022.
Academically, Lincoln Middle School's proficiency rates in core subjects like English Language Arts, Reading, Mathematics, Algebra, and Science are generally below the state averages for Arkansas. For example, in 2023-2024, the school's proficiency rates were 31.9% in ELA (vs. state average of 33.8%), 32.5% in Reading (vs. 34.1%), 31.4% in Math (vs. 36.4%), 9.5% in Algebra (vs. 26.8%), and 38.3% in Science (vs. 35.6%). The school also has a relatively high percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch (72.5% in 2022-2023), which is often an indicator of a higher-need student population.
Despite the school's below-average academic performance, its per-student spending for the 2018-2019 school year was $9,675, which is above the state average. The student-teacher ratio at Lincoln Middle School is 14.1, slightly lower than the state average. These factors suggest that the school may need to re-evaluate how it is allocating its resources to better support student learning and achievement.
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