Is Lincoln-Way East High School a good school?

Yes! Lincoln-Way East High School is one of the best high schools in the state. It ranks 20 th of 697 Illinois high schools.

How many students attend Lincoln-Way East High School?

In the 2022-23 school year, 2,749 students attended Lincoln-Way East High School.

What is the racial makeup of Lincoln-Way East High School?

Students at Lincoln-Way East High School are 71% White, 11% Hispanic, 10% African American, 4% Two or more races, 4% Asian.

What schools feed into Lincoln-Way East High School?

Lincoln-Way East High School is fed by the following schools: Elementary : Chelsea Elementary School Elementary : Grand Prairie Elementary School Elementary : Mokena Elementary School Elementary : Mokena Intermediate School Middle : Hickory Creek Middle School Middle : Mokena Junior High School

Lincoln-Way East High School

Summary:

Lincoln-Way East High School is a public high school serving 2,749 students in grades 9-12 in Frankfort, Illinois, part of the highly-ranked Lincoln Way CHSD 210 district. This school consistently ranks among the top high schools in Illinois, with a statewide ranking of 20 out of 697 and a 5-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Lincoln-Way East High School's academic performance is exceptional, with 60.6% of 11th-grade students proficient or better in SAT Mathematics and 58.4% proficient or better in SAT English Language Arts - significantly higher than the state averages. The school also excels in science assessments, with 68.1% of students proficient or better on the ISA Science test, compared to the state average of 53.2%. Additionally, Lincoln-Way East maintains an impressive 97.1% four-year graduation rate and a low 0.5% dropout rate, both well above state averages.

Compared to nearby schools, Lincoln Way West and Lincoln-Way Central, Lincoln-Way East outperforms in academic measures. However, Homewood-Flossmoor High School, while ranked lower overall, demonstrates stronger performance in certain student subgroups, such as Asian and multi-racial students. Lincoln-Way East serves a relatively affluent student population, with only 7.27% qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch, lower than the state average and some nearby schools.

Detail:

Public 9-12

201 Colorado Ave
Frankfort, IL 60423-1333

(815) 464-4130

District: Lincoln Way CHSD 210

SchoolDigger Rank:
20^th of 697 Illinois High Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $13,729

Feeder schools for Lincoln-Way East High School:

Elementary:	Chelsea Elementary School
	Grand Prairie Elementary School
	Mokena Elementary School
	Mokena Intermediate School
Middle:	Hickory Creek Middle School
	Mokena Junior High School

Student/teacher ratio: 18.9

Number of students: 2,749

Racial breakdown:

White:

71.2%

Hispanic:

11.1%

African American:

9.9%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 7.3%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Lincoln-Way East High School ranks better than 97.1% of high schools in Illinois. It also ranks first among 3 ranked high schools in the Lincoln Way CHSD 210 School District! (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 98.73. (See more...)

The four-year cohort graduation rate measures the percentage of students at Lincoln-Way East High School who earn a standard high school diploma within four years of starting ninth grade.

The high school dropout rate measures the percentage of students who do not complete their high school education.

Chronic absenteeism in a school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.

Student Body

Compare Details Lincoln-Way East High School has the largest high school student body size in the Lincoln Way CHSD 210 School District. (See more...)

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Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Lincoln-Way East High School is $13,729, which is the lowest among 3 high schools in the Lincoln Way CHSD 210 School District!

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Lincoln-Way East High School:

SchoolDigger ranks Lincoln-Way East High School 20^th of 697 Illinois public high schools. (See Lincoln-Way East High School in the ranking list.)

High School Test Score Ratings by Student Subgroup:

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Lincoln Way CHSD 210:

SchoolDigger ranks Lincoln Way CHSD 210 47^th of 813 Illinois school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Lincoln-Way East High School

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Rank History for all students at Lincoln-Way East High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile
2003	82.78	70^th	586	88.1%
2004	87.87	46^th	592	92.2%
2005	80.27	86^th	590	85.4%
2006	83.63	73^rd	596	87.8%
2007	85.49	59^th	612	90.4%
2008	91.21	32^nd	624	94.9%
2009	93.21	21^st	632	96.7%
2010	93.27	24^th	643	96.3%
2011	92.65	26^th	655	96.0%
2012	91.28	40^th	665	94.0%
2013	92.42	30^th	670	95.5%
2014	90.41	49^th	670	92.7%
2015	58.67	212^th	614	65.5%
2016	80.13	54^th	643	91.6%
2017	94.13	34^th	642	94.7%
2018	94.00	33^rd	647	94.9%
2019	94.76	34^th	701	95.1%
2021	95.36	43^rd	688	93.8%
2022	95.98	24^th	699	96.6%
2023	95.10	29^th	699	95.9%
2024	98.73	20^th	697	97.1%

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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Lincoln-Way East High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	62.73	55^th	154	64.3%
2019	77.42	34^th	165	79.4%
2021	74.26	39^th	160	75.6%
2022	84.45	26^th	170	84.7%
2023	93.02	10^th	163	93.9%
2024	85.25	28^th	182	84.6%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Lincoln-Way East High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2024	63.90	41^st	248	83.5%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Lincoln-Way East High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	84.89	35^th	374	90.6%
2019	66.91	79^th	473	83.3%
2021	69.94	67^th	453	85.2%
2022	90.18	31^st	493	93.7%
2023	52.63	158^th	476	66.8%
2024	95.57	36^th	482	92.5%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Lincoln-Way East High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	91.80	21^st	585	96.4%
2019	63.90	170^th	639	73.4%
2021	61.37	163^rd	611	73.3%
2022	96.80	12^th	626	98.1%
2023	87.97	44^th	644	93.2%
2024	92.63	36^th	639	94.4%

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Rank History for Female students at Lincoln-Way East High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	94.37	28^th	620	95.5%
2019	93.34	36^th	665	94.6%
2021	92.52	48^th	639	92.5%
2022	94.40	25^th	658	96.2%
2023	92.58	39^th	656	94.1%
2024	99.15	14^th	664	97.9%

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Rank History for Disabled students at Lincoln-Way East High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	84.75	31^st	428	92.8%
2024	97.34	17^th	429	96.0%

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Rank History for Male students at Lincoln-Way East High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	90.92	44^th	619	92.9%
2019	94.61	34^th	675	95.0%
2021	95.80	37^th	653	94.3%
2022	96.08	23^rd	664	96.5%
2023	96.05	21^st	668	96.9%
2024	97.04	32^nd	668	95.2%

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Rank History for Asian students at Lincoln-Way East High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	83.34	22^nd	132	83.3%
2019	81.06	23^rd	130	82.3%
2021	67.92	46^th	135	65.9%
2022	77.92	30^th	141	78.7%
2023	70.25	41^st	134	69.4%
2024	79.03	33^rd	137	75.9%

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Rank History for African American students at Lincoln-Way East High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	97.82	11^th	253	95.7%
2019	91.31	19^th	299	93.6%
2021	95.26	15^th	281	94.7%
2022	99.82	4^th	294	98.6%
2023	97.14	15^th	301	95.0%
2024	99.92	8^th	299	97.3%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Lincoln-Way East High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	92.78	17^th	291	94.2%
2019	97.47	11^th	317	96.5%
2021	95.76	18^th	317	94.3%
2022	97.37	10^th	335	97.0%
2023	92.22	21^st	333	93.7%
2024	99.07	10^th	336	97.0%

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Rank History for White students at Lincoln-Way East High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	89.88	47^th	548	91.4%
2019	90.19	47^th	552	91.5%
2021	90.12	59^th	553	89.3%
2022	91.58	42^nd	560	92.5%
2023	91.78	35^th	557	93.7%
2024	96.50	27^th	554	95.1%

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Data source: test scores: Illinois State Board of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

Data source: Illinois State Board of Education

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Enrollment information for Lincoln-Way East High School

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1988	687	4	7	9	5	n/a	n/a	0	712
1989	644	5	15	15	1	n/a	n/a	0	680
1990	728	6	13	16	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	763
1991	783	5	8	15	1	n/a	n/a	0	812
1992	804	5	16	14	2	n/a	n/a	0	841
1993	876	5	18	15	2	n/a	n/a	0	916
1994	960	7	17	12	2	n/a	n/a	0	998
1995	1984	6	17	58	2	n/a	n/a	0	2067
1996	1984	6	17	58	2	n/a	n/a	0	2067
1997	2013	8	32	71	5	n/a	n/a	0	2129
1998	2128	6	34	72	8	n/a	n/a	0	2248
1999	2150	18	28	64	14	n/a	n/a	0	2274
2000	2341	22	29	69	9	n/a	n/a	0	2470
2001	2500	29	40	87	3	n/a	n/a	0	2659
2002	2788	43	79	107	6	n/a	n/a	0	3023
2003	2788	43	79	107	6	n/a	n/a	0	3023
2004	2945	64	82	134	5	n/a	n/a	0	3230
2005	3088	92	79	169	6	n/a	n/a	8	3442
2006	3225	103	79	197	4	n/a	n/a	70	3678
2007	3263	113	84	187	5	n/a	n/a	166	3818
2008	3449	146	97	196	7	n/a	n/a	108	4003
2009	2355	86	55	106	6	n/a	n/a	77	2685
2010	2027	83	32	77	6	n/a	n/a	70	2295
2011	2000	69	27	70	3	3	80	0	2252
2012	1965	70	27	92	5	0	88	0	2247
2013	1900	77	27	74	5	0	115	0	2198
2014	1838	78	36	96	5	0	103	0	2156
2015	1813	81	42	103	3	0	111	0	2153
2016	1784	77	43	184	2	0	43	0	2133
2017	2308	175	82	272	2	0	80	0	2919
2018	2239	183	91	294	1	0	81	0	2889
2019	2158	206	92	292	0	1	88	0	2837
2020	2094	201	94	281	0	1	95	0	2766
2021	2032	220	102	296	0	1	110	0	2761
2022	1984	247	109	287	1	2	106	0	2736
2023	1956	273	101	306	3	2	108	0	2749

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Lincoln-Way East High School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	712	35.6	20.0	n/a
1989	680	32.0	21.2	n/a
1990	763	33.4	22.8	n/a
1991	812	37.6	21.5	n/a
1992	841	41.0	20.5	n/a
1993	916	44.1	20.8	n/a
1994	998	50.2	19.9	n/a
1995	2067	106.1	19.5	n/a
1996	2067	106.1	19.5	n/a
1997	2129	110.1	19.3	n/a
1998	2248	120.0	18.7	n/a
1999	2274	122.0	18.6	n/a
2000	2470	130.4	18.9	n/a
2001	2659	146.7	18.1	n/a
2002	3023	151.9	19.9	2.4
2003	3023	151.9	19.9	2.4
2004	3230	156.9	20.6	2.7
2005	3442	172.2	20.0	3.5
2006	3678	159.6	23.0	3.9
2007	3818	206.0	18.5	3.8
2008	4003	209.0	19.2	4.3
2009	2685	165.1	16.3	4.1
2010	2295	156.6	14.6	5
2011	2252	128.0	17.5	7.3
2012	2247	123.2	18.2	10.3
2013	2198	138.1	15.9	9.8
2014	2156	117.2	18.3	2.9
2015	2153	120.0	17.9	7.9
2016	2133	111.0	19.2	7.9
2017	2919	151.6	19.2	7.2
2018	2889	152.9	18.8	5.1
2019	2837	151.4	18.7	5.7
2020	2766	149.4	18.5	6.4
2021	2761	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	2736	169.8	16.1	7.3
2023	2749	144.9	18.9	n/a

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Lincoln-Way East High School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	712	35.6	20.0	n/a
1989	680	32.0	21.2	n/a
1990	763	33.4	22.8	n/a
1991	812	37.6	21.5	n/a
1992	841	41.0	20.5	n/a
1993	916	44.1	20.8	n/a
1994	998	50.2	19.9	n/a
1995	2067	106.1	19.5	n/a
1996	2067	106.1	19.5	n/a
1997	2129	110.1	19.3	n/a
1998	2248	120.0	18.7	n/a
1999	2274	122.0	18.6	n/a
2000	2470	130.4	18.9	n/a
2001	2659	146.7	18.1	n/a
2002	3023	151.9	19.9	2.4
2003	3023	151.9	19.9	2.4
2004	3230	156.9	20.6	2.7
2005	3442	172.2	20.0	3.5
2006	3678	159.6	23.0	3.9
2007	3818	206.0	18.5	3.8
2008	4003	209.0	19.2	4.3
2009	2685	165.1	16.3	4.1
2010	2295	156.6	14.6	5
2011	2252	128.0	17.5	7.3
2012	2247	123.2	18.2	10.3
2013	2198	138.1	15.9	9.8
2014	2156	117.2	18.3	2.9
2015	2153	120.0	17.9	7.9
2016	2133	111.0	19.2	7.9
2017	2919	151.6	19.2	7.2
2018	2889	152.9	18.8	5.1
2019	2837	151.4	18.7	5.7
2020	2766	149.4	18.5	6.4
2021	2761	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	2736	169.8	16.1	7.3
2023	2749	144.9	18.9	n/a

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.

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