Is Abraham Lincoln High School a good school?

Abraham Lincoln High School ranks 839 th of 1242 New York high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

How many students attend Abraham Lincoln High School?

In the 2022-23 school year, 2,129 students attended Abraham Lincoln High School.

What is the racial makeup of Abraham Lincoln High School?

Students at Abraham Lincoln High School are 38% African American, 28% Hispanic, 13% Asian, 12% White, 8% Two or more races.

What schools feed into Abraham Lincoln High School?

Abraham Lincoln High School is fed by the following schools: Elementary : Ps 100 Coney Island School (The) Elementary : Ps 216 Arturo Toscanini Elementary : Ps 225 Eileen E Zaglin (The) Elementary : Ps 253 Elementary : Ps 90 Edna Cohen School Middle : Is 303 Herbert S Eisenberg

Abraham Lincoln High School

Summary:

Abraham Lincoln High School is a public high school located in Brooklyn, New York, serving grades 9-12 with a total enrollment of 2,129 students. The school is part of the New York City Geographic District #21, which is ranked 537 out of 865 districts in New York and has a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Despite its location in Brooklyn, Abraham Lincoln High School has consistently ranked in the bottom half of New York high schools, ranking between 839-1064 out of 1,200+ schools over the past 10 years. The school has maintained a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger for most of this period, indicating it is among the lower-performing high schools in the state. Its 4-year graduation rate has fluctuated between 76.7% and 85.6% over the past 5 years, which is below the state average, and the dropout rate has also been relatively high, ranging from 4.8% to 10.0% during the same period. Additionally, the school has struggled with high chronic absenteeism rates, ranging from 34.1% to 59.7% over the past 5 years.

Compared to nearby schools in the same district, such as John Dewey High School and Rachel Carson High School for Coastal Studies, Abraham Lincoln High School generally performs worse on key metrics like graduation rates, test scores, and chronic absenteeism. However, these nearby schools still struggle to match the performance of higher-achieving schools in other districts, suggesting systemic challenges within the broader New York City public school system. The school's high percentage of students (over 80%) eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, indicating a significant population of economically disadvantaged students, likely contributes to its challenges, as research has shown that students from low-income backgrounds often face additional barriers to academic success.

Detail:

Public 9-12

2800 Ocean Pkwy
Brooklyn, NY 11235-7962

(718) 333-7400

District: New York City Geographic District #21

SchoolDigger Rank:
839^th of 1,242 New York High Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $14,050

Feeder schools for Abraham Lincoln High School:

Elementary:	Ps 100 Coney Island School (The)
	Ps 216 Arturo Toscanini
	Ps 225 Eileen E Zaglin (The)
	Ps 253
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	Ps 90 Edna Cohen School
Middle:	Is 303 Herbert S Eisenberg

Student/teacher ratio: 16.9

Number of students: 2,129

Racial breakdown:

African American:

38.0%

Hispanic:

27.6%

Asian:

13.2%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 81.2%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Abraham Lincoln High School ranks worse than 67.6% of high schools in New York. It also ranks 6^th among 11 ranked high schools in the New York City Geographic District #21. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 31.75. (See more...)

The four-year cohort graduation rate measures the percentage of students at Abraham Lincoln 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 Student population at Abraham Lincoln High School is diverse. Racial makeup is: African American (38%), Hispanic (27.6%), Asian (13.2%). (See more...)

Compare Details 81.2% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Abraham Lincoln High School is 16.9, which is the highest among 12 high schools in the New York City Geographic District #21! (See more...)

Compare Abraham Lincoln High School employs 125.3 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Abraham Lincoln High School is $14,050, which is the lowest among 12 high schools in the New York City Geographic District #21!

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Abraham Lincoln High School:

SchoolDigger ranks Abraham Lincoln High School 839^th of 1242 New York public high schools. (See Abraham Lincoln High School in the ranking list.)

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New York City Geographic District #21:

SchoolDigger ranks New York City Geographic District #21 537^th of 865 New York school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Abraham Lincoln High School

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Rank History for all students at Abraham Lincoln High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	NY State Percentile
2005	31.53	724^th	935	22.6%
2006	36.70	716^th	986	27.4%
2007	35.27	741^st	1002	26.0%
2008	29.35	786^th	1027	23.5%
2009	19.22	908^th	1086	16.4%
2010	22.49	902^nd	1117	19.2%
2011	36.82	777^th	1165	33.3%
2012	27.69	858^th	1198	28.4%
2013	19.53	950^th	1217	21.9%
2014	17.71	998^th	1237	19.3%
2015	16.76	1064^th	1255	15.2%
2016	23.43	992^nd	1255	21.0%
2017	19.23	935^th	1221	23.4%
2018	27.03	873^rd	1210	27.9%
2019	25.77	893^rd	1207	26.0%
2022	21.31	902^nd	1190	24.2%
2023	27.26	869^th	1228	29.2%
2024	31.75	839^th	1242	32.4%

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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Abraham Lincoln High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	NY State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2024	30.62	229^th	306	25.2%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Abraham Lincoln High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	55.14	197^th	546	63.9%
2019	53.91	210^th	565	62.8%
2022	52.18	179^th	481	62.8%
2023	56.00	187^th	583	67.9%
2024	58.19	194^th	637	69.5%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Abraham Lincoln High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	30.20	769^th	1095	29.8%
2019	31.38	791^st	1132	30.1%
2022	27.57	768^th	1038	26.0%
2023	35.04	714^th	1130	36.8%
2024	33.48	763^rd	1144	33.3%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Abraham Lincoln High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	31.11	825^th	1154	28.5%
2019	29.78	859^th	1179	27.1%
2022	23.56	849^th	1101	22.9%
2023	30.07	813^th	1155	29.6%
2024	33.01	788^th	1170	32.6%

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Rank History for Homeless students at Abraham Lincoln High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	46.05	254^th	498	49.0%
2019	39.40	296^th	493	40.0%
2022	43.50	199^th	389	48.8%
2023	50.56	215^th	531	59.5%
2024	54.45	194^th	564	65.6%

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Rank History for Female students at Abraham Lincoln High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	29.46	855^th	1176	27.3%
2019	26.91	877^th	1193	26.5%
2022	20.42	894^th	1155	22.6%
2023	29.53	835^th	1197	30.2%
2024	34.76	801^st	1219	34.3%

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Rank History for Male students at Abraham Lincoln High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	26.24	865^th	1176	26.4%
2019	25.39	901^st	1190	24.3%
2022	21.65	871^st	1154	24.5%
2023	26.16	855^th	1191	28.2%
2024	30.19	835^th	1211	31.0%

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Rank History for Asian students at Abraham Lincoln High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	26.44	336^th	426	21.1%
2019	17.10	395^th	447	11.6%
2022	17.95	332^nd	386	14.0%
2023	19.15	364^th	424	14.2%
2024	26.20	339^th	426	20.4%

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Rank History for African American students at Abraham Lincoln High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	39.29	396^th	679	41.7%
2019	39.90	395^th	686	42.4%
2022	29.02	441^st	593	25.6%
2023	41.64	353^rd	671	47.4%
2024	43.46	366^th	690	47.0%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Abraham Lincoln High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	34.69	517^th	791	34.6%
2019	33.10	548^th	815	32.8%
2022	26.95	548^th	760	27.9%
2023	30.35	567^th	851	33.4%
2024	38.56	502^nd	865	42.0%

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Rank History for Native American students at Abraham Lincoln High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	NY State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	45.23	20^th	41	51.2%
2024	42.85	28^th	41	31.7%

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Rank History for White students at Abraham Lincoln High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	12.25	723^rd	765	5.5%
2019	13.39	735^th	793	7.3%
2022	18.90	653^rd	738	11.5%
2023	15.17	702^nd	776	9.5%
2024	12.48	723^rd	781	7.4%

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Data source: test scores: NY State Education Department, 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: NY State Education Department

Review counts

All ratings (Avg rating: 4.3)

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12%

Reviews:

by a student
Thursday, September 6, 2012

The school is divided into two sections, just like in all the schools. There is a good section with wonderful and 90+ average students, and there is a section of kids that don't try and think they can pass classed while not doing work. Those kids are the ones that fail. The teachers in Lincoln are strict and love to teach. They want the students to excel in their learning, so they give a lot of work and fail the kids that don't do work. Medal detectors are installed in the school to make sure that children will be safe.In Lincoln, there are a lot of advanced classes like the Vet Science program, Medical ips, photography, and many more AP classes. There is also a business program that is ranked #2 in the whole state. There are a lot of rumors about the school being bad, but in my opinion, as a 98 average student , I think this school is for children that want to work hard. This school provides many opportunities to kids, and it even has many sport activities. Your child will be safe in that school. Close Quote

by a student
Thursday, October 27, 2011

amazing school people hate on it beacuase it excepts a varity of students not just students with 90+ averages really a great school a kid that did drugs walked right out of class today sat it calss and did his work they provide a lot of help and are on every students back comon not everyschool is like"brooklyn tech" excepting 90+ okay this school is amazing Close Quote

by a student
Saturday, September 18, 2010

My opinion about this school is disappointing. This year is the beginning of my Junior year and there had been changes through out the years but they're not beneficial to me. My freshman year was good but after that it went downhill. This isn't based on anything personal but sometimes I despise this school. Also, the principal of Abraham Lincoln is friendly but takes everything as a joke which isn't helpful at all. I've always wanted to transfer out of this school but it's never simple. My performance in this school is great but this school can do way better than what they're doing now! Close Quote

Enrollment information for Abraham Lincoln High School

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1989	878	798	173	460	2	n/a	n/a	0	2311
1990	991	680	192	420	4	n/a	n/a	0	2287
1991	1060	647	211	431	4	n/a	n/a	0	2353
1992	1040	606	218	433	20	n/a	n/a	0	2317
1993	1290	692	280	538	18	n/a	n/a	0	2818
1994	1226	652	276	493	12	n/a	n/a	0	2659
1995	1197	590	304	461	7	n/a	n/a	0	2559
1996	1197	590	304	461	7	n/a	n/a	0	2559
1997	1160	557	293	466	5	n/a	n/a	0	2481
1998	1162	558	292	467	6	n/a	n/a	0	2485
1999	1130	553	303	455	2	n/a	n/a	0	2443
2000	1188	603	336	464	4	n/a	n/a	0	2595
2001	1167	576	356	463	1	n/a	n/a	0	2563
2002	1135	705	362	563	6	n/a	n/a	0	2771
2003	1135	705	362	563	6	n/a	n/a	0	2771
2004	990	858	363	617	6	n/a	n/a	0	2834
2005	894	971	347	612	6	n/a	n/a	0	2830
2006	810	1019	362	595	9	n/a	n/a	0	2795
2007	706	1029	377	568	8	n/a	n/a	0	2688
2008	629	1009	415	591	10	n/a	n/a	0	2654
2009	633	930	415	570	11	n/a	n/a	0	2559
2010	638	922	423	541	17	n/a	n/a	0	2541
2011	698	898	471	542	17	0	0	0	2626
2012	653	909	498	523	9	1	0	0	2593
2013	582	910	394	512	7	4	11	0	2420
2014	493	852	389	529	10	0	11	0	2284
2015	441	945	358	550	14	0	17	0	2325
2016	390	858	345	492	13	0	16	0	2114
2017	375	795	320	455	11	15	22	0	1993
2018	381	798	287	437	11	17	15	0	1946
2019	325	801	275	474	14	15	10	0	1914
2020	295	786	263	475	15	12	14	0	1860
2021	264	753	259	486	17	15	22	0	1816
2022	259	820	291	579	20	15	27	0	2011
2023	253	809	282	587	19	17	161	1	2129

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 Abraham Lincoln High School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1989	2311	124.1	18.6	n/a
1990	2287	115.3	19.8	n/a
1991	2353	118.7	19.8	n/a
1992	2317	115.4	20.0	n/a
1993	2818	138.2	20.4	n/a
1994	2659	131.9	20.2	n/a
1995	2559	114.6	22.3	n/a
1996	2559	114.6	22.3	n/a
1997	2481	116.4	21.3	41
1998	2485	123.8	20.1	32.5
1999	2443	123.9	19.7	35.1
2000	2595	125.6	20.7	29.7
2001	2563	126.5	20.3	31.6
2002	2771	n/a	n/a	n/a
2003	2771	n/a	n/a	n/a
2004	2834	n/a	n/a	n/a
2005	2830	n/a	n/a	0
2006	2795	127.0	22.0	92
2007	2688	127.1	21.1	94.2
2008	2654	134.0	19.8	58.8
2009	2559	130.2	19.7	57.3
2010	2541	130.9	19.4	n/a
2011	2626	119.3	22.0	59.6
2012	2593	124.5	20.8	59.4
2013	2420	131.0	18.4	11.4
2014	2284	117.1	19.4	66
2015	2325	116.0	20.0	68.4
2016	2114	114.0	18.5	68
2017	1993	122.4	16.2	77.7
2018	1946	117.0	16.6	78.6
2019	1914	121.0	15.8	76
2020	1860	124.2	14.9	83.5
2021	1816	102.3	17.7	81.6
2022	2011	128.2	15.6	80.9
2023	2129	125.3	16.9	81.2

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 Abraham Lincoln High School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1989	2311	124.1	18.6	n/a
1990	2287	115.3	19.8	n/a
1991	2353	118.7	19.8	n/a
1992	2317	115.4	20.0	n/a
1993	2818	138.2	20.4	n/a
1994	2659	131.9	20.2	n/a
1995	2559	114.6	22.3	n/a
1996	2559	114.6	22.3	n/a
1997	2481	116.4	21.3	41
1998	2485	123.8	20.1	32.5
1999	2443	123.9	19.7	35.1
2000	2595	125.6	20.7	29.7
2001	2563	126.5	20.3	31.6
2002	2771	n/a	n/a	n/a
2003	2771	n/a	n/a	n/a
2004	2834	n/a	n/a	n/a
2005	2830	n/a	n/a	0
2006	2795	127.0	22.0	92
2007	2688	127.1	21.1	94.2
2008	2654	134.0	19.8	58.8
2009	2559	130.2	19.7	57.3
2010	2541	130.9	19.4	n/a
2011	2626	119.3	22.0	59.6
2012	2593	124.5	20.8	59.4
2013	2420	131.0	18.4	11.4
2014	2284	117.1	19.4	66
2015	2325	116.0	20.0	68.4
2016	2114	114.0	18.5	68
2017	1993	122.4	16.2	77.7
2018	1946	117.0	16.6	78.6
2019	1914	121.0	15.8	76
2020	1860	124.2	14.9	83.5
2021	1816	102.3	17.7	81.6
2022	2011	128.2	15.6	80.9
2023	2129	125.3	16.9	81.2

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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