Lincoln High School

Summary:

Lincoln High School is a public high school located in Gahanna, Ohio, serving 2,363 students in grades 9-12. The school is part of the Gahanna-Jefferson City District, which is ranked 263 out of 839 districts in Ohio and has a 3-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Lincoln High School has a diverse student population, with 53.58% White, 31.27% African American, 6.56% Hispanic, and 5.25% Asian students. The school maintains a strong four-year graduation rate, ranging from 92.7% to 94.9% over the past five years, which is higher than the state average. Lincoln High School students consistently outperform the state average on Ohio State Tests across various subjects, and the school ranks very highly (top 10%) among Ohio high schools in the performance of its gifted and talented students.

However, Lincoln High School has seen a significant increase in chronic absenteeism, rising from 11.5% in 2019-2020 to 29.6% in 2023-2024, which is an area of concern. The school's performance also varies across different student subgroups, with higher rankings for African American and English Language Learner students, but lower rankings for Asian, multi-racial, special education, and low socioeconomic status students. When compared to nearby schools, such as Bexley High School, Lincoln High School generally outperforms them in terms of test scores, graduation rates, and overall SchoolDigger rankings, but may benefit from additional funding and resources to support its strong academic performance.


Detail:

Public 9-12

 140 S Hamilton Rd
       Gahanna, OH  43230-2919


(614) 478-5500

District: Gahanna-Jefferson City

SchoolDigger Rank:
349th of 864 Ohio High Schools


Student/teacher ratio:  19.7 Help
Number of students:  2,363

Racial breakdown:

White:
53.6%
African American:
31.3%
Hispanic:
6.6%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  24% Help


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Compare Details Lincoln High School ranks better than 59.6% of high schools in Ohio. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 58.87. (See more...)
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The four-year cohort graduation rate measures the percentage of students at Lincoln High School who earn a standard high school diploma within four years of starting ninth grade.
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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.
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Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Lincoln High School:

SchoolDigger ranks Lincoln High School 349th of 864 Ohio public high schools. (See Lincoln High School in the ranking list.)

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Gahanna-Jefferson City:

SchoolDigger ranks Gahanna-Jefferson City 263rd of 839 Ohio school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Lincoln High School

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Rank History for all students at Lincoln High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools OH State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2004 18.29 585th 681 14.1%
2005 71.94 181st 689 73.7%
2006 69.06 204th 696 70.7%
2007 71.07 177th 756 76.6%
2008 72.64 166th 767 78.4%
2009 70.45 205th 791 74.1%
2010 71.88 191st 819 76.7%
2011 72.22 181st 818 77.9%
2012 72.57 184th 832 77.9%
2013 71.15 181st 767 76.4%
2014 67.40 254th 769 67.0%
2015 62.95 281st 778 63.9%
2016 70.98 139th 784 82.3%
2017 60.26 274th 773 64.6%
2018 63.91 257th 800 67.9%
2019 66.44 232nd 836 72.2%
2021 63.65 245th 819 70.1%
2022 59.77 322nd 836 61.5%
2023 58.65 358th 867 58.7%
2024 58.87 349th 864 59.6%
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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Lincoln High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools OH State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 65.61 61st 201 69.7%
2022 51.01 113th 222 49.1%
2023 41.46 151st 239 36.8%
2024 40.48 147th 242 39.3%
See the entire list of Best Ohio High Schools for Multi-racial Students!

Rank History for English Language Learner students at Lincoln High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools OH State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 77.34 17th 100 83.0%
2019 74.19 21st 112 81.3%
2021 72.43 23rd 119 80.7%
2022 49.03 47th 111 57.7%
2023 40.54 58th 107 45.8%
2024 61.77 31st 111 72.1%
See the entire list of Best Ohio High Schools for English Language Learner Students!

Rank History for Special Education students at Lincoln High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools OH State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 46.22 281st 614 54.2%
2024 37.62 344th 598 42.5%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Lincoln High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools OH State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 65.83 189th 758 75.1%
2019 62.18 291st 779 62.6%
2021 52.12 369th 763 51.6%
2022 51.10 400th 773 48.3%
2023 43.91 493rd 805 38.8%
2024 52.48 413th 822 49.8%
See the entire list of Best Ohio High Schools for Low Socio Economic Status Students!

Rank History for Female students at Lincoln High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools OH State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 66.26 193rd 751 74.3%
2019 70.47 221st 781 71.7%
2021 64.68 255th 775 67.1%
2022 67.81 242nd 794 69.5%
2023 59.87 364th 813 55.2%
2024 65.18 293rd 798 63.3%
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Rank History for Disabled students at Lincoln High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools OH State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 66.32 111th 550 79.8%
2019 48.31 287th 628 54.3%
2021 51.97 223rd 596 62.6%
2022 42.20 296th 606 51.2%
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Rank History for Gifted and Talented students at Lincoln High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools OH State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 61.43 200th 538 62.8%
2019 70.25 56th 272 79.4%
2021 70.21 69th 349 80.2%
2022 71.45 75th 312 76.0%
2023 76.93 16th 308 94.8%
2024 76.57 28th 280 90.0%
See the entire list of Best Ohio High Schools for Gifted and Talented Students!

Rank History for Foster Care students at Lincoln High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools OH State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 45.83 17th 31 45.2%
2019 48.83 15th 23 34.8%
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Rank History for Male students at Lincoln High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools OH State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 61.68 237th 763 68.9%
2019 68.58 235th 792 70.3%
2021 66.24 228th 778 70.7%
2022 55.86 372nd 808 54.0%
2023 61.14 338th 819 58.7%
2024 57.94 380th 816 53.4%
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Rank History for Asian students at Lincoln High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools OH State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 49.21 54th 87 37.9%
2019 78.62 14th 76 81.6%
2021 67.27 37th 84 56.0%
2022 57.42 50th 87 42.5%
2023 44.38 57th 86 33.7%
2024 42.32 57th 78 26.9%
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Rank History for African American students at Lincoln High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools OH State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 79.63 43rd 279 84.6%
2019 78.22 53rd 303 82.5%
2021 78.14 37th 284 87.0%
2022 71.27 78th 306 74.5%
2023 69.64 84th 323 74.0%
2024 72.10 70th 318 78.0%
See the entire list of Best Ohio High Schools for African American Students!

Rank History for Hispanic students at Lincoln High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools OH State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 83.29 22nd 184 88.0%
2019 73.41 47th 207 77.3%
2021 67.25 70th 239 70.7%
2022 81.79 37th 260 85.8%
2023 48.74 147th 270 45.6%
2024 65.66 88th 273 67.8%
See the entire list of Best Ohio High Schools for Hispanic Students!

Rank History for White students at Lincoln High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools OH State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 69.50 134th 718 81.3%
2019 76.72 136th 739 81.6%
2021 75.79 122nd 727 83.2%
2022 70.83 197th 749 73.7%
2023 75.36 152nd 756 79.9%
2024 71.73 205th 754 72.8%
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Data source: test scores: Ohio Department 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.

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Data source: Ohio Department of Education

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by a parent
Thursday, January 27, 2022

Open Quote Gahanna is a nice community, but I will be the one to say they are full of the wrong pride. NOT willing to acknowledge the racial barriers and tensions they have w/ black and brown students. Majority of teachers are white, many w/ controlling and discouraging characters, lack of kindness, and empathy. So far, nothing is being done. As a mother this hurts. Per my 9th grade student and his friends who have went to East middle and now high white teachers treat black students with more abrasive tones and actions than they do their white students. Many are leery of our children, are extreme in measures to disciple like (unfairness and unbalanced in their approaches and ways to resolve issues), and are overly anxious, and distrustful of our kids. White kids have shown up to school with plastic guns and knives, an email was sent, school placed on lockdown, hours later a follow-up with "weapons, were plastic and there was nothing to worry about." No consequences, just to name two incidents. Close Quote



Enrollment information for Lincoln High School

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 1709 83 21 5 1 n/a n/a 0 1819
1989 1618 96 21 10 1 n/a n/a 0 1746
1990 1523 114 25 25 0 n/a n/a 0 1687
1991 1512 122 35 7 0 n/a n/a 0 1676
1992 1500 144 30 10 2 n/a n/a -1 1685
1993 1581 153 26 12 4 n/a n/a 0 1776
1994 1599 147 28 16 3 n/a n/a 0 1793
1995 1734 187 36 18 6 n/a n/a 0 1981
1996 1734 187 36 18 6 n/a n/a 0 1981
1997 1749 188 49 22 10 n/a n/a 0 2018
1998 1753 178 54 23 9 n/a n/a 0 2017
1999 1760 188 54 25 4 n/a n/a 0 2031
2000 1773 195 64 33 5 n/a n/a 0 2070
2001 1771 219 66 27 3 n/a n/a 0 2086
2002 1780 257 63 35 4 n/a n/a 31 2170
2003 1780 257 63 35 4 n/a n/a 31 2170
2004 1797 273 67 32 2 n/a n/a 36 2207
2005 1835 326 62 32 2 n/a n/a 53 2310
2006 1794 347 69 21 1 n/a n/a 68 2300
2007 1800 361 68 38 0 n/a n/a 83 2350
2008 1767 395 61 43 2 n/a n/a 95 2363
2009 1696 406 75 43 4 n/a n/a 104 2328
2010 1637 442 67 51 5 n/a n/a 102 2304
2011 1594 443 63 62 2 0 128 0 2292
2012 1462 451 69 62 2 0 130 0 2176
2013 1433 460 64 69 2 0 139 0 2167
2014 1427 465 71 91 3 0 138 0 2195
2015 1443 475 82 108 4 1 147 0 2260
2016 1459 485 80 116 4 1 147 0 2292
2017 1411 496 88 143 6 2 148 0 2294
2018 1405 518 91 142 4 4 135 0 2299
2019 1341 628 97 150 7 4 27 0 2254
2020 1313 687 105 149 11 5 38 0 2308
2021 1309 686 111 157 9 3 41 0 2316
2022 1297 714 107 138 10 4 72 0 2342
2023 1266 739 124 155 12 3 64 0 2363

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 High School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 1819 88.0 20.6 0
1989 1746 87.0 20.0 n/a
1990 1687 86.6 19.4 n/a
1991 1676 90.1 18.6 n/a
1992 1685 95.0 17.7 n/a
1993 1776 99.8 17.8 0
1994 1793 102.8 17.4 0
1995 1981 105.1 18.8 0
1996 1981 105.1 18.8 0
1997 2018 107.2 18.8 0
1998 2017 113.9 17.7 0
1999 2031 112.9 18.0 0
2000 2070 122.8 16.9 0
2001 2086 119.8 17.4 0
2002 2170 126.8 17.1 0
2003 2170 126.8 17.1 0
2004 2207 152.5 14.5 n/a
2005 2310 132.3 17.5 0
2006 2300 135.3 17.0 0
2007 2350 150.4 15.6 0
2008 2363 130.4 18.1 n/a
2009 2328 140.8 16.5 0
2010 2304 132.9 17.3 0
2011 2292 130.9 17.4 21.6
2012 2176 126.4 17.2 22.8
2013 2167 124.4 17.4 25.3
2014 2195 141.9 15.4 25.5
2015 2260 n/a n/a 25.2
2016 2292 134.0 17.1 24.3
2017 2294 127.9 17.9 23.9
2018 2299 127.6 18.0 23.8
2019 2254 124.9 18.0 23.3
2020 2308 115.5 19.9 23.6
2021 2316 115.0 20.1 n/a
2022 2342 115.6 20.2 n/a
2023 2363 119.6 19.7 24

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 High School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 1819 88.0 20.6 0
1989 1746 87.0 20.0 n/a
1990 1687 86.6 19.4 n/a
1991 1676 90.1 18.6 n/a
1992 1685 95.0 17.7 n/a
1993 1776 99.8 17.8 0
1994 1793 102.8 17.4 0
1995 1981 105.1 18.8 0
1996 1981 105.1 18.8 0
1997 2018 107.2 18.8 0
1998 2017 113.9 17.7 0
1999 2031 112.9 18.0 0
2000 2070 122.8 16.9 0
2001 2086 119.8 17.4 0
2002 2170 126.8 17.1 0
2003 2170 126.8 17.1 0
2004 2207 152.5 14.5 n/a
2005 2310 132.3 17.5 0
2006 2300 135.3 17.0 0
2007 2350 150.4 15.6 0
2008 2363 130.4 18.1 n/a
2009 2328 140.8 16.5 0
2010 2304 132.9 17.3 0
2011 2292 130.9 17.4 21.6
2012 2176 126.4 17.2 22.8
2013 2167 124.4 17.4 25.3
2014 2195 141.9 15.4 25.5
2015 2260 n/a n/a 25.2
2016 2292 134.0 17.1 24.3
2017 2294 127.9 17.9 23.9
2018 2299 127.6 18.0 23.8
2019 2254 124.9 18.0 23.3
2020 2308 115.5 19.9 23.6
2021 2316 115.0 20.1 n/a
2022 2342 115.6 20.2 n/a
2023 2363 119.6 19.7 24

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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Per Pupil Expenditures for Lincoln High School

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YearTotal Expenditures Per Pupil
2019 $10,161
2022 $10,564
2023 $11,238

Data source: Ohio Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Lincoln High School

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 232nd of 836 High schoolsRanks 358th of 867 High schools
 13.5%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
End of Course American Government (Lincoln High School)85.478.3
 7.1%
   End of Course American Government (Gahanna-Jefferson City)85.678.5
 7.1%
   End of Course American Government (Ohio)77.772
 5.7%
End of Course American History (Lincoln High School)82.573.3
 9.2%
   End of Course American History (Gahanna-Jefferson City)82.573.5
 9%
   End of Course American History (Ohio)78.169.7
 8.4%
End of Course Biology (Lincoln High School)86.372.6
 13.7%
   End of Course Biology (Gahanna-Jefferson City)86.372.7
 13.6%
   End of Course Biology (Ohio)73.763.7
 10%
End of Course English II (Lincoln High School)75.465.9
 9.5%
   End of Course English II (Gahanna-Jefferson City)75.566
 9.5%
   End of Course English II (Ohio)66.260.8
 5.4%
End of Course Geometry (Lincoln High School)59.144.3
 14.8%
   End of Course Geometry (Gahanna-Jefferson City)62.747.6
 15.1%
   End of Course Geometry (Ohio)50.141.8
 8.3%
End of Course Algebra I (Lincoln High School)70.956.2
 14.7%
   End of Course Algebra I (Gahanna-Jefferson City)78.563.3
 15.2%
   End of Course Algebra I (Ohio)61.153
 8.1%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students22542363
 4.8%
African American628739
 17.7%
American Indian712
 71.4%
Asian97124
 27.8%
Hispanic150155
 3.3%
Pacific Islander43
 25%
White13411266
 5.6%
Two or More Races2764
 137%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients23.3%24%
 0.7%


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Students at Lincoln High School are 54% White, 31% African American, 7% Hispanic, 5% Asian, 3% Two or more races.

Lincoln High School ranks 349th of 864 Ohio high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

In the 2022-23 school year, 2,363 students attended Lincoln High School.


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