Lincoln Unified

The 12 schools in Lincoln Unified include nine elementary schools, one middle school and two high schools, offering families options from elementary through high school. In 2025–2026, the schools’ unweighted All Grades averages were 43% in ELA, 27% in math and 25% in science, all below state averages of 49%, 38% and 36%. The defining finding is the sharp variation between schools: All Grades results span about 50 points in ELA, 57 in math and 34 in science.

Brookside leads the All Grades results, with 67% in ELA, 59% in math and 45% in science—about 18, 20 and 9 points above the state. At the other end, Village Oaks High has the lowest results in all three subjects: 18% in ELA, 2% in math and 11% in science, about 32, 37 and 25 points below the state. John McCandless Charter is another strong performer, above the state by about 4 points in ELA, 5 in math and 3 in science. Differences also appear in grade-matched results: in grade 4 ELA, Brookside’s 70% is about 39 points above Claudia Landeen.

Results changed unevenly from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026: the schools’ average ELA result rose by about 3 points, while math slipped by less than a point and science rose by about 2. Since the state improved faster in math and science, the average gaps widened in those subjects; ELA’s gap narrowed. SchoolDigger ranks Brookside at the 85th percentile among California elementary schools and McCandless at the 76th. Context varies too: in 2024–2025, free/reduced lunch eligibility was 48% at Brookside and 59% at McCandless, while McCandless’s student-teacher ratio was 20.5 and Brookside’s was 22.4. Chronic absenteeism was 12% at Brookside, below the 18% state rate, but 35% at Village Oaks. These figures describe different aspects of schools and do not establish what causes their results.