Summary:
ZIP code 61356 has five schools—three elementary, one middle and one high school—with 1,570 students total, or an average of 314 per school. Results are uneven across the area, and the clearest academic standout among schools with reported test results is Lincoln Elementary School.
Lincoln is well above state rates in its tested grades: its all-grades proficiency was 69% in ELA and 60% in math, compared with 56% and 40% statewide—a 13-point advantage in ELA and 20 points in math. Results at Logan Junior High School are lower overall and vary sharply by grade: its all-grades ELA and math results were 8 and 12 points below state, while eighth-grade ELA was nearly at the state rate and eighth-grade math was 2 points above it. Princeton High School was below state in every reported ACT and PreACT comparison; its ACT math result was closest, 3 points below state, while its average PreACT science result was 11 points below. The other schools have no test scores in the supplied data.
Recent trends reinforce the contrast: Lincoln’s all-grades ELA rose 11 points from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, and its advantage over the state widened by 8 points; its math advantage widened by 2 points. Logan’s all-grades results were nearly flat as state scores rose, widening its gaps by 4 points in ELA and 2 in math. SchoolDigger’s 2025–2026 rankings also place Lincoln highest at the 75th percentile with four stars, compared with the 31st percentile and two stars for Logan and the 37th percentile and two stars for Princeton High. As context, all five schools reported free/reduced lunch eligible for 2024–2025: 46% at Lincoln, 53% at Logan and 40% at Princeton High; their student-teacher ratios were 12.0, 14.7 and 15.5, respectively. These characteristics describe the schools and do not explain their test results.
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