Summary:
Lincoln, Kansas, has two public schools enrolling 336 students: Lincoln Elementary serves prekindergarten through grade 5, and Lincoln Junior/Senior High serves grades 6–12. Their different grade spans mean the all-grades scores are not direct, same-grade comparisons. Most importantly, both schools’ 2025–26 all-grades math and science proficiency rates were above the state rates, while ELA results differed sharply between them.
Lincoln Elementary leads the all-grades results, with 72% proficiency in ELA, 54% in math and 56% in science; Lincoln Junior/Senior High posts 43%, 48% and 51%, respectively. The elementary school’s leads are 29 points in ELA, 6 in math and 5 in science. Compared with state rates, elementary ELA is 26 points higher, while the high school is 3 points lower; both schools are above the state in math and science. Grade-level results add important detail: the high school is above state math rates in all four reported grades and above state ELA in grade 10, but its grade 6 and 8 ELA rates are well below state results. Elementary grade 3 math is 36 points above the state, while its grade 4 and 5 math rates are slightly below.
Recent score trends favor the elementary school, though the high school has notable strengths beyond its all-grades ELA result. From 2024–25 to 2025–26, elementary proficiency rose 18 points in ELA, 6 in math and 28 in science; high school rates fell 7, 1 and 5 points, respectively. SchoolDigger’s ranking for the high school rose from the 25th percentile to the 94th, while the elementary school moved from the 54th to the 78th percentile; their latest star ratings are 5 and 4, respectively. The high school has a lower student–teacher ratio—11.5 students per teacher versus 17.9—and the schools have similar free/reduced-lunch rates, 58% and 57%. Attendance is favorable at both: chronic absenteeism is 10% at the elementary school and 17% at the high school, compared with 18% statewide.
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