Summary:
Lincoln Consolidated School District is home to a single middle school, Lincoln Middle School, which serves grades 6 through 8 and enrolls 712 students in the Ypsilanti, Michigan area.
Lincoln Middle School is the only option for middle school families in this district, so all students in these grades attend the same school. The school has a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.6:1 and spends a notably high $17,072 per student. Academically, the school shows a mixed picture. Its strongest area is 8th-grade PSAT English Language Arts, where 52.4% of students meet proficiency, followed by 8th-grade social studies at 41% and 8th-grade science at 30.9%. However, math is a persistent challenge across all grades, with proficiency rates hovering between 16% and 18% — roughly half the state average of 31–33%. The school also saw a significant 7.1-point drop in 6th-grade ELA proficiency from the prior year, falling to 22.2%, while 7th-grade math and 8th-grade science both showed positive gains of about 2 and 4 points respectively.
Compared to state averages, Lincoln Middle School trails by 10 to 17 percentage points in nearly every subject, with the widest gaps in math. The school has maintained a stable 2-star rating for three consecutive years, ranking in the 31st percentile statewide. Chronic absenteeism affects 22.1% of students — better than the district average of 28.8% but still meaning nearly one in four students misses significant school time. With over half the student population qualifying for free or reduced lunch, the school faces socioeconomic challenges that likely impact achievement. While the high per-student spending has not translated into top-tier results, the school does show relative strengths in 8th-grade literacy and science, suggesting that targeted support in math and early middle school ELA could help close the gap with state performance.
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