Lincoln County Schools

Summary:

The Lincoln County Schools district in North Carolina consists of 22 schools, including 13 elementary schools, 4 middle schools, 5 high schools, and 1 alternative school. The district as a whole is ranked 68 out of 242 in North Carolina and is rated 4 out of 5 stars by SchoolDigger.

Several schools in the district stand out for their strong performance. Rock Springs Elementary is a top-performing elementary school, ranking 96 out of 1,490 in the state and earning a 5-star rating. North Lincoln Middle is a high-achieving middle school, ranking 143 out of 773 in North Carolina and earning a 4-star rating. At the high school level, East Lincoln High stands out with a 4-star rating and strong performance on end-of-course exams.

While the district overall performs well, there are some schools that struggle, particularly those with higher rates of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch. For example, Lincolnton High has a 99.62% free/reduced lunch rate and lower academic performance. The district may need to focus additional resources and support on these schools to help improve outcomes for economically disadvantaged students.

District Detail

201 Jeb Seagle Drive
Lincolnton, NC 28092

(704) 732-2261

SchoolDigger Rank:
68^th of 242 North Carolina districts

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Grades served: PK, KG-12
Students: 11,710

Primary Schools: 13
Middle Schools: 4
High Schools: 5
Alternative Schools: 0

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				EOC Biology (2025)	EOC English II (2025)	EOC Math I (2025)	EOC Math III (2025)	EOG Mathematics (2025)						EOG Reading (2025)						EOG Science (2025)		Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	EOC Biology End of Course	EOC English II End of Course	EOC Math I End of Course	EOC Math III End of Course	EOG Mathematics 3rd Grade	EOG Mathematics 4th Grade	EOG Mathematics 5th Grade	EOG Mathematics 6th Grade	EOG Mathematics 7th Grade	EOG Mathematics 8th Grade	EOG Reading 3rd Grade	EOG Reading 4th Grade	EOG Reading 5th Grade	EOG Reading 6th Grade	EOG Reading 7th Grade	EOG Reading 8th Grade	EOG Science 5th Grade	EOG Science 8th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Battleground Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	301 Jeb Seagle Dr	Lincolnton	28092	Lincoln County	Lincoln County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(704) 736-1626	420	32	13.1	97.1%	190 (45.2%)	66 (15.7%)	118 (28.1%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	45 (10.7%)	71.3	369^th of 1490 public elementary schools	75.2%		55.2	656^th of 1505 public elementary schools	56.4%	287					78.3	71.0	92.2				38.3	66.7	50.6				75.3		$9,785	$1,121	$8,664
GE Massey Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	130 Newbold St	Lincolnton	28092	Lincoln County	Lincoln County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(704) 735-2322	370	27	13.6	99.2%	175 (47.3%)	63 (17.0%)	103 (27.8%)	7 (1.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (5.9%)	31.2	1070^th of 1490 public elementary schools	28.2%		40.1	933^rd of 1505 public elementary schools	38.0%	137					76.2	48.9	34.5				39.7	44.7	30.9				41.8		$9,086	$1,289	$7,797
East Lincoln High	Public	9-12	6471 Hwy 73	Denver	28037	Lincoln County	Lincoln County Schools	No	No	No	No	(704) 736-1860	1,047	55	19.0	31.8%	758 (72.4%)	84 (8.0%)	117 (11.2%)	18 (1.7%)	6 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	64 (6.1%)	72.3	169^th of 641 public high schools	73.6%		65.2	202^nd of 640 public high schools	68.4%	33	58.0	71.3	58.9	87.2															$7,000	$484	$6,516
East Lincoln Middle	Public	6-8	4137 Hwy 73	Iron Station	28080	Lincoln County	Lincoln County Schools	No	No	No	No	(704) 732-0761	738	45	16.2	37.8%	532 (72.1%)	53 (7.2%)	90 (12.2%)	7 (0.9%)	4 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	52 (7.0%)	67.9	223^rd of 773 public middle schools	71.2%		73.8	181^st of 793 public middle schools	77.2%	42								71.0	68.8	62.0				56.7	56.7	52.8		65.2	$7,305	$426	$6,879
Iron Station Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	4207 Hwy 27 E	Iron Station	28080	Lincoln County	Lincoln County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(704) 736-4292	367	29	12.6	98.6%	279 (76.0%)	16 (4.4%)	43 (11.7%)	3 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	26 (7.1%)	77.3	288^th of 1490 public elementary schools	80.7%		69.1	424^th of 1505 public elementary schools	71.8%	136					75.5	73.3	80.7				50.9	62.2	59.6				86.0		$10,349	$1,187	$9,162
Lincolnton High	Public	9-12	803 N Aspen St	Lincolnton	28092	Lincoln County	Lincoln County Schools	No	No	No	No	(704) 735-3089	797	47	16.9	99.5%	350 (43.9%)	138 (17.3%)	235 (29.5%)	8 (1.0%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	65 (8.2%)	47.2	328^th of 641 public high schools	48.8%		35.4	402^nd of 640 public high schools	37.2%	74	48.8	56.6	28.5	75.6															$9,236	$894	$8,342
Lincolnton Middle	Public	6-8	2361 Startown Road	Lincolnton	28092	Lincoln County	Lincoln County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(704) 735-1120	563	41	13.8	99.5%	250 (44.4%)	79 (14.0%)	166 (29.5%)	10 (1.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	58 (10.3%)	29.8	551^st of 773 public middle schools	28.7%		37.2	515^th of 793 public middle schools	35.1%	36								39.9	39.7	47.5				32.0	37.7	48.6		52.5	$8,847	$1,187	$7,659
Love Memorial Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	1463 Love Memorial Sch Rd	Lincolnton	28092	Lincoln County	Lincoln County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(704) 735-5649	315	25	12.4	99.0%	244 (77.5%)	10 (3.2%)	38 (12.1%)	2 (0.6%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (6.0%)	24.6	1194^th of 1490 public elementary schools	19.9%		24.1	1207^th of 1505 public elementary schools	19.8%	13					47.4	46.3	48.8				34.2	39.0	34.9				53.5		$12,264	$1,597	$10,666
Rock Springs Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	3633 Hwy 16 N	Denver	28037	Lincoln County	Lincoln County Schools	No	No	No	No	(704) 483-2281	639	40	16.1	21.4%	520 (81.4%)	28 (4.4%)	49 (7.7%)	8 (1.3%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	33 (5.2%)	91.1	96^th of 1490 public elementary schools	93.6%		89.7	117^th of 1505 public elementary schools	92.2%	21					85.1	78.6	82.7				74.5	77.7	70.9				86.4		$7,824	$403	$7,420
S Ray Lowder Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	350 Kennedy Dr	Lincolnton	28092	Lincoln County	Lincoln County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(704) 735-2741	306	23	13.4	97.4%	152 (49.7%)	50 (16.3%)	71 (23.2%)	6 (2.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	27 (8.8%)	47.2	798^th of 1490 public elementary schools	46.4%		54.2	681^st of 1505 public elementary schools	54.8%	117					59.2	52.8	49.0				55.1	47.2	46.9				67.3		$10,042	$1,245	$8,797
Union Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	4875 Reepsville Rd	Vale	28168	Lincoln County	Lincoln County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(704) 276-1493	342	22	15.2	99.1%	310 (90.6%)	2 (0.6%)	15 (4.4%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (4.1%)	72.4	356^th of 1490 public elementary schools	76.1%		83.2	200^th of 1505 public elementary schools	86.7%	156					73.8	77.1	74.6				43.1	62.5	62.7				76.3		$10,166	$909	$9,257
West Lincoln High	Public	9-12	172 Shoal Rd	Lincolnton	28092	Lincoln County	Lincoln County Schools	No	No	No	No	(704) 736-9453	731	45	16.1	99.3%	612 (83.7%)	9 (1.2%)	78 (10.7%)	5 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	27 (3.7%)	58.1	242^nd of 641 public high schools	62.2%		48.8	306^th of 640 public high schools	52.2%	64	57.5	66.0	35.7	74.1															$8,213	$515	$7,699
West Lincoln Middle	Public	6-8	260 Shoal Rd	Lincolnton	28092	Lincoln County	Lincoln County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(704) 276-1760	563	39	14.4	98.8%	473 (84.0%)	6 (1.1%)	48 (8.5%)	2 (0.4%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	33 (5.9%)	52.8	359^th of 773 public middle schools	53.6%		63.1	265^th of 793 public middle schools	66.6%	94								55.2	45.6	50.0				55.2	44.8	59.2		67.4	$8,615	$996	$7,618
Catawba Springs Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	206 North Little Egypt Rd	Denver	28037	Lincoln County	Lincoln County Schools	No	No	No	No	(704) 736-1895	543	33	16.3	34.4%	371 (68.3%)	43 (7.9%)	59 (10.9%)	16 (2.9%)	7 (1.3%)	1 (0.2%)	46 (8.5%)	84.1	189^th of 1490 public elementary schools	87.3%		89.7	116^th of 1505 public elementary schools	92.3%	73					86.2	83.7	68.7				70.1	83.7	61.6				70.7		$7,867	$484	$7,383
Lcst	Public		1 Timken Dr	Lincolnton	28092	Lincoln County	Lincoln County Schools	No	No	No	No	(704) 732-4084	0	13	.0		0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)
North Brook Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	642 Hwy 274	Vale	28168	Lincoln County	Lincoln County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(704) 276-2479	344	24	14.5	99.1%	296 (86.0%)	6 (1.7%)	23 (6.7%)	2 (0.6%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (4.7%)	63.1	510^th of 1490 public elementary schools	65.8%		64.5	495^th of 1505 public elementary schools	67.1%	15					68.4	80.0	73.6				45.6	42.2	54.7				73.6		$9,492	$999	$8,493
Asbury Academy	Public	6-12	221 Salem Church Road	Lincolnton	28092	Lincoln County	Lincoln County Schools	No	No	No	No	(704) 736-4766	34	9	3.7	91.2%	23 (67.6%)	4 (11.8%)	1 (2.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (17.6%)								(n/a)	8.3																		$21,466	$469	$20,997
Pumpkin Center Primary	Public	PK, KG-2	3970 King Wilkinson Road	Lincolnton	28092	Lincoln County	Lincoln County Schools	No	No	No	No	(704) 736-1394	325	24	13.6	99.1%	260 (80.0%)	10 (3.1%)	32 (9.8%)	11 (3.4%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (3.1%)								(n/a)																			$9,198	$156	$9,042
North Lincoln Middle	Public	6-8	1503 Amity Church Road	Denver	28037	Lincoln County	Lincoln County Schools	No	No	No	No	(704) 736-0262	774	45	17.1	28.9%	626 (80.9%)	28 (3.6%)	70 (9.0%)	10 (1.3%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	38 (4.9%)	78.8	143^rd of 773 public middle schools	81.5%		81.2	120^th of 793 public middle schools	84.9%	23								73.3	71.6	61.8				65.6	62.8	67.4		69.6	$7,347	$446	$6,901
North Lincoln High	Public	9-12	2737 Lee Lawing Road	Lincolnton	28092	Lincoln County	Lincoln County Schools	No	No	No	No	(704) 736-1969	1,126	52	21.5	25.3%	921 (81.8%)	30 (2.7%)	120 (10.7%)	9 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	46 (4.1%)	59.6	228^th of 641 public high schools	64.4%		69.3	184^th of 640 public high schools	71.3%	44	39.8	69.9	51.9	78.7															$7,071	$386	$6,685
St James Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	1774 St James Church Road	Denver	28037	Lincoln County	Lincoln County Schools	No	No	No	No	(704) 736-1958	653	43	15.2	27.0%	520 (79.6%)	23 (3.5%)	62 (9.5%)	8 (1.2%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	38 (5.8%)	79	264^th of 1490 public elementary schools	82.3%		76.5	302^nd of 1505 public elementary schools	79.9%	38					76.9	79.7	72.1				49.6	72.4	59.8				82.8		$7,459	$375	$7,084
Childers Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	2595 Rock Dam Road	Lincolnton	28092	Lincoln County	Lincoln County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(704) 736-9610	418	30	13.7	97.1%	306 (73.2%)	10 (2.4%)	81 (19.4%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (4.5%)	42.6	868^th of 1490 public elementary schools	41.7%		42.3	881^st of 1505 public elementary schools	41.5%	13					50.0	56.7	62.8				32.4	50.7	44.9				66.7		$9,897	$1,409	$8,488
Pumpkin Center Intermediate	Public	3-5	3980 King Wilkinson Road	Lincolnton	28092	Lincoln County	Lincoln County Schools	No	No	No	No	(704) 736-1504	295	19	15.9	99.0%	239 (81.0%)	4 (1.4%)	31 (10.5%)	8 (2.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (4.4%)	59.6	571^st of 1490 public elementary schools	61.7%		62.7	531^st of 1505 public elementary schools	64.7%	40					55.3	72.1	56.3				43.5	66.3	52.1				72.9		$9,377	$670	$8,707

Districts nearby

District	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Catawba County Schools	7.33 mi	28	82^nd
Gaston County Schools	8.98 mi	57	149^th
NCDPS Juvenile Education Services	11.38 mi	10
Community Charter School	12.01 mi	1
Newton Conover City Schools	12.37 mi	7	79^th

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the North Carolina Dept of Public Instruction.

IMPORTANT DISCLAIMERS: Not all boundaries are included. We make every effort to ensure that boundaries are up-to-date. But it's important to note that these are approximations and are for general informational purposes only. To verify legal descriptions of boundaries or school locations, contact your local tax assessor's office and/or school district.