Lincoln Park School District

The Lincoln Park School District has two schools serving prekindergarten through eighth grade: Lincoln Park Elementary School (PK–4) and Lincoln Park Middle School (grades 5–8). In 2025–2026, most reported results were above the state result for the same grade and subject, with average advantages of 15 points in ELA and 11 points in regular-grade math. The clearest concern is sixth-grade middle-school math, which was 11 points below the state.

Lincoln Park Middle School has the strongest standout scores: eighth-grade math was 64% proficient versus 23% statewide, a 41-point advantage, and eighth-grade ELA was 77% versus 53%, a 23-point advantage. Both reported Algebra I results were 100% proficient; the state results were 40% for the end-of-course category and 75% for eighth grade. Its lowest result was sixth-grade math at 30%, compared with 40% statewide. At Lincoln Park Elementary School, third-grade ELA was a high point at 63% versus 48% statewide, while fourth-grade ELA was just 2 points above the state (48% versus 46%).

Results and rankings show some downward movement, alongside bright spots. Elementary fourth-grade ELA fell from 78% in 2024–2025 to 48% in 2025–2026, and its state advantage narrowed from 24 points to 2; the average state-relative advantage also narrowed by 5 points in both ELA and regular-grade math. SchoolDigger’s latest rankings are 544 of 1,331 (59th percentile) for the elementary school and 137 of 743 (82nd percentile) for the middle school, both lower than the prior year. For 2024–2025, enrollment was 500 and 368, respectively, with student–teacher ratios of 11.1 and 11.9. Both schools reported free/reduced lunch eligible for 2024–2025 at similar rates: 24.8% at the elementary school and 24.5% at the middle school.