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Lincoln School

Public Grades 3-8
625th
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 752 New Jersey Middle Schools
Better than 17% of New Jersey middle schools
Summary

Lincoln School in Fairview, NJ, is a public middle school serving 635 students in grades 3 through 8 as part of the Fairview Public School District, a district that ranks in the bottom 5% statewide. The school has consistently received a 1-star rating and ranks in the bottom 20% of New Jersey middle schools, with 76% of students qualifying for free or reduced lunch. Academically, Lincoln School's proficiency rates in English Language Arts and Mathematics are dramatically lower than nearby schools—for example, 6th grade ELA proficiency is just 19.2% compared to 62% at Leonia Middle School and 79% at Lewis F. Cole Middle School in Fort Lee. Similarly, 8th grade science proficiency is only 1.3%, the lowest among comparable schools, versus 37.3% at Leonia and 36.9% at Fort Lee.

Despite these challenges, Lincoln School has a notable strength in its Algebra I program: 81.3% of 8th graders taking the Algebra I End-of-Course exam were proficient, surpassing the state average of 38.2% and rivaling high-performing schools like Fort Lee (80.9%) and Leonia (98.5%). This "Algebra I anomaly" suggests the school effectively accelerates a select group of students, even as general math proficiency remains low (13-21% in grades 6-8). Additionally, the school has made impressive strides in reducing chronic absenteeism from a pandemic peak of 34.2% to just 6.7% in 2024-2025, far better than the state average of 14.4% and nearby schools like Emerson Middle School (13.3%) and Secaucus Middle School (13.4%).

However, this improvement in attendance has not translated into higher test scores, indicating that instructional quality or curriculum may be the primary barrier to academic growth. The school's performance with Special Education students is a relative bright spot (31st percentile statewide), but it struggles significantly with its White student population (bottom 3rd percentile). With a student-teacher ratio of 11.5—favorable compared to Emerson (14.9) and West New York Middle School (15.9)—and per-pupil spending of $10,180, the issue is not simply a lack of resources but likely the high concentration of poverty requiring more targeted interventions.

635
Students ?
11.5
Student/teacher ratio ?
$10,180
Per pupil spending ?
76.1%
Free/discounted lunch ?
 140 Anderson Avenue
       Fairview, NJ  07022

(201) 943-0560

District: Fairview Public School District


Feeder schools for Lincoln School:

Elementary:    Lincoln School Annex
    Number Three School
Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
92.3%
White:
6.9%
African American:
0.5%
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At a glance
▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 25th percentile in 2015 → 17th in 2025
Strengths
✓Small classes — about 12 students per teacher
Worth a look
!Test scores below the New Jersey average (32% vs 43% meeting standards)
!In the lower quartile statewide (17th percentile)
!Ranking has slipped — down 8 percentile points since 2015
Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?
This school32%
District avg32%
New Jersey avg43%
Elementary school
1,215th of 1,347
New Jersey public elementary schools ?
Bottom 10%▼ down 1 pts since 2023
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★★★★★
SchoolDigger rating ?
Middle school
625th of 752
New Jersey public middle schools ?
Bottom 17%▼ down 8 pts since 2015
From bottom 25% (2015) to bottom 17% (2025)
See the entire ranking list of New Jersey Middle Schools →
★★★★★
SchoolDigger rating ?
576th of 609Fairview Public School District among New Jersey districts
Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)
Elementary school ranking
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Jersey percentileRating
202511.61215 of 13479.8%☆☆☆☆☆
202410.01237 of 13387.5%☆☆☆☆☆
202312.51197 of 134210.8%★☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Jersey percentileRating
202524.2492 of 59717.6%★☆☆☆☆
202425.8444 of 55920.6%★☆☆☆☆
202325.9391 of 49921.6%★☆☆☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Jersey percentileRating
202512.21175 of 132611.4%★☆☆☆☆
20247.21233 of 13176.4%☆☆☆☆☆
202311.81172 of 131811.1%★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Jersey percentileRating
202516.5887 of 103214.1%★☆☆☆☆
202417.3851 of 98914.0%★☆☆☆☆
202319.1824 of 98216.1%★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Jersey percentileRating
202521.4901 of 102311.9%★☆☆☆☆
202420.2757 of 93919.4%★☆☆☆☆
202331.6624 of 91031.4%★★☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Jersey percentileRating
202512.91162 of 131811.8%★☆☆☆☆
202415.51109 of 131315.5%★☆☆☆☆
202315.51110 of 131515.6%★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Jersey percentileRating
202513.5960 of 10236.2%☆☆☆☆☆
202424.1726 of 98926.6%★☆☆☆☆
202322.8725 of 95824.3%★☆☆☆☆

White

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Jersey percentileRating
20252.9937 of 9703.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20243.5927 of 9633.7%☆☆☆☆☆
202312.5884 of 9759.3%☆☆☆☆☆
Middle school ranking
Show full rank history (all student groups)

All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Jersey percentileRating
202518.1625 of 75216.9%★☆☆☆☆
202416.7634 of 74314.7%★☆☆☆☆
202317.9618 of 74817.4%★☆☆☆☆
202221.1587 of 74521.2%★☆☆☆☆
202125.3470 of 65227.9%★☆☆☆☆
201921.0588 of 74521.1%★☆☆☆☆
201823.3569 of 71620.5%★☆☆☆☆
201721.9560 of 71221.3%★☆☆☆☆
201622.9564 of 71320.9%★☆☆☆☆
201525.9537 of 71324.7%★☆☆☆☆
201437.1495 of 71731.0%★★☆☆☆
201343.9460 of 70434.7%★★☆☆☆
201249.6413 of 67739.0%★★☆☆☆
201145.5449 of 68434.4%★★☆☆☆
201034.7500 of 67726.1%★☆☆☆☆
200940.6478 of 66428.0%★☆☆☆☆
200848.8411 of 64035.8%★★☆☆☆
200752.7397 of 63137.1%★★☆☆☆
200648.1408 of 61533.7%★★☆☆☆
200526.5471 of 59921.4%★☆☆☆☆
200431.2449 of 58823.6%★☆☆☆☆
200318.7480 of 57416.4%★☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Jersey percentileRating
202530.0246 of 34328.3%★☆☆☆☆
202427.3265 of 32017.2%★☆☆☆☆
202327.5226 of 28821.5%★☆☆☆☆
202222.9240 of 27011.1%★☆☆☆☆
202135.1125 of 19736.5%★★☆☆☆
201918.2205 of 2279.7%★☆☆☆☆
201819.2179 of 20211.4%★☆☆☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Jersey percentileRating
202516.9618 of 72815.1%★☆☆☆☆
202413.0655 of 7178.6%☆☆☆☆☆
202317.9604 of 72016.1%★☆☆☆☆
202220.5585 of 72619.4%★☆☆☆☆
202127.2436 of 62530.2%★★☆☆☆
201918.0580 of 70317.5%★☆☆☆☆
201818.6568 of 68016.5%★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Jersey percentileRating
202526.2471 of 60822.5%★☆☆☆☆
202423.6483 of 58918.0%★☆☆☆☆
202327.7448 of 58723.7%★☆☆☆☆
202227.3453 of 59123.4%★☆☆☆☆
202141.4254 of 48047.1%★★☆☆☆
201926.9394 of 52424.8%★☆☆☆☆
201828.4384 of 50423.8%★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Jersey percentileRating
202531.1453 of 61326.1%★☆☆☆☆
202429.8429 of 58426.5%★☆☆☆☆
202335.3361 of 56836.4%★★☆☆☆
202235.8348 of 54936.6%★★☆☆☆
202154.9140 of 46770.0%★★★★☆
201943.7300 of 54144.5%★★☆☆☆
201848.8243 of 52253.4%★★★☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Jersey percentileRating
202519.7593 of 72618.3%★☆☆☆☆
202420.9583 of 71918.9%★☆☆☆☆
202319.9577 of 71819.6%★☆☆☆☆
202221.1575 of 73021.2%★☆☆☆☆
202125.8439 of 63530.9%★★☆☆☆
201924.9538 of 69722.8%★☆☆☆☆
201829.6490 of 67527.4%★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Jersey percentileRating
202530.5352 of 50730.6%★★☆☆☆
202433.9324 of 51036.5%★★☆☆☆
202326.8398 of 50521.2%★☆☆☆☆
202231.8352 of 53534.2%★★☆☆☆
202116.9368 of 4018.2%☆☆☆☆☆
201919.8437 of 49211.2%★☆☆☆☆
201825.2374 of 47120.6%★☆☆☆☆

White

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Jersey percentileRating
20252.9487 of 5023.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20247.5491 of 5103.7%☆☆☆☆☆
20232.6498 of 5092.2%☆☆☆☆☆
202212.7472 of 5127.8%☆☆☆☆☆
202116.5400 of 4358.0%☆☆☆☆☆
201917.7442 of 50412.3%★☆☆☆☆
20189.0480 of 4973.4%☆☆☆☆☆
How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)
Elementary school
English Language Learner (2025)18th percentile+8 vs school
Hispanic (2025)14th percentile+4 vs school
Low Socio Economic Status (2025)12th percentile~ school
Male (2025)12th percentile~ school
Female (2025)11th percentile~ school
Special Education (2025)6th percentile-4 vs school
White (2025)3rd percentile-6 vs school
Middle school
Special Education (2025)31st percentile+14 vs school
English Language Learner (2025)28th percentile+11 vs school
Low Socio Economic Status (2025)26th percentile+9 vs school
Hispanic (2025)23rd percentile+6 vs school
Male (2025)18th percentile~ school
Female (2025)15th percentile~ school
White (2025)3rd percentile-14 vs school
By subject vs New Jersey (2024-2025) ?
Algebra I81%+36 vs state
Science74%+50 vs state
English Language Arts24%-32 vs state
Mathematics18%-20 vs state

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Students at Lincoln School are 92% Hispanic, 7% White.

Lincoln School ranks in the bottom 16.9% of New Jersey middle schools.

In the 2024-25 school year, 635 students attended Lincoln School.

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Latest New Jersey data All new data »
2024–25 attendance data, dropout rates & graduation ratesJun 13, 2026
2024–25 NJGPA, NJSLA & NJSLA-S test scoresDec 3, 2025
2023–24 attendance data, dropout rates & graduation ratesMay 8, 2025
2023–24 NJGPA test scoresJan 22, 2025


SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the New Jersey Department of Education.

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