Summary
Abraham Lincoln Elementary is a K–5 school serving 401 students in Medford, Oregon, part of Medford School District 549C. It currently ranks in the top 30% of Oregon elementary schools (70th percentile, 3 stars) and finishes third among the nine Medford-area elementaries compared here. After slipping to the 57th percentile in 2024–25, the school rebounded 13 points in 2025–26 — a genuine recovery, though not yet a return to the 75th–85th percentile band it held through most of the 2010s.
Lincoln students outscore the state in all three tested subjects: 48.0% proficient in English language arts (+4.2 points over the state), 47.5% in math (+14.6), and 44.3% in science (+13.7). Math and science are the clear standout — roughly 1.4 times the state proficiency rate in math — and fifth grade reached 60.7% in ELA and 54.1% in math. Chronic absenteeism stands at 22.6%, about 11 points below the district and 8 below the state, and the school has held that attendance edge for five straight years, including pandemic-disrupted 2020–21. Hispanic students have been among the school's strongest-performing groups for three years running, ranking at the 78th, 90th, and 85th percentile statewide.
Where Lincoln trails: special education students rank at the 19th percentile (1 star), the school's one clear gap, and third-grade ELA (38.2%) sits below the state. Against neighbors, Lincoln is nearly tied with Lone Pine Elementary School in math (47.5 vs. 48.6) while leading by 9.4 points in science, but trails Hoover Elementary School, the district's top performer at the 91st percentile, which spends less per student ($16,250 vs. $18,606) and runs larger classes. Lincoln's math proficiency is more than double Jackson Elementary School's, and its science more than triple, even though eight of the nine schools report nearly identical free/reduced-lunch rates — so the wide outcome spread isn't explained by poverty, funding, or class size. The special education plan and third-grade reading support are the areas worth asking about.
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