Lincoln

Lincoln has six public schools: four elementary schools, one middle school and one high school, serving students from elementary grades through grade 12. In 2025–2026, each school’s reported all-grades results were above the state average in ELA, math and science, though the high school’s 11th-grade results use separate measures. The clearest achievement standout is Lincoln Central Elementary, which led the elementary schools in all three subjects and outscored the other three schools’ averages by 23.3 percentage points in ELA, 30.6 in math and 16.3 in science.

Lincoln Central Elementary posted 63.2% in ELA, 70.1% in math and 61.7% in science. The other elementary schools have more varied profiles: Lonsdale Elementary ranked second in ELA at 46.1% but last in science at 38.9%, while Saylesville Elementary had the lowest math result, 38.9%. Northern Lincoln Elementary was nearly at the state average in all-grades ELA (33.2% versus 33.1%), but its fourth-grade ELA was 21.2%, 11.2 points below state. Lincoln Middle School exceeded state results in all subjects but fell below district figures, especially in science (34.7% versus 44.0%). Lincoln Senior High School had 68.3% proficiency in 11th-grade SAT ELA and a 90.6% graduation rate, 5.1 points above the state rate.

Recent elementary results improved in science but slipped slightly in ELA and math: the four-school averages changed by +5.5, −0.9 and −1.9 points, respectively, from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026. Science gains at Northern Lincoln Elementary (+13.4 points) and Saylesville Elementary (+8.5) drove much of that improvement. SchoolDigger’s statewide percentile for Lonsdale Elementary rose from 58 to 68 between 2023–2024 and 2025–2026, despite its current math and science results being among the elementary schools’ lowest. School context also varies: reported student-teacher ratios range from 13.0 at Northern Lincoln Elementary to 17.3 at Lincoln Central Elementary, while free/reduced-lunch rates range from 12.74% at Central to 46.26% at Northern. Annual results reflect different student cohorts, so changes do not track the same students over time.