Building on Lincoln’s Success
The Lincoln women who testified at tonight’s board meeting and encouraged board members to close schools prompted me to revisit some data.
Lincoln, Grant, Wilson and Cleveland are viewed as “successful schools” but what students are successful at those schools? The data below is for Lincoln but Grant and Wilson look similar.
- Black students accounted for 6% of Lincoln’s population but 17% of the discipline incidents (08/09)
- 89% of the white students, 68% of the Hispanic students and 61% of the Black students were receiving grades of C or higher (08/09)
- Students taking above grade level coursework – 57% of White students, 24% of Black students and 36% of free lunch students (08/09)
- Only 50% of the students on free/reduced lunch met the Math AYP target (08/09)
- Limited English Proficient student graduation rate is 25% (07/08)
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2008/09 State Assessments
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Meets and Exceeds |
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| Ethnicity | Reading | Math | Writing | Science |
| American Indian/Alaskan Native | * | * | * | * |
| Asian/Pacific Islander | 80% | 80% | 79% | 79% |
| Black (not of Hispanic Origin) | 50% | 25% | 50% | 50% |
| Hispanic | 75% | 81% | 88% | 75% |
| White (not of Hispanic Origin) | 89% | 83% | 83% | 82% |
| Multi-ethnic | 100% | 100% | * | 83% |
As for the argument that fewer campuses mean more opportunities for all students….well maybe not at Lincoln. Black students only make up 3% of the Lincoln students taking AP/IB or PSU courses.
Still, the women testifying before the board tonight think students of color and poor students should sacrifice so Lincoln students (wealthier white students) can continue to have more than everyone else.
2 comments
I agree with consolidation, but I think we should look at where students live, not where they’ve ended up after decades of free market enrollment policies.
Close Lincoln and move all its “successful” programs to Jefferson; split Lincoln’s attendance area between Roosevelt and Wilson. Merge Cleveland with Franklin.
I really think that people should look into how much of a success Lincoln is. I believe that people usually think that a high rate of people leaving is usually an sign that something is wrong. This June almost a quarter of the teachers and counselors at Lincoln left.
Someone should look into why so many people left. It seems an unusual situation.
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