WashingtonSchoolsLincoln High School

Lincoln High School

PublicRegular
Tacoma, Washington · Tacoma School District
Teachers81.0FTE
Ratio18.9:1students per teacher
Students1,529enrolled
SCHOOL SNAPSHOT
Students1,529
Grade Span9–12
Student:Teacher18.9:1
Free/Reduced Lunch80%
Title INo
SectorPublic
Student : Teacher
20.7:1
9.5%vs prior yrUS avg 15.4:1
Teacher FTE
75
7.4%vs prior yr
Enrollment
1,556
1.8%vs prior yr
Years of Data
5
2020–2024
Counselors
ASCA max 1:250
Nurses
NASN max 1:750
Psychologists
NASP max 1:500
Social Workers
SSWAA max 1:250
Trends & 5-year history below

Pupil : Teacher Ratio — 5-Year Trend

15.0:116.2:117.4:118.7:119.9:121.1:12020202120222023202420.1:119.8:119.0:118.9:120.7:1Lincoln High SchoolUS public-school avg

Enrollment & Teacher FTE

1,5161,5531,5891,6261,6621,699747678818385202020212022202320241,6861,6271,5781,5291,5568482838175EnrollmentTeacher FTE

Year-by-year workforce

Metric20202021202220232024Nat Avg
Enrollment1,6861,6271,5781,5291,556
Teacher FTE8482838175
Pupil : Teacher ratio20.1:119.8:119.0:118.9:120.7:115.4:1

What These Numbers Mean

Teacher FTE

Full-Time Equivalent counts part-time teachers proportionally. One full-time teacher = 1.0 FTE; two half-time teachers also = 1.0 FTE. This is the standard federal reporting unit.

Pupil : Teacher ratio

NCES-reported ratio divides total enrollment by teacher FTE. It is NOT the same as average class size — schools with specialists, coaches, and resource teachers will show lower ratios than typical class sizes.

How to read the trend

A falling pupil:teacher ratio (line going down) means more staffing per student — generally a positive signal. A rising line can indicate budget pressure or fast enrollment growth outpacing hiring. Always compare to the US average (dashed grey).

Historical data spans 20202024 from NCES CCD.

Student Support & Wellbeing

Counselor, nurse, psychologist and social-worker staffing data will appear here once the latest CRDC (Civil Rights Data Collection) ingestion completes for this school.

Source: US Dept of Education — CRDC.