Lincoln High School (Portland, Oregon)

Lincoln High School is a public high school located in the Goose Hollow neighborhood of Portland, Oregon, United States. It was established in 1869 as Portland High School, making it one of the oldest public high schools west of the Mississippi River.Student profileLincoln's student population is 74% white, 9% Asian/Pacific Islander, 7% Latino, and 5% African American. About 86% of its students live within the school's neighborhood, the second-highest percentage in the district, behind Wilson.In 2008, 89% of the school's seniors received a high school diploma. Of 372 students, 330 graduated, 34 dropped out, four received a modified diploma, and four were still enrolled in high school the following year. For the 2010-11 school year, Lincoln had the highest overall graduation rate among Portland Public high schools, at 84 percent. About 90% of Asian-American students graduate on time, as do 88% of Latino students, yet only 38% of its African-American students do so, which is the worst rate in the district.AcademicsIn July 2006, former Lincoln High Principal Peter Hamilton described it as "a classic college preparatory school." It is home to more National Merit scholarship semifinalists than any other public or private high school in Oregon.In 2006, Lincoln was one of seven in Oregon ranked among America's 1,200 best high schools (based on Advanced Placement, International Baccalaureate, or Cambridge test scores) by Newsweek. In 2008, Lincoln was voted second out of 261 of the public high schools in the state, behind the School of Science and Technology from the Beaverton School District in first place.