Academics
According to California Department of Education's report in 1956, Lincoln High had a graduation rate of 97% with about 50% of graduates going on to two and four-year colleges. The graduation rate has dropped precipitously since 1956.
Each student is required to take some basics courses including but not limited to the following:
- 4 years of English (including English 9 and 10 and, beginning in the 2009-10 school year, the student's choice of AP Language and Composition, AP Language and Literature, English 11, and English 12)
3.5 years of Social Science (including a freshman Geography semester, World History, US History, and U.S. Government/Economics)
- 2 years of Physical Education (four if student fails to pass the Fitness-Gram test)
- 2 years of Sciences (one life science course and one lab course)
- 1 Semester of a Health Course
and 9 additional Elective Courses.
Lincoln High Schools has a wide array of courses offered to students in all areas of education, including foreign language, performing arts, physical education, science, history, mathematics, English, art, fashion, computer science, student leadership, and film.
Most academic courses are college preparatory or Advanced Placement (AP). Some of the AP courses offered include: Language and Composition, Language and Literature, World History, US History, Government, Biology, Chemistry, Statistics, Calculus AB, Art, Computer Science. Some of the Honors Courses include: Algebra I, Geometry, Algebra II/Trigonometry, Introduction to Analysis, Spanish 3.
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