📍 855 S 8th St, Lincoln, Lancaster County, 68508
Park Middle School is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Lincoln, Lancaster County. The school has 834 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Charlotte Everts. It is part of the Lincoln Public Schools school district. It serves grades 6–8 in an urban setting. The school employs 67.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 12.4:1. 37% of students are proficient in reading. 37% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Park Middle School enrolls 834 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 67.2 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 12.4:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 41% White, 29% Hispanic or Latino and 14% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 345 | 41% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 238 | 29% |
| Black or African American | 113 | 14% |
| Two or more races | 67 | 8% |
| Asian | 61 | 7.3% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 10 | 1.2% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
564 of the school's 834 students (68%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 484 qualify for free lunch and 80 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Park Middle School is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Large). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district NE-10, state senate district 27.
Park Middle School is one of 76 schools in LINCOLN PUBLIC SCHOOLS, based in LINCOLN, Nebraska. The district serves 42,301 students district-wide and employs 3,023 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 834 students, Park Middle School is larger than the district average of about 557 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Large