Lincoln High School Academy of Governance and Social Sciences (or simply Lincoln High School) is a four-year public high school located in Jersey City, in Hudson County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, operated as part of the Jersey City Public Schools, serving students in ninth through twelfth grade.
As of the 2024–25 school year, the school had an enrollment of 767 students and 60.5 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.7:1. There were 554 students (72.2% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 26 (3.4% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.School data for Lincoln High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed January 15, 2026.
The school has been accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Elementary and Secondary Schools since 1928 and the school's accreditation expires in July 2025.Lincoln High School, Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commissions on Elementary and Secondary Schools. Accessed December 20, 2024.
Awards, recognition and rankings The school was the 328th-ranked public high school in New Jersey out of 339 schools statewide in New Jersey Monthly magazine's September 2014 cover story on the state's "Top Public High Schools", using a new ranking methodology.Staff. "Top Schools Alphabetical List 2014", New Jersey Monthly, September 2, 2014. Accessed September 5, 2014. The school had been ranked 294th in the state of 328 schools in 2012, after being ranked 305th in 2010 out of 322 schools listed.Staff. "The Top New Jersey High Schools: Alphabetical", New Jersey Monthly, August 16, 2012. Accessed September 20, 2012. The magazine ranked the school 291st in 2008 out of 316 schools.Staff. "2010 Top High Schools", New Jersey Monthly, August 16, 2010. Accessed December 29, 2011. The school was ranked 279th in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which surveyed 316 schools across the state."Top New Jersey High Schools 2008: By Rank", New Jersey Monthly, September 2008, posted August 7, 2008. Accessed August 19, 2008.
Schooldigger.com ranked the school 342nd out of 409 public high schools statewide in its 2014 rankings that were based on the combined percentage of students classified as proficient or above proficient on the language arts literacy and mathematics components of the High School Proficiency Assessment (HSPA).Lincoln High School, Schooldigger.com. Accessed November 16, 2015.
History The original Lincoln High School opened in 1913, with an inaugural student body of 300 on a site acquired from the Hasbrouck Institute, a private school. The city's second public high school, it was intended to address the growth in enrollment at present-day William L. Dickinson High School.Lincoln High School, New Jersey City University. Accessed March 24, 2021. "Lincoln High School was named for the sixteenth president of the United States and opened in 1913. It became the second public high school in Jersey City and was started to accommodate the overcrowded conditions in the City High School (now Dickinson High School)." In January 1916, the school graduated its first class of 32 students. In 1934, the school had an enrollment of 5,000 students, making it the second largest in the state., Lincoln High School, backed up by the Internet Archive as of September 6, 2008. Accessed March 24, 2021. "By 1934, Lincoln High School had an enrollment of more than 5000 students and a faculty of some 140 men and women. At that time Lincoln was the second largest school in New Jersey, and its academic rating was considered to be one of the highest in the state."
Lincoln is located at 60 Crescent Avenue south of Journal Square in Bergen Hill, on the site of a mansion that had been owned by George Theodore Werts, who served as Governor of New Jersey from 1893 to 1896.Edward Faitoute Condict (E.F.C.) Young, 1835-1908, New Jersey City University. Accessed March 4, 2021. "Werts, former state senator whose election Young had opposed, had moved to Jersey City from Morristown and lived in a mansion on Crescent Avenue, the present site of Lincoln High School."
Athletics The Lincoln High School LionsLincoln High School, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed October 20, 2020. compete in the Hudson County Interscholastic League, which is comprised of public and private high schools in Hudson County.Member Schools, Hudson County Interscholastic League. Accessed May 17, 2017. The league operates under the supervision of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA).League & Conference Officers/Affiliated Schools 2020-2021, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed October 20, 2020. With 493 students in grades 10–12, the school was classified by the NJSIAA for the 2019–20 school year as Group II for most athletic competition purposes, which included schools with an enrollment of 486 to 758 students in that grade range.NJSIAA General Public School Classifications 2019–2020, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed November 20, 2020. The football team competes in the National Red division of the North Jersey Super Football Conference, which includes 112 schools competing in 20 divisions, making it the nation's biggest football-only high school sports league.Cooper, Darren. "Here's what we know about the new Super Football Conference 2020 schedule", The Record, July 23, 2020. Accessed March 22, 2021. "The Super Football Conference (SFC) is a 112-team group, the largest high school football-only conference in America, and is comprised of teams from five different counties."Cooper, Darren. "NJ football: Super Football Conference revised schedules for 2020 regular season", The Record, July 23, 2020. Accessed March 22, 2021. "The Super Football Conference has 112 teams that will play across 20 divisions." The school's co-op team with Palisades Park High School was classified by the NJSIAA as Group IV North for football for 2024–2026, which included schools with 893 to 1,315 students.NJSIAA Football Public School Classifications 2024–2026, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association, updated September 2024. Accessed September 1, 2024.
The boys track team won the public school indoor track state championship in 1940 and 1948, won the Group II title in 1969 and won the Group III title in 1970, 1971 (as co-champion), 1974; the program's seven state titles are tied for ninth in the state.Boys Winter Track and Field Championship History: 1922-2023, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association, updated November 2023. Accessed February 1, 2024. The girls team was the all-group co-champion in 1979.Girls Winter Track and Field Championship History: 1922-2023, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association, updated November 2023. Accessed February 1, 2024.
The boys' track team won the Group IV spring / outdoor track state championship in 1941 and won the Group II title in 1970.NJSIAA Spring Track Summary of Group Titles Boys, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed September 1, 2021.
The boys' track team won the Group III indoor relay championships in 1967, 1968 and 1969, won in the combined Group I/II in 1970 and 1974, and won in Group III in 1976. The six state championships are tied for seventh-most among the state's high schools.History of the NJSIAA Indoor Relay Championships , New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed December 1, 2020.
The 1981 football team finished the season with a 9–2 record after winning the NJSIAA North I Group III state sectional title with a 22–14 victory against Lakeland Regional High School in the championship game.NJSIAA Football History, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed January 1, 2022."Seton Hall Prep Downs Bergen Catholic", The New York Times, December 6, 1981. Accessed January 11, 2021. "Paul Chisolm, a senior quarterback, and John Griggs hooked up for three touchdown passes and led Lincoln (9-2) to a 22-14 victory over Lakeland (10-1) in the North Jersey, Section 1, Group 3 final." In 2009 the Lions finished the season at 8–2, losing in the first round of the NJSIAA North II Group I state playoffs. In 2010, the Lions built on their wave of success, going 7-2 during the regular season, the Lions went back to the playoffs. Their regular season highlight was erasing an 18–0 deficit to Hoboken High School to win 42–18. In the 2010 NJSIAA North II Group I playoffs, the Lions defeated Glen Ridge High School 36–19, and Jonathan Dayton High School 42-14 all on the road to advance to the North II Group I sectional championship game against New Providence High School, losing by a score of 21–8 at New Meadowlands Stadium.Rosenfeld, Josh. "New Providence 21, Lincoln 8: NJSIAA North 2, Group 2 final", The Star-Ledger, December 4, 2010. Accessed December 29, 2011. "New Providence's defense made that mission a reality by shutting down an explosive Lincoln attack to post a 21-8 victory in the NJSIAA North Jersey, Section 2, Group 2 championship game before 9,500 yesterday at the New Meadowlands Stadium."Cohen, Michael. "Lincoln fights but falls to New Providence in state title game", NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, The Jersey Journal, December 4, 2010, updated January 18, 2019. Accessed February 7, 2022. "The Lions came into New Meadowlands Stadium in the North 2 Group 1 Final against New Providence a confident bunch, but the Pioneers proved too much to handle, as 13 penalties and costly turnovers did in the Lions in a 21-8 defeat." The Lions went on to the NJSIAA state championship final losing by a score 36-28 vs. Mountain Lakes High School in 2014 in the North II Group II final"2014 football finals: Mountain Lakes repeats as North Jersey Section 2 Group 2 champion with 36-28 win over Lincoln", December 7, 2014, updated December 7, 2015, updated August 24, 2019. Accessed February 7, 2022. "Behind a balanced rushing attack, Mountain Lakes defeated Lincoln, 36-28, at MetLife Stadium on Sunday, capturing the NJSIAA/SportsCare Institute North Jersey, Section 2, Group 2 championship." and lost 28-26 vs. Raritan High School in 2015 on a touchdown scored with seconds left in the Central Jersey Group II finals.Parker, Chris. "Football: Raritan stuns Lincoln late, wins CJ2 title", Asbury Park Press, December 6, 2015. Accessed February 7, 2022. "Marc Carnivale’s 11 yard touchdown pass on fourth down with 10 seconds left in the game to Nick Pasquin will go down in the history books for the Raritan football program. The late touchdown helped Raritan shock previously undefeated Lincoln for the NJSIAA Central Group II title by a final, 28-26, at Kean University on Saturday night." the head coach of the Lincoln Lions is Robert Hampton, who has been the team's coach since the 2005–06 season.Lincoln Lions Varsity Football, MaxPreps. Accessed May 30, 2024.