Lincoln Middle School, part of the El Paso ISD, is located in El Paso, Texas. The school reports enrolling 1,100 students in grades six through eight, and it has 78 teachers on staff.

Lincoln Middle School is above the state average but below the district average in terms of the percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunches. On average, 48 percent of students in Texas are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch programs, whereas 53 percent of Lincoln Middle School students do. At the district level, 69 percent of students are eligible.

ProPublica's analysis found that all too often, states and schools provide poor students fewer educational programs like Advanced Placement, gifted and talented programs, and advanced math and science classes. Studies have linked participation in these programs with better outcomes later in life. Our analysis uses free and reduced-price lunch to estimate poverty at schools. We based our findings on the most comprehensive data set of access to advanced classes and special programs in U.S. public schools — known as the Civil Rights Data Set— released by the U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights.

Lincoln Middle School's enrollment rate for gifted and talented is 20 percent.

B L Garza Middle School, a lower-poverty school than Lincoln Middle School, does not have any students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The school enrolls 9 percent of students in its gifted and talented program. The school is located in Edinburg, Texas.

These data points were reported by schools and districts to the Office for Civil Rights. For more information about the data, see our full methodology.

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