Abraham Lincoln Traditional School

10444 North 39th Ave, Phoenix, AZ 85051 | (602) 347-2600

Grades: KG-8
Student Enrollment: 742

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3 out of 5 | 5 Reviews

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School Description

School Summary and Highlights

Enrolls 742 elementary school students from grades KG-8
Ranks 47th out of 660 middle schools in AZ.

Additional Contact Information

Mailing Address: 10444 N 39th Avenue, Phoenix, AZ 85051

School District Details

Washington Elementary School District
Per-Pupil Spending: $7,631
Students Per Teacher: 18.8
Enrolled Students: 23,177

Faculty Details and Student Enrollment

Students and Faculty

Total Students Enrolled: 742
Total Full Time "Equivalent" Teachers: 32.5
Average Student-To-Teacher Ratio: 22.8

Students Gender Breakdown

Males: 353 (47.6%)
Females: 389 (52.4%)

Free Lunch Student Eligibility Breakdown

Eligible for Reduced Lunch: 68 (9.2%)
Eligible for Free Lunch: 131 (17.7%)
Eligible for Either Reduced or Free Lunch: 199 (26.8%)

Student Enrollment Distribution by Race / Ethnicity

Abraham Lincoln Traditional School Student Race Distribution

	Number	Percent
American Indian	18	2.4%
Black	43	5.8%
Asian	78	10.5%
Hispanic	149	20.1%
White	454	61.2%

Number of Students Per Grade

	Number	Percent
Kindergarten	102	13.7%
1st Grade	93	12.5%
2nd Grade	86	11.6%
3rd Grade	85	11.5%
4th Grade	89	12.0%
5th Grade	89	12.0%
6th Grade	71	9.6%
7th Grade	78	10.5%
8th Grade	49	6.6%

Faculty Educational Background (2006-07)

Teachers with a Bachelor's Degree: 34%
Teachers with a Master's Degree or Higher:66%

Faculty Salary and Experience (2006-2007)

Average Teaching Experience: 8 Years
Average Salary: $42,659

Teacher Experience by Number of Years

Abraham Lincoln Traditional School Teacher Experience in Years

	Salary	Percent
1-5 Years of Teaching Experience	$41,158	38%
More Than 5 Years of Teaching Experience	$43,559	63%

Source: AZ Department of Education, Source: NCES 2009-2010

School Ratings and Reviews

Overall Rating: 3

3 out of 5 | 5 Reviews

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5 reviews for Abraham Lincoln Traditional School

Reviewed by Parent or Guardian on July 14, 2011
Rating: (5 / 5) Flag as inappropriate
This is a great school and challenges your children. Our child started 2nd grade here, and she has learned so much. They require children to be respectful. If your child is disruptive, they will be asked to leave. We love this school! It's focus is on learning, not babysitting kids who lack self control.

Reviewed by Former Student on March 14, 2011
Rating: (4 / 5) Flag as inappropriate
If you're the type of person who requires constant coddling and to hear that, despite your faults, you're a special little snowflake who can do no wrong, then this is not the school for you or your child. Of course, some teachers are not up to par, but in my experience here, I felt challenged and when I transferred to another school district, I was surprised at how far ahead I was of the other students.

I don't often make negative reviews of things, but the reviews here tend to make me believe that they're written by the parents of underachievers. Or by underachieving students/former students.

Parents need to take active roles in their children's education. You can't just treat their schooling like a day-care center. I'm sorry to hear that your daughter lost her recess and that you have to actually pay attention to her at home and help with her schoolwork, but I hope that you realize that your effort helps your child.

Reviewed by Parent or Guardian on February 09, 2011
Rating: (3 / 5) Flag as inappropriate
Be very sure that your child will thrive in a staunchly rigamented, highly structured, teacher-centric learning environment before you send your child here.

The academic standards are very high which puts a great deal of pressure on the children and the parents.

Also the teacher quality is inconsistent. We had a wonderful Kindergarten teacher and a sub par 1st grade teacher (also from talking to many other parents, not too many of the 1st grade teachers seemed that great)

My daughter doesn't do her best work in class because she constantly feels rushed. If she doesn't get her assignments done, she looses recess - so of course she rushes through and does a half effort job. I have to reteach on a regular basis. Be prepared to put in ALOT of effort at home to have your child perform up to par at this school!

Bottom line, wheareas the Traditional education model works well for some it is NOT always a good fit for all.

Reviewed by Student on January 01, 2011
Rating: (1 / 5) Flag as inappropriate
i totally agree with the other guys statement, because i also went to this prison school i call hell. want to know why, well this is why in the 5th grade they are teaching you highschool algebra the teachers are heartless and have the guts to do anything to get fired. they are the worst i currently go to desertfoothills middleschool. my parents took me out of A.L.T.S. because the (...) was racist and called a little boy a (...) excuse my language and the new (...) was going to make me scrub bathrooms with a toothbrush for a whole week because i missed 2 days of homework.

Reviewed by Former Student on July 22, 2010
Rating: (1 / 5) Flag as inappropriate
I went to Abraham Lincoln Traditional School during the 2009-2010 school year as an eighth grader. This was the worst school I had ever been to, by far. I was an excelling student there and was part of their basketball team and the Treasurer of their National Junior Honor Society. I graduated from ALTS with a 3.7 GPA. At first the school seemed ok, but challenging. But over the year I began to notice that most of my teachers were always upset with kids that had done nothing wrong, but asked questions on the subject and punished them. They also favored children that had been there longer (older kids) and seperated anyone newer. The teachers refered to us as "newbies" and constantly set new kids up to appear unintelligent by asking questions on subjects they had not taught to the newer students. When I said they favored the children that were there longer, I meant that they allowed them to get away with not doing or completing assignments and still get A's and B's on thoughs assignments which is one of the reasons for why they are an excelling school. Where as newer kids had to write more then expected to get the same grade. Also when it comes to English, your student will have to classify sentences which they do not go over in class and instead your student will have to go to tutoring for 20 minutes every morning except Friday was the scedule, but the teachers were hardly ever there in the morning. Tutoring did not help me or my brother all that much and other kids just failed until they finally got it. Then we would move on to the next set in the process. My English teacher, Mrs. Griggs (Jennifer Griggs) specifically said to the parents," We do not want to hold the other students back that had been there longer." My younger brother was forced to leave the school after being publicly humiliated by his reading teacher over asking a question (aren't you suppose to ask questions?). My teachers specifically told children that where not excelling not to return the following year. So they dicourage those who needed the extra help as though they were a burden. This is yet another reason for why they are able to continue to call themselves an excelling school. Finally, this school never tested me for anything such as Geometry, eventhough I had taken Algebra 1 the year before at another school. So I had to listen to things I had already learned, which means I wasted a year of schooling relearning everything! The only time I had learned anything was during the last week of school, but, I had to take a test for highschool the weekend before. So in conclusion, DO NOT SEND YOUR CHILDREN HERE IF YOU LOVE THEM AND WANT THEM TO SUCCEED! If you do send your child or children there, then BELIEVE WHAT THEY TELL YOU BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT LIEING!

Test Scores and Performance Information

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The overall school rating shows that Abraham Lincoln Traditional School performed on average much better than most other schools across the state on AIMS state exams in the following subjects:

Math
Reading
Science
Writing

AIMS - Test Proficiency by Grade and Subject

Grade 3 - % of students at or above proficiency

	School	District	State
Math Test
2010	76.0%	59.0%	65.0%
2009	97.0%	81.0%	-
2008	100.0%	82.0%	71.0%

Reading Test
2010	87.0%	67.0%	73.0%
2009	100.0%	74.0%	-
2008	86.0%	60.0%	69.0%

Writing Test
2009	88.0%	76.0%	-
2008	93.0%	71.0%	76.0%

Grade 4 - % of students at or above proficiency

	School	District	State
Math Test
2010	75.0%	55.0%	63.0%
2009	100.0%	92.0%	-
2008	99.0%	68.0%	74.0%

Reading Test
2010	85.0%	62.0%	71.0%
2009	100.0%	72.0%	-
2008	97.0%	61.0%	69.0%

Science Test
2010	83.0%	51.0%	61.0%
2009	83.0%	48.0%	-
2008	82.0%	41.0%	53.0%

Writing Test
2009	99.0%	83.0%	-
2008	90.0%	66.0%	70.0%

Grade 5 - % of students at or above proficiency

	School	District	State
Math Test
2010	81.0%	50.0%	58.0%
2009	98.0%	64.0%	-
2008	100.0%	78.0%	70.0%

Reading Test
2010	89.0%	64.0%	72.0%
2009	93.0%	66.0%	-
2008	100.0%	66.0%	68.0%

Writing Test
2010	88.0%	70.0%	74.0%
2009	99.0%	78.0%	-
2008	77.0%	61.0%	65.0%

Grade 6 - % of students at or above proficiency

	School	District	State
Math Test
2010	75.0%	50.0%	56.0%
2009	87.0%	64.0%	-
2008	93.0%	60.0%	67.0%

Reading Test
2010	97.0%	70.0%	78.0%
2009	88.0%	65.0%	-
2008	94.0%	63.0%	68.0%

Writing Test
2010	97.0%	70.0%	73.0%
2009	99.0%	88.0%	-
2008	89.0%	70.0%	72.0%

Grade 7 - % of students at or above proficiency

	School	District	State
Math Test
2010	72.0%	50.0%	57.0%
2009	92.0%	68.0%	-
2008	91.0%	62.0%	71.0%

Reading Test
2010	91.0%	73.0%	77.0%
2009	100.0%	75.0%	-
2008	98.0%	63.0%	70.0%

Writing Test
2010	91.0%	74.0%	75.0%
2009	93.0%	84.0%	-
2008	89.0%	60.0%	65.0%

Grade 8 - % of students at or above proficiency

	School	District	State
Math Test
2010	69.0%	51.0%	57.0%
2009	76.0%	53.0%	-
2008	97.0%	53.0%	62.0%

Reading Test
2010	96.0%	72.0%	73.0%
2009	100.0%	70.0%	-
2008	100.0%	67.0%	67.0%

Science Test
2010	81.0%	55.0%	58.0%
2009	80.0%	49.0%	-
2008	87.0%	45.0%	50.0%

Writing Test
2009	100.0%	88.0%	-
2008	97.0%	75.0%	76.0%

Source: AZ Department of Education 2009-2010

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