| Lincoln College Preparatory Academy | |
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2111 Woodland Avenue , Kansas City 64108 United States | |
| Coordinates | 39°05′13″N 94°33′36″W / 39.087°N 94.56°W |
| Information | |
| Type | Public high school |
| Established | 1865 as Lincoln High School, renamed LCPA in 1986 |
| School district | Kansas City Public Schools 33 |
| Teaching staff | 51.29 (FTE)[1] |
| Grades | 6–12 |
| Enrollment | 1,043 (2017–18)[1] |
| Student to teacher ratio | 20.34[1] |
| Color(s) | Blue and Gold |
| Athletics conference | Interscholastic League |
| Mascot | Blue Tiger |
| Nickname | The Castle on The Hill |
| National ranking | 67th (2015–2016)[2] |
| Website | lcpa |
Lincoln College Preparatory Academy (LCPA) (also known as Lincoln Prep Academy or The Castle on the Hill[3]) is a three-year middle school and four-year college preparatory magnet school in the Kansas City, Missouri School District. The high school offers International Baccalaureate programs. Founded as a school for African Americans in 1865, it became a high school in 1890. It was not integrated until 1978 when it became a magnet school. The student body is now mostly black and hispanic. Less than 20 percent of students are white.[4]
Lincoln was ranked by U.S. News & World Report as one of the "Top 100 High Schools" in the United States in 2012 and 2015. In 2008 and 2014, the school received the Blue Ribbon School Award of Excellence by the United States Department of Education, the highest award an American school can receive.[5]
In 2015, the academy was named the best public school in the State of Missouri.[6][7]
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- ^ "Lincoln Prep ranked No. 1 among high schools in Missouri by U.S. News & World Report". The Kansas City Star. Retrieved February 7, 2019.
- ^ "Lincoln College Preparatory Academy Saving 17,000 Kids". Archived from the original on 2010-08-28. Retrieved 2010-12-13.
- ^ "Lincoln College Prep. in Kansas City, MO". US News Best High Schools. 20 February 2023. Retrieved 3 August 2023.
- ^ "Explore Lincoln College Preparatory Academy in Kansas City, MO". GreatSchools.org. Retrieved 3 August 2023.
- ^ "Lincoln College Preparatory ranks first in Missouri and in the top 100 high schools in the country - + KSHB.com". Archived from the original on 2015-05-18. Retrieved 2015-05-14.
- ^ "Lincoln College Prep ranked No. 1 high school in Missouri | Kansas City Sun Times". Archived from the original on 2015-05-18. Retrieved 2015-05-14.