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Lincoln Community High School
Address
1000 Railer Way Lincoln , Illinois 62656 United States
Information
School district	Lincoln Community High School District #404
Teaching staff	58.14 (FTE)^[1]
Grades	9-12
Enrollment	786 (2022-23)^[1]
Student to teacher ratio	13.52^[1]
Color(s)	Red and green ^[2]
Athletics	IHSA
Athletics conference	Central State 8
Mascot	Railsplitters^[2]
Website	http://www.lchsrailers.org

Lincoln Community High School is located at 1000 Railer Way in Lincoln, Illinois, United States. It is the only high school of the Lincoln Community High School District #404.

The school district, mostly in Logan County, covers Lincoln, Broadwell, Middletown, and New Holland.^[3] It extends into DeWitt,^[4] Mason,^[5] and Menard counties.^[6]

Sports

The school is a traditional power in boys' basketball, music, and individual events (speech team) in Central Illinois. The Railsplitters were Sectional Champions (state finalists) in the state basketball tournament in 1929, 1951, 1955, 1969, 1970, 1973, 1978, 1980, 1999,^[7] 2003,^[8] 2005,^[9] 2007, and 2014. In 2014 the Railers were State runners-up, losing to Morgan Park in the finals. State finalists prior to 1972 was the final 16 in a single-class system, state finalists appearances from 1973 to 2007 were as being in the final 16 of the large school class in a two-class system, and beginning in 2008, Lincoln competes in class 3A in a four-class system with 4A containing the largest schools and the state finalists being the final eight in each class.

Floyd Bee coached the wrestling team for over 30 years, managing a winning season each time.^[10] The wrestling program has continued to have a winning season each year since. The girls' basketball team finished second in state in 1978 and fourth in 1999.

Dan "Mac" McLaughlin led the LCHS Speech program for over 25 years in the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s. During his tenure as coach of the LCHS Speech team, Mac was able to build the program into a consistent state-wide powerhouse that produced several individual state champions and, in 1981, led the Speech team to Lincoln Community High School's first team state championship in history. Mac also led several Group Interpretation teams to yearly state contention, placing in the top 3 in the state several years.^[11]

The last time the boys' football team was in the playoffs was in the 2023-24 school year.^[12] The football team qualified for the state playoffs in the 1975-76^[13] and 1984-85^[14] school years. The boys' football team is currently classified as class 3A in an eight-class system.^[15]

Academics

The school is consistently at or close to the state average on standardized tests.

Notable alumni

This article's list of alumni may not follow Wikipedia's verifiability policy. Please improve this article by removing names that do not have independent reliable sources showing they merit inclusion in this article AND are alumni, or by incorporating the relevant publications into the body of the article through appropriate citations. (October 2016)

Brian Cook (1999) – former NBA player and Illinois Fighting Illini
Norm Cook (1973) – former NBA player and Kansas Jayhawk, father of Brian Cook
Andy King – former NFL player
Kelly McEvers – journalist and co-host of All Things Considered on NPR^[16]
Dick Reichle – former MLB player (Boston Red Sox)
Kevin Seitzer – former MLB third baseman
Tony Semple – former NFL guard and long snapper

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Lincoln Comm High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved April 7, 2024.
^ ^a ^b "Lincoln High School". Illinois High School Association. Retrieved 2024-03-27.
^ "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Logan County, IL" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2024-10-29. - Text list
^ "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: De Witt County, IL" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2024-10-29. - Text list
^ "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Mason County, IL" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2024-10-29. - Text list
^ "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Menard County, IL" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2024-10-29. - Text list
^ IHSA 1999 Archived 2007-02-22 at the Wayback Machine Accessed 2007-08-22.
^ IHSA 2003 Archived 2004-05-03 at the Wayback Machine Accessed 2007-08-22.
^ IHSA 2005 Archived 2009-09-23 at the Wayback Machine Accessed 2007-08-22.
^ "4 from area earn lifetime award". www.pantagraph.com. 9 March 2006. Retrieved 2010-01-13.
^ "LCHS honors Dan McLaughlin at stage naming ceremony".
^ "Records & History". www.ihsa.org. Retrieved 2007-08-22.
^ IHSA.org football 1974-1979 Accessed 2007-08-22.
^ IHSA.org football 1980-1984 Accessed 2007-08-22.
^ http://www.ihsa.org/activity/fb/2010-11w/enrolla.htm ^{[bare URL]}
^ http://www.sj-r.com/x1784778150/Reporting-from-Syria-Lincoln-native-Kelly-McEvers

External links

Official website
Official website at the Wayback Machine (archive index)
Lincoln Railsplitter basketball website

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