Abraham Lincoln High School (San Jose, California)

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Abraham Lincoln High School
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Abraham Lincoln High School (San Jose, California)
555 Dana Avenue

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95126

United States
Coordinates 37°19′42″N121°55′25″W / 37.32833°N 121.92361°W / 37.32833; -121.92361
Information
Type Public
MottoDo Right!
Established1942
School district San Jose Unified School District
PrincipalJoseph Heffernan
Teaching staff74.96 (FTE) [1]
Grades9-12
Enrollment1,693 (2022–23) [1]
Student to teacher ratio22.59 [1]
Color(s)Navy blue and gold
  
MascotLeo the Lion
Nickname Lions
NewspaperLincoln Lion Tales
Website lincoln.sjusd.org

Abraham Lincoln High School is a high school located in San Jose, California, in the San Jose Unified School District. It is a magnet school for "Academic, Visual, and Performing Arts" (AVPA). [2] The current principal is Jonathan Pork [3]

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Activities

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Abraham Lincoln High School

Abraham Lincoln High School offers various extracurricular activities.

Athletics

The school mascot is a Lion. The school colors are blue and gold.

The track and field is named after Don Bowden, a Lincoln High School student who went on to the Olympics and was the first American to beat the 4-minute mile. [4]

Notable alumni

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