Abraham Lincoln Senior High vs King/Drew Medical Magnet High

Abraham Lincoln Senior High holds a 0.4-point edge over King/Drew Medical Magnet High in overall rating — 9.2/10 versus 8.8/10 — and that gap carries meaningful weight in state context. Abraham Lincoln Senior High ranks #165 of 9,533 California schools, while King/Drew Medical Magnet High ranks #457 of the same pool. Both are well inside the top 5%, but Lincoln sits nearly 300 positions higher in a statewide field of nearly ten thousand schools.

On academics, the two schools are close: Abraham Lincoln Senior High scores 9.2/10 versus King/Drew Medical Magnet High's 9.0/10, a two-tenths difference that most families will find negligible. Where the gap widens sharply is growth. Abraham Lincoln Senior High earns a perfect 10.0/10 growth score compared to King/Drew Medical Magnet High's 8.2/10 — a 1.8-point difference that signals Lincoln is accelerating student achievement at an exceptional rate relative to where students start. For families weighing trajectory over baseline, that 1.8-point growth delta is the most consequential number in this comparison.

King/Drew Medical Magnet High enrolls 1,359 students against Abraham Lincoln Senior High's 942, making it roughly 44% larger. That size difference is reflected in the student-teacher ratio: Lincoln's 15.7:1 ratio provides meaningfully more instructional access per student than King/Drew's 20.0:1. On economic need, both schools serve high-poverty populations — Abraham Lincoln Senior High at 86% free and reduced lunch and King/Drew Medical Magnet High at 92% — indicating King/Drew's student body faces slightly greater socioeconomic challenges on average.

Both schools serve grades 9–12 and sit 10.7 miles apart in Los Angeles. The defining program distinction is King/Drew's medical magnet focus: it is purpose-built for students pursuing health sciences and medicine, with a specialized curriculum that Lincoln, a comprehensive high school, does not replicate. Lincoln offers a broader academic environment without a career-pathway admissions filter.