Lincoln has a good reputation for being chill with a school body of high-achieving kids. It's a large high school with over 2,200 students. We were lucky to have principal Shari Balisi Manalang who won Principal of the Year in 2024 and kept the ship steady. I'll miss her a lot. My son had a few incredible and dedicated teachers including Ms. Yu (Chinese); Mr. Yip (English and an alumnus of Lincoln); Mr. Glasser (American History); Mr. Goncalves (CompSci) and Mr. Ruelas (World History & Econ). We were fortunate to be assigned counselors Devin Walker and Ian Enriquez who make sure you have the A-G requirements to apply to UC and CSU schools and resolve issues as they come. While we had a couple of serious speed bumps during my son's tenure, they got resolved. My advice is to strongly advocate for your child. Overall, if you're proactive and involved, administration is appreciative and most teachers are enthusiastic when you ask, "What can my son be doing better and how can I help?" There's always a lot going on at Lincoln with lots of clubs and sports ("Go Mustangs!") as well as theater arts and dance. I know we'll miss this school. It's a jewel of the SFUSD. Fun fact: Harvard Constitutional Law Scholar Lawrence Tribe, BD Wong ("Law & Order SVU"); Barbara Eden ("I Dream of Jeannie") and sculptor Richard Serra are among notable alumni. If you're looking at high schools and want your child to have a well-rounded education and not just grind, put ALHS at the top of your list. read more

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To update my recent review, I recently toured Lincoln for our younger child. The new principal and her new staff seem excellent -- very sharp, professional, experienced, and motivated. She told us they're attracting lots of interest in teaching positions and have no teacher vacancies. It was an inspiring tour. Good luck with your decisions! Other great schools we're considering are Lowell and Gateway High. read more

This is simply our experience from a school visit, so take it what you will from that. Overall I do not get a sense that either the Principle or the two school counselors really embrace academic excellence. I don't even get a sense that they have any pride in their jobs or the school. The Principle is checking her phone messages several times during a 30 min Q&A while twice commenting anout how much she's looking forward to the upcoming cell phone ban law (for students). Neither of the school counselor could give us any statistics on college enrollment. This fact is terrifying for 2 reasons: 1) the number must be really bad, 2) they don't care and don't see it as a metrics of success for the school. They also seemed to suggest that class assignment was randomly given by a computer as it's up to the students to scramble into the right classes during the first week! According to our student guide, it's pretty "chaotic" the first week. The only person that seems to really love her job or supporting the students is the lady who runs the Wellness center. All and all, while these observations seem harsh, to me it's a reflection of administrators viewing the students as their chores rather than their passion. read more

Don't go there unless you have to Very rude office staff and classes are allowed to do nothing and principal turns a blind eye to that.

Class of 1991. Do the math and that should tell you how old I am. What can I say about my beloved Mustangs? So many fond memories: good, bad and ugly...but mostly good. I miss Mr. Fishman, my Economics teacher. Economics can be a very boring subject but Mr. Fishman made the subject so much more interesting. I remember a lot of role-playing activities and debating other students. He even had a mock trial and that sure was a blast. I still remember the day when I was in Algebra class and was dozing off. I was seated on the back, next to the window sill and there was this plant above me with its branches sticking out. I moved the plant away from me and the teacher spotted me and said: "John, quit bothering the plant!" So I replied" "But the plant is bothering me." All my classmates busted out laughing, including the teacher. Funny, I can't remember her name. I remember the Bell Game and Turkey Bowl. My senior year, we won the Turkey Bowl for the first time in quite a long time. That sure was a treat. I remember my Freshmen year I lined up against Jamal Fountaine and he darn just bowled me over with his strength. Yes, the same Jamal Fountaine who went on to play in Washington (Huskies) and eventually played a few seasons with the 49ers. How cool is that? Playing professional football where you grew up is pretty neat in my book. He also won a Super Bowl ring in with Steve Young and Jerry Rice back in 94. But the best memory of all is getting to meet Jaime Escalante. If you don't know who Jaime Escalante is, he is the famous teacher from L.A. who taught Algebra and Calculus to low income students who weren't expected to achieve anything in life. He turned their lives around and was solely responsible to sending his students to college and achieve a better life than to what they were accustomed to. They made a movie based on his experience entitled, "Stand and Deliver" with Edward James Olmos portraying Escalante and Lou Diamond Phillips as a thuggish student who turns his life around. I still crack up for his famous line, "What's Kal-Kolos?" There are good teachers, and then there are phenomenal teachers. Jaime Escalante was in the latter and he did have a different but effective way of teaching. He simply simplified it and made it easier for you to understand the subject. Heck, I'm not the best at Math but he made me feel like a genius after just meeting him. That was one of the high light of my High School years. As I drive by my old school, I feel a sense of pride that it's well taken care of. It stands so majestic overlooking the Pacific in the heart of the Sunset. At least it's no longer painted that ugly green color when I was going there. Gosh, that color was awful. Now, I just gotta figure out a way for my kids to attend this High School. =) Some of our famous Alumni: Barbara Eden (I dream of Jeannie) Mike Holmgren (Football Coach: SF, GB, SE) Johnny Miller (Sports) Jeffrey Tambor (Actor) And some have made the ultimate sacrifice in joining our Armed Forces. I say bravo to them and may they rest in peace. read more

Motto Finimus Coepturi (Latin: Finish to begin) Established 1940 School type Public Colors Crimson and Gold Campus Type Urban Mascot Lincoln Mustangs Homepage http://www.lincolnhigh.net The school hymn was written by a Lincoln graduate, Patricia Cutler Aversano, in 1943 and called "High on a Hilltop". The lyrics to the hymn are: High on a hilltop, 'mid sand and sea, Abraham Lincoln, we will honor thee forever. Thy sons and daughters, however long the trail, Always will remember thee. Hail! Hail! Hail! Abraham Lincoln High School was established on Tuesday, August 27, 1940, accepting approximately 950 students under Lincoln's first Principal, Clyde W. White. Its opening and dedication ceremony was held on September 22, 1940. Infodiva is Class of 1982. Yeah that is right Infodiva is old ,but full of wisdom. So listen young chillens... ALHS Made me the woman I am today. Since I am on the Alumni Committee It continues to mold me. I can see this high school from my windows, that is when there is no fog. I am really suprised to see a review here. hahaha go figure. I had a choice ALHS or Lowell in 1978. I am the baby of six children. My 2 sisters went to Lowell. My brothers went to ALHS. Their graduation classes are 1976 1978 1980. I got an ok education. I attended Close-Up via the school. Close-up a Political Science Advocacy Education Organization only recruits via a few schools in SF. Lowell at the time was not one of them. I was in Leadership class. We planned all the fundraisers and events. We started that Chinese Food Fundraiser. Nona Louie had connections to get trays of rice or noodles and we would have to package the food in containers. I attended all of the proms. I was in Junior Statemen and Junior Achievement. We had off campus food choices, that is how I fell in love with El Burritto Express 26th and Taraval. See Review. The market on Quintara is still there owned by the same family. I used to live on the sandwiches. Someone mentioned the "Beanery" OMG that name took me back. I bought stuff there every once in awhile. I was always at the "Cage" yeah what is that?? hahah I was in Drama with Zora Chanes(RIP) I was on the Speech Team. I was in choir....dam what wasn't I into. Sports! Anything Math! I was all about performance, speaking acting. Some notable ALHS alumni...: B.D. Wong( Tony Award Winner) Matt Weinhold( Comedian) Carol Channing( Actress) Coach Mike Holgrem I think he is with NFL Seattle now. We have more. Be proud. Alot of our alumni is successful...CPA's Lawyers Teachers... Our AAA Football Team has always been kickass. Some of the players have gone pro. Remember Lincoln has a football tradition with Washington High School in San Francisco called the "Bell Game." It is a football game where the winning school receives the prized bell. Lincoln currently has the bell. They offered great language courses. I learned Spanish with Ms. McAdow. ok let me shout out some folks. Robert Sitov Counselor. Dr. William Mason ALHS Alumni President and he is also Alumni pres for SFSU. Small friggin world. this is why I try to stay good. Here are a few websites for your perusal: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham_Lincoln_High_School_(San_Francisco) http://www.lincolnptsa.org/ I would send my kids here! Don't be so harsh. http://www.lincolnalumni.com/ Join! Participate! Get a Tee-shirt or Yearbook from your class. http://www.lincolnlogonline.org/ The School Newspaper. The Lincoln Log. http://www.greatschools.net/modperl/browse_school/ca/6395 Great Stats. ok enough. Infodiva reppin her Alma Mater Yo Sunset. I did not even talk about the library or other things. Hope I did not bore ya. Audi read more

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I'm only giving a review because this is the high school that the hit show "The amazing world of gumball" got its inspiration for their school and I just want to say it's legit this is the one if you're reading my review trying to figure out if this is THAT high school you finally found it. The amount of instant clout you have by going to this school is probably insurmountable if I was still in high school and went while amazing world of gumball was still airing there wouldn't be a person in the world who could tell me what to do. Enjoy your day and this unhelpworthy review from a former kid who remembers a school he never even went to. read more

This school has a problem with some teachers and staff members choosing favorites, attendance are sometimes not excuse but the special education program is not that bad school bathroom are disgusting students don't know how to use the bathroom honestlalways have to have constant reminders to flush down the toilet read more

High on a hilltop Mid sand and sea Abraham Lincoln We will honor thee forever Thy sons and daughters However long the trail Always will remember thee HAIL HAIL HAIL ! ! ! I can't believe there is a Yelp review on my high school but I had to add to it, hahaha. Class of 2003, baby! read more

Yay, Lincoln. My high school. I love Lincoln irrationally. I love Lincoln's loud and overcrowded halls and the variety of students we have. Our rallies are always crazy, people have so much spirit that they paint themselves (shirtless guys) half red and half yellow. Whoo. Also, the off campus lunch is a bonus because not many high schools have the freedom that we do. I love the clubs and BSA thing we have going on. I'm a part of Varsity Gold Show Choir :) 1 star off because the kids here *sigh* can be really, really rude and irresponsible about the trash and taking care of our neighborhood. read more

I woulda gave it a 5, but I still get bad flashbacks from running around that damn resevior..2WICE. Whoevr decided to implement that as criteria for gym class that was f**** nutso! Probably Kerns or Greggains. Those jerks..hahahah! But LINCOLN was indeed the best. Great folks, great school, and evn some great teachers. Ain't been back to it since I last visited it in 2003 or so? C/O 2001! Ain't we got a reunion coming up or something? E! read more

I spent my entire high school career here. During my jr. year, a whole bunch of McAteer kids came. When I first went to Lincoln, the majority of kids were from the Sunset. Now, all the Sunset kids don't go to Lincoln, they're brought over to Galileo, Mission...I never really experienced that (except having McAteer kids come), I think the whole integration occurred after I left. There was show choir, I've only gone to one of their shows because it was required or maybe it was extra credit for Mr. Aluk's piano class. After a few years graduating high school, I went to another show, the Little Shop of Horrors, I felt so old going back, but they only charged me $5 which was the student fee. The guy assumed we were still Lincoln students without having us show school ID. What else was big? Oktoberfest, Mayfest, Brotherhood/Sisterhood Assembly (BSA), spirit week...I never really joined clubs, only during my freshman year, but after a month into school, I never showed up to meetings again. Right after high school, I missed it, but now I don't. I would say a group of us (c/o '04) visited 2 or 3 times after I left, one for BSA and another time(s) to visit a few teachers. The pool is on the 4th floor, remember that. read more

Class of 2001! Whats up!?! Uhh.. my time at Lincoln was quite memorable. I used to sleep in class all the time, doodle, and ask teachers questions they can't even answer. I had an art class with a crazy teacher called Mr. Kerns. I swear, he was one of those war veterans that got messed up in the head some how. He likes to scream! He's angry!! He's ugly too! Uhm other than that, I'm glad I went to Lincoln and became who I am today. I never really ate in the cafeteria because we had off campus lunches! HELL YEA FOR THAT! Too bad high school was a place where being hip and cool meant everything to certain people. I'm just glad I graduated. Especially after dropping out junior year. (o__O) read more

EwWwWwW Eh i spent four years here and wish i could have whent to another school! well itnot all that bad i met some nice people that i come to love and all! :D would not send my kids here read more

It may be difficult to review good 'ole Lincoln since I attended no other high schools and therefore have nothing to really compare it to. Let's just say I managed to graduate without getting shot, pregnant, or arrested. Hell, I even went to college afterwards. The large Asian population at this school means you get Chinese New Year off. Really. And as far as large public high schools in San Francisco go, this is of the safer ones. We even had a really cool dean who would occasionally engage in a game of hackey sack with us. Go Mustangs! read more

Its a great place to learn if you get the right teachers. Some teachers are there to really help you. (Ms. Bolla isn't there anymore, is she?) One of the best classes that I've taken is the beg and advance photography. He's a great guy. Never had cafeteria food but they sell fried rice and noodles in take out boxes and have a beanery where they sell better food but has crazy lines. over all, good place. i've made lifelong friends there. read more

I studied in ALHS for one(senior year) and it was an amazing experience. Teachers are nice and helping, kids are friendly, the atmosphere is awesome. I made a lot of friends there. read more

Well ok, sure why not! Fellow yelper Sam T. wrote a review about one of the many Taraval eateries a couple days ago and in it mentioned how happy he was to have missed the Lincoln HS lunch rush. Lol.. how that took me back. I graduated HS in the 90's when the average class size at Lincoln was 1000. I believe my 9th grade class was just under 1200. Quite a change from my 8th grade catholic school class of 28. The campus took up 6 square blocks. The enormous 3 floor main building, a couple of smaller 2 story buildings. 2 gyms, auditorium, a bunch of "shacks" (think of trailer styler class rooms), a soccer, football, baseball field, tensis and basketball courts, art classes across the streest and a pool 6 blocks away on Vicente I think. They gave us 5 minutes between classes~ someones sick sense of humor I suppose. I had an excellent GPA, was always in AP classes, was involved in all kinds of student activities. Dated a couple football players.. the norm. All except the boys and the girls deans (as well as most of the hall/security guards) still recognize me on site well over a decade later. Partially because I was friendly, sweet, smart, and cute. But mostly because I was a notorius trouble maker. And of course because they wanted me to do well~ always telling me I was way too smart to be so dumb ;-) Due to my super strict parents, I was always cutting classes (very easy to do on an open campus with almost 4000 students) to spend time with my friends. I was really really good at it. My zero period I worked in the attendance office, I was editor of the school paper and the photographer so I often had legit hall passes, and I was the Varsity Boys Football coaches TA so he often wrote me notes after the fact to excuse absences he thought were his fault. But every once in awhile i'd get caught.. My mom would see me down on Taraval smoking ciggarettes with friends, or sharing one beer between 6 kids (and thinking we felt something!) And she'd call the deans office and I'd end up on detention. I do believe I am the only student who ever smoked in the main office (in front of the door to the principal's private chambers). I never did get to go to normal detention with the other kids. I either sat in front of the deans or principals office (typically with 2 or 3 friends of course) for months each year.. to me it beat going home so it was truly win win. I got to cut class and stay after, and still keep my 3.5 gpa. But I do feel a lot of gratitude to certain teachers. Mr Fishman (not kidding), Dr Jaffe, the spanish teacher on the 3rd floor who taught me how to roll my rrrrrr's (and the reason I am fluent today), Ms Stoflet, and Colonel Powell who let me tag along on a week long ROTC field trip which was my best memory of highschool (I wasn't in the ROTC program but he knew things were tough at home and let me go with my friends). Thanks to those teachers I did a lot better than my up bringing suggested I would. They really pointed me in the right direction. So although I'll never go to a reunion (no interest whatsoever), thanks to the staff at Lincoln, the school truly deserves a 5 star rating. read more

i went to lincoln for ehhhh, about six months. i went from a private school to a public school. in the private school i attended, they only required a semester of pe. public schools require two years? solution? hey, lets pull this kid out of all his ap classes and stick him in three pe classes.... back to back to back.... yeah great freaking idea. so the day i entered the administration office, before i even opened my mouth, the lady was all, "we cant accept anymore chinese students." "?!?!? ummm, im korean. " "oh, ok, we can accept you guys." from day one, it was an interesting experience. each day was pretty damn interesting, well at least i tried to make the most of it. smoking weed in art class and drinking snapple whiskey getting a b just for showing up to english class hitting on the student teacher from golden gate university sitting in for a few months in econ class... "hey where you guys going?" "oh we only stay for your class these days, you and your fine ass you. where you going now?" i passed my final in japanese class by singing a classic, the cornbreads called the song sukiyaki, im all wtf??, noodles? every once in awhile my probation officer would stick his nose around. the dean, the short stocky dude always stood up for me, though i hardly knew the guy. he was nothing like my old dean who actively spent every day trying to boot my ass, which he finally did. the dean at lincoln would be all eugenes a good kid, hes smart, hes respectful, hes a good kid. just needs some guidance. why are all the good role model types in the most fucked up places?the dean even stood up for me when good ole stockwell was trying to take me down to the station cause i was recording her fucking with some students. i should look for that tape again, pretty funny stuff. a short female cop swearing at some students. "YOU DONT FUCKING TALK BACK TO ME YOU LITTLE FUCKERS." *cough* "midget" "WHO SAID THAT!?!?!?" funny stuff. the one big fight was interesting, about 100 or so kids involved. if i remember right a few got stabbed, but nothing too serious. all in all, it was fun, great location, and education... ehhh. whatever. thats secondary. read more

This is a pretty cool school. I hated running around the resevoir for gym class. Well....not like I ever ran in gym class. I was a walker. Hahaha. It was so easy to cut class too. Never and I mean never go down towards Taraval. Go on Quintara St. towards Lincoln Market. Most of the teachers were cool. I don't know about now. I loved buying the fried rice when they were selling it. So many memories here good and bad. *sigh* read more

students are terrible. I don't recommend unless you want your child's things to get stolen. A few students here stole, literally robbed my phone out of my hand. turds. read more

Got stuck here for 5 years. The worst mistake of my life. Entering highschool...I knew I shoulda graduated early!!!

The High School is okay but there are just to much dramactic thank god I got through high school peacefully with out being depress . There was a lot of drama in High school and no teachers really cared or helped I have to help myself to get through with the dramas. The only problem is the popular guys always got to find low self stems girls to mess with . read more

Students are hella rude, cliquey, unfriendly, you feel like you're in "Mean Girls." I didn't have a great experience because of my peers and I will never return or look back. Teachers were excellent and I joined the Academy of Finance program which definitely inspired me to pursue a business degree when I got in to sjsu right after I graduated, Class of 2009. I didn't like some administration rules like how they tried to have a close lunch, which would had created chaos, a bunch of thuggish kids being trapped in the school yard during lunch like its a prison yard, riots would had broken out. And the bitching neighbors who complained about our noise and littering, deal With it, the world is full of litter and garbage, don't blame the high schoolers. If they seriously want to get those kids to behave, the only way would be to make them get a LOBOTOMY. And some wacko keyed my brand new Honda the one day I parked it on the side of campus, freaking creeps, for the rest of the year I always had to park like 2 or 3 blocks to keep it safe. This school is a hellzone waiting to erupt. I only feel sorry for some teachers who are quite excellent who had to settle for this place. The kids are Trolls....... read more

WOOOT...class of 2010! GO MUSTANGS....i loved the first 2 years of P.E, although i complained about running the reservoir and school it was a great way to keep students in shape and healthy ;D read more

Class of 08 at Lincoln and my middle sister is class of 09 and that my youngest sister is now attending at this school after the remodel of the whole entire place Abraham Lincoln high school looks so much nicer when i revisit my old school while dropping my sister off for her first day of school today looking at the place made me a bit jealous or just envious they even have more seats outside of the cafeteria . read more

Lincoln is a great school. I went there, and my son now attends. I would just suggest, that they get a person who can speak properly to parents and students over the phone, as the woman who has the job now, cannot seem to do this. that is all but not bad in the grand scheme of things.) read more

The school itself might be okay but if you ever try calling their be prepared to talk to about 7 different T.A.'s before you even get someone. I had to introduce myself at least 5 times before someone took down a message. The counselor of the students does not even have an answering machine. I would never send my child to this school based on this alone. read more

I attended Lincoln for four years and graduated on January 27th, 1958. The kids were mostly stuck up rich, and I was not either. I cried when I graduated because I was so happy to leave. College was so different. I was very popular there. And, I got all "A's" which never happened in high school. The only teacher I remember is Mrs Lewis who taught English where I learned to love Chaucer. read more

really spirited school, had a good time, now its over, thank god! people were so immature and dramatic!!! as Zee.L said, theyre fake too!!!