With the first school opening in 1860, Lincoln residents have long considered education a top priority. Today, the Western Placer Unified School District oversees the education of Lincoln’s children. Under the district’s jurisdiction are seven elementary schools, one middle school, a high school, and a continuation high school. The district also offers an adult education program. WPUSD owns and operates a 280-acre ranch property and recently acquired a 179-acre property containing archeological and environmental sites well suited for a comprehensive outdoor learning program.

The district is also working with the local community college district to build the Twelve Bridges Campus—a new facility to meet the educational needs of students in grades 9-14. The new campus will offer an integrated curriculum designed to meet the needs of local business and industry, as well as provide the basics of core subjects.

Lincoln Library—590 Fifth Street, (916) 645-3607
The historic structure is built with brick masonry and terra cotta trim from Gladding, McBean pottery and opened as a Carnegie library in 1909. In addition to a fine book collection, residents may access computers for word processing and Internet use. The library is open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday, Wednesday and Friday and from 12:30 to 7 p.m. on Tuesday and Thursday.

The Library at Twelve Bridges
The City of Lincoln recently received a $10 million grant to construct a new state-of-the art Library to meet the needs of the community, schools and the future residents of Lincoln. The Library will be adjacent to a Western Placer Unified School District high school and Sierra Community College campus that will be built on sixty-five acres near the intersection of Twelve Bridges Drive and Highway 65.

With the goal of opening in 2006, the planned 38,000 square foot Library will house collections for children, students, parents, seniors, researchers and casual readers. It will include over one hundred computer terminals to provide patron access to multiple information sources on the digital highway.

Southern Placer County Education Overview
Many residents who are part of the Lincoln community live outside the city limits and may attend regional schools. The following chart represents the Southern Placer County Trade area. Students in this area show distinctively higher SAT scores than the State.

Western Placer Unified School District
Western Placer Unified School District is located in southern Placer County, 20 miles east of the state capitol of Sacramento. It is situated in one of the fastest growing areas in Northern California. WPUSD is projected to grow from its current student enrollment of 2,800 to over 9,000 in the next 10 years. In addition to our public school enrollment we service an additional 2,800 students in our Horizons Instructional Systems program, a charter school providing instructional support to home-schooled families and students.

Colleges and Universities*
The Greater Sacramento Area offers a broad selection of excellent public and private schools for advanced learning. There are several campuses and regional centers near Lincoln, including:

Campuses

• California State University at Sacramento
• University of California at Davis
• William Jessup University
• De Salle University***
• Sacramento State at Placer County***

• National University
• University of San Francisco
• Golden Gate University

A network of community colleges provides educational opportunities to the Placer County/Lincoln area, and offers more than 100 vocational and certificate programs. Sierra College, closest to Lincoln, was chosen to participate in IBM’s Higher Education Alliance Program, assisting students in learning computer-aided design, electronics and manufacturing. The community colleges in the region include:

• Sierra College
• Cosumnes River College
• American River College
• Sacramento City College

In addition, technical training and specialized study are available at more than 100 trade and vocational schools throughout the Greater Sacramento region.

*Source: SACTO and Sacramento Regional Research Institute
**Source: California Department of Education, 2001
***Proposed