 The area of south Dallas around Lincoln has undergone significant gentrification over the last twenty years, and rumors of Lincoln closing have surfaced several times since the 1990s.In 2011 1.1% of the students, including 3.1% of the Hispanic students and none of the black students, received a "criterion" or passing grade, as defined by the State of Texas, in SAT and/or ACT.Jim Schutze of the "Dallas Observer" wrote that the school performed poorly and did not deserve the "high esteem" it received in South Dallas.