Students enrolled at these schools are from numerous surrounding areas such as Wallace, Sardis, Lumberport, Shinnston, Enterprise, Gypsy, Spelter, and Wyatt.

The boys' basketball team also finished state runner-up once in 2004, losing to Winfield in overtime by a score of 52-51.

Lincoln's girls' basketball team has also finished state runner-up twice in both 2008 and 2009 losing both times to the same opponent Summers County High School.

In 1979, Lincoln's second year in existence, the varsity football team under Coach Larry Burner finished the regular season with a 9-1 record ranked 7th in AAA, losing only to unbeaten Bridgeport 26-8.

The team met Bridgeport in the first round of the playoffs, where they lost again to the eventual state champion Indians.

They also brought home the title three years in a row from 2005-2007 and finished runner-up in 2008, losing to Harrison County rival Liberty.

Lincoln High School is currently a host of a Naval Junior Reserve Officers Training Corp (NJROTC) unit.

In February 2009, during a home girls' basketball game, a severe thunderstorm with winds near 70 mph swept through the area and tore off the majority of the rubber roofing on the gymnasium.