Lincoln Elementary School

Lincoln Elementary School is a K-5 school of average-sized scale in MESA, Arizona, overseen by Mesa Unified District (4235), teacheing 572 students in grades pre-K through 6. Enrollment runs roughly 27% bigger than the state mean of about 451.

Mesa Unified District (4235) runs 81 schools in total, collectively educating 55,821 students. Lincoln Elementary School is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Lincoln Elementary School reports that 88% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. The remainder breaks down as 6% White, 2% Black. By comparison, Maricopa County as a whole is about 31% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Lincoln Elementary School has 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.0:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.0:1 average.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Maricopa County indicate the typical household earns roughly $89,300 per year, about 37% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Maricopa County's 1352 public schools (combined enrollment of about 725,139 students), Lincoln Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Burke Basic School, around 0.4 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Lincoln Elementary School.

The campus sits in a city-core setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 25%: 759 students in 2018 compared to 572 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 18.2:1 in 2018 to 16.0:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.