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If you could change one rule at Abraham Lincoln Elementary, what would it be?
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Enrollment
587
Elementary
DISTRICT 549 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·COLTON JOINT UNIFIED·NCES 060939000951
Abraham Lincoln Elementary
444 East Olive St., Colton, CA 92324 · (909) 580-5026 · San Bernardino County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL587 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 19% of California public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C-Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded California public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
22.6:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.8:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
91%
534 students
DISTRICT 85% · STATE 65%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 90 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 76 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 72 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 88 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 87 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 88 | 15% |
| Grade 6 | 86 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (90) is about the same size as its 6th grade class (86).
Student demographics
8%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 22% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
24.5%
CA avg 49.1% . -3.5pp since 2014
Math
20.7%
CA avg 37.7% . +9.7pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 24 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 21 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are down about 4 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 10 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 8.9% | 15.6% | 27.2% | 48.3% |
| Math | 5.8% | 14.9% | 23.7% | 55.6% |
Share of tested students at each CAASPP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
CAASPP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 24.5% | 20.7% |
| 2023-24 | 31.5% | 21.3% |
| 2022-23 | 25.9% | 24.5% |
| 2021-22 | 27.8% | 22.1% |
| 2018-19 | 35.2% | 28.2% |
| 2017-18 | 31.5% | 28.8% |
| 2016-17 | 33.7% | 25.7% |
| 2015-16 | 36.0% | 16.0% |
| 2014-15 | 28.0% | 11.0% |
% met or exceeded standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CAASPP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
24.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
26.2%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 25% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 26% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among California's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Abraham Lincoln Elementary
Abraham Lincoln Elementary's state test result (24.6% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abraham Lincoln Elementary this school | 587 | 91.0% | 24.6% |
| Haddon Avenue Elementary Pacoima | 590 | 90.7% | 28.5% |
| Paul Rogers Elementary Colton | 602 | 92.4% | 26.0% |
| James A. Forrest Elementary Wasco | 576 | 89.4% | 29.3% |
| Troth Street Elementary Jurupa Valley | 583 | 91.1% | 23.4% |
| Castroville Elementary Castroville | 600 | 90.5% | 24.7% |
Matched among California elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Abraham Lincoln Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In San Bernardino County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 24.6% | #4,126 of 5,151 | #218 of 318 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 20.7% | #4,237 of 5,172 ▼ 194 | #223 of 321 ▼ 17 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 24.5% | #4,535 of 5,172 ▼ 912 | #265 of 321 ▼ 80 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -2.4pp | #1,091 of 5,116 | #42 of 318 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 587 | #1,509 of 5,915 | #117 of 340 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.6:1 | #2,663 of 5,352 | #138 of 328 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 8.3% | #5,036 of 5,354 | #321 of 328 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 91.0% | #980 of 5,625 | #61 of 331 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.9% | #2,305 of 3,837 | #146 of 246 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
587
-67 (-10%) vs 2020
-8% since 1990-91, when it was 639
Student : Teacher
22.6:1
was 24.2:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 587 | 26 | 22.6:1 | 91% (534) |
| 2023-24 | 613 | 25 | 24.5:1 | 90% (551) |
| 2022-23 | 614 | 27.2 | 22.6:1 | 86% (531) |
| 2020-21 | 654 | 27 | 24.2:1 | 92% (599) |
| 2017-18 | 674 | 28 | 24.1:1 | 94% (636) |
| 2015-16 | 697 | 29 | 24.0:1 | 93% (648) |
| 2010-11 | 727 | N/A | N/A | 90% (654) |
| 2000-01 | 799 | 42 | 19.0:1 | 80% (642) |
| 1990-91 | 639 | 24 | 26.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Abraham Lincoln Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (674 to 587); teachers down 7% (28 to 26).
About Abraham Lincoln Elementary
Abraham Lincoln Elementary is one of the public schools in Colton, California. It is a mid-sized elementary school. The school enrolls 587 students in kindergarten through 6. On average, elementary schools in California enroll around 465, and this school is 26% above that mark.
Federal data list 27 schools in Colton Joint Unified, with 18,397 students enrolled.
By race and ethnicity, Abraham Lincoln Elementary is 96% Hispanic. The county population is about 55% Hispanic. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 8, compared with 70 nationally.
The school lists 26 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 22.6:1. The average for elementary schools in California is about 22.3:1. A total of 534 students, or 91%, are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in San Bernardino County average 74%.
Abraham Lincoln Elementary earns a C- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 19% of California public elementary schools.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for Abraham Lincoln Elementary is 26.2%, and its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 24.6%.
Looking at the county, San Bernardino County, median household income comes to about $85,478, about 23% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 11%. The county's public schools total 583, with about 393,648 students.
Measured in a straight line, Alice Birney Elementary is about 0.4 miles from Abraham Lincoln Elementary. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. The school's 24.6% average proficiency ranks 3rd among 7 nearby schools.
Its NCES locale code is Suburb: Large: the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school shrank from 654 students in 2020-21 to 587 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 24.2:1; by 2024-25 it was 22.6:1.
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San Bernardino County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
2,197,104
Census ACS
Median income
$85,478
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
23%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
583
393,648 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Colton Joint Unified
- Bloomington HighHigh · 1,794 students
- Colton HighHigh · 1,729 students
- Grand Terrace High Sch at the Ray Abril Jr. Edal ComplexHigh · 1,647 students
- Colton MiddleMiddle · 870 students
- Terrace Hills MiddleMiddle · 852 students
- Joe BacaMiddle · 705 students
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- Colton HighHigh · 1,729 students
- William G. Jehue MiddleMiddle · 1,444 students
- Colton MiddleMiddle · 870 students
- Mojave River Academy - National TrailsCombined · 801 students
- Alice Birney ElementaryElementary · 681 students
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Other Abraham Lincoln Elementary schools
21 other US public schools in 11 states are named Abraham Lincoln Elementary. Abraham Lincoln Elementary is the 5th largest of the 22.
- Abraham Lincoln ElementaryCupertino, CA · 662 students
- Abraham Lincoln ElementaryPalm Desert, CA · 607 students
- Abraham Lincoln ElementarySacramento, CA · 498 students
- Abraham Lincoln ElementaryLa Crescenta, CA · 495 students
- Abraham Lincoln ElementarySanta Ana, CA · 468 students
Nearby schools
- Alice Birney Elementary0.4 mi · 681
- Washington High0.5 mi · 126
- Ulysses Grant Elementary0.7 mi · 589
- Urbita Elementary0.9 mi · 390
- Colton Middle0.9 mi · 870
- Middle College High1.0 mi · 269
Frequently asked questions
About Abraham Lincoln ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Abraham Lincoln Elementary?
Abraham Lincoln Elementary enrolls approximately 587 students in grades KG-06.
What grades does Abraham Lincoln Elementary serve?
Abraham Lincoln Elementary serves grades KG-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Abraham Lincoln Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Abraham Lincoln Elementary is approximately 22.6:1 (26 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Abraham Lincoln Elementary?
At Abraham Lincoln Elementary, the student body is approximately 2% White, 96% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is Abraham Lincoln Elementary in?
Abraham Lincoln Elementary is part of Colton Joint Unified.
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