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Best kept secret at Abraham Lincoln Elementary?
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Enrollment
607
Elementary
DISTRICT 573 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DESERT SANDS UNIFIED·NCES 061111001230
Abraham Lincoln Elementary
74-100 Rutledge Way, Palm Desert, CA 92260 · (760) 862-4340 · Riverside County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL607 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 31% of California public elementary schools
- CTest 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.
- B+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
25.2:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.4:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
87%
526 students
DISTRICT 79% · 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 | 109 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 87 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 109 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 102 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 110 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 90 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (109) is 21% larger than its 5th grade class (90).
Student demographics
35%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 39% · 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
39.1%
CA avg 49.1% . +1.1pp since 2014
Math
22.9%
CA avg 37.7% . -10.1pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 39 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 23 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 1 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 10 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 14.5% | 24.6% | 20.5% | 40.4% |
| Math | 9.4% | 13.5% | 35.0% | 42.1% |
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 | 39.1% | 22.9% |
| 2023-24 | 28.6% | 18.5% |
| 2022-23 | 33.7% | 26.6% |
| 2021-22 | 32.2% | 20.7% |
| 2018-19 | 48.6% | 40.0% |
| 2017-18 | 44.9% | 36.3% |
| 2016-17 | 38.7% | 32.0% |
| 2015-16 | 49.0% | 36.0% |
| 2014-15 | 38.0% | 33.0% |
% 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
27.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
28.8%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 27% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 29% 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 (27.1% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abraham Lincoln Elementary this school | 607 | 86.7% | 27.1% |
| Las Palmas Elementary Patterson | 642 | 83.6% | 26.1% |
| Wildomar Elementary Wildomar | 620 | 88.9% | 29.0% |
| Valley View Elementary Nuevo | 554 | 87.7% | 31.0% |
| Dos Palos Elementary Dos Palos | 579 | 88.1% | N/A |
| Juniper Elementary Escondido | 588 | 87.1% | 29.8% |
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 Riverside County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 27.1% | #3,838 of 5,151 | #199 of 283 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 22.9% | #4,001 of 5,172 ▲ 342 | #201 of 283 ▲ 25 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 39.1% | #3,026 of 5,172 ▲ 905 | #147 of 283 ▲ 67 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +4.5pp | #1,799 of 5,116 | #107 of 280 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 607 | #1,335 of 5,915 | #165 of 296 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 25.2:1 | #4,534 of 5,352 | #258 of 292 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 35.2% | #3,697 of 5,354 | #182 of 292 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 86.7% | #1,507 of 5,625 | #113 of 294 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.9% | #3,649 of 3,837 | #199 of 207 |
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
607
-13 (-2%) vs 2020
-27% since 1990-91, when it was 835
Student : Teacher
25.2:1
was 23.0:1
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 | 607 | 24.1 | 25.2:1 | 87% (526) |
| 2023-24 | 593 | 25.1 | 23.6:1 | 84% (497) |
| 2022-23 | 585 | 24 | 24.4:1 | 79% (465) |
| 2020-21 | 620 | 27 | 23.0:1 | 91% (567) |
| 2017-18 | 619 | 25.1 | 24.7:1 | 94% (582) |
| 2015-16 | 618 | 26 | 23.8:1 | 92% (569) |
| 2010-11 | 738 | N/A | N/A | 82% (606) |
| 2000-01 | 703 | 37 | 19.0:1 | 69% (486) |
| 1990-91 | 835 | 32 | 26.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Abraham Lincoln Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 2% (619 to 607); teachers down 4% (25.1 to 24.1).
About Abraham Lincoln Elementary
In Palm Desert, California, Abraham Lincoln Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school. Its enrollment is 607 students, spread over kindergarten through 5. On average, elementary schools in California enroll around 465, and this school is 31% above that mark.
Abraham Lincoln Elementary reports to Desert Sands Unified, which has 34 schools and 25,613 students.
The share of Hispanic students at Abraham Lincoln Elementary is 79%, a majority. Other students are 13% White, 3% multiracial, and 3% Asian. That is higher than the 51% Hispanic share among all Riverside County residents. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 35%.
Teacher count: 24.1 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 25.2:1. The gap from the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California is 2.9 students per teacher. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 87%. The gap from the 74% average for public schools in Riverside County is 13 points.
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 31% of California public elementary schools.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 28.8% for Abraham Lincoln Elementary. The school posts 27.1%, 1.6 points below the prediction.
Census data for Riverside County show median household income comes to about $93,074, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 26%, and roughly 8% of residents are in poverty. The county has 543 public schools and about 424,872 students.
Palm Desert Charter Middle sits about 0.1 miles from Abraham Lincoln Elementary. Abraham Lincoln Elementary has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Among 9 nearby schools that report test results, Abraham Lincoln Elementary ranks 8th on proficiency.
Its location is classified as City: Small by the National Center for Education Statistics.
There was little change in enrollment from 2020-21 (620) to 2024-25 (607). Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio increased to 25.2:1, from 23.0:1.
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Riverside County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
2,478,600
Census ACS
Median income
$93,074
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
26%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
543
424,872 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Desert Sands Unified
- La Quinta HighHigh · 2,425 students
- Palm Desert HighHigh · 2,079 students
- Indio HighHigh · 1,962 students
- Shadow Hills HighHigh · 1,650 students
- Palm Desert Charter MiddleMiddle · 1,298 students
- John Glenn Middle School of International StudiesMiddle · 1,099 students
Other schools in Palm Desert
- Palm Desert HighHigh · 2,079 students
- Palm Desert Charter MiddleMiddle · 1,298 students
- Ronald Reagan ElementaryElementary · 808 students
- George Washington CharterElementary · 746 students
- James Earl Carter ElementaryElementary · 487 students
Other Abraham Lincoln Elementary schools
21 other US public schools in 11 states are named Abraham Lincoln Elementary. Abraham Lincoln Elementary is the 3rd largest of the 22.
- Abraham Lincoln ElementaryCupertino, CA · 662 students
- Abraham Lincoln ElementaryColton, CA · 587 students
- Abraham Lincoln ElementarySacramento, CA · 498 students
- Abraham Lincoln ElementaryLa Crescenta, CA · 495 students
- Abraham Lincoln ElementarySanta Ana, CA · 468 students
Nearby schools
- Palm Desert Charter Middle0.1 mi · 1,298
- James Earl Carter Elementary0.8 mi · 487
- Palm Desert High0.8 mi · 2,079
- George Washington Charter1.2 mi · 746
- Rancho Mirage Elementary2.8 mi · 349
- Gerald R. Ford Elementary3.6 mi · 598
Frequently asked questions
About Abraham Lincoln ElementaryHow many students attend Abraham Lincoln Elementary?
Abraham Lincoln Elementary enrolls approximately 607 students in grades KG-05.
Is Abraham Lincoln Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Abraham Lincoln Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Abraham Lincoln Elementary have?
Abraham Lincoln Elementary employs 24 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 25.2:1.
What is the student diversity at Abraham Lincoln Elementary?
Student demographics at Abraham Lincoln Elementary are roughly 13% White, 79% Hispanic, 1% Black, 3% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Abraham Lincoln Elementary public or private?
Abraham Lincoln Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Desert Sands Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.