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If you had an hour of school board time for Abraham Lincoln Elementary, what would you bring up?
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Enrollment
468
Elementary
DISTRICT 530 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SANTA ANA UNIFIED·NCES 063531005993
Abraham Lincoln Elementary
425 South Sullivan, Santa Ana, CA 92704 · (714) 972-6200 · Orange County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL468 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 14% of California public elementary schools
- DTest 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.
- BThree-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
22.2:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.3:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
92%
430 students
DISTRICT 91% · 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 | 86 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 69 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 84 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 81 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 76 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 72 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (86) is 19% larger than its 5th grade class (72).
Student demographics
10%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 8% · 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
23.6%
CA avg 49.1% . +7.6pp since 2014
Math
14.6%
CA avg 37.7% . -5.4pp 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 15 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 8 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 5 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 5.9% | 17.7% | 20.4% | 55.9% |
| Math | 3.6% | 11.0% | 27.4% | 58.0% |
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 | 23.6% | 14.6% |
| 2023-24 | 19.7% | 15.4% |
| 2022-23 | 21.1% | 14.6% |
| 2021-22 | 18.5% | 13.8% |
| 2018-19 | 27.9% | 27.5% |
| 2017-18 | 22.4% | 21.7% |
| 2016-17 | 16.4% | 22.2% |
| 2015-16 | 19.0% | 22.0% |
| 2014-15 | 16.0% | 20.0% |
% 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
18.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.7%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 18% 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 (18.3% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abraham Lincoln Elementary this school | 468 | 91.9% | 18.3% |
| Julien Hathaway Elementary Oxnard | 451 | 91.8% | 23.5% |
| Edward Russell Elementary Santa Ana | 473 | 92.8% | 26.7% |
| Andrew Jackson Elementary Santa Ana | 493 | 91.1% | 28.4% |
| Miramonte Elementary El Monte | 438 | 92.2% | 18.9% |
| Theodore Roosevelt Elementary Indio | 490 | 90.4% | 19.0% |
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 Orange County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 18.3% | #4,708 of 5,151 | #370 of 381 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 14.6% | #4,777 of 5,172 ▼ 131 | #373 of 382 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 23.6% | #4,599 of 5,172 ▲ 159 | #367 of 382 ▲ 4 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.0pp | #2,303 of 5,116 | #166 of 381 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 468 | #2,823 of 5,915 | #217 of 404 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.2:1 | #2,374 of 5,352 | #101 of 398 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 9.9% | #4,937 of 5,354 | #360 of 398 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 91.9% | #854 of 5,625 | #41 of 400 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -45.3% | #74 of 3,837 | #7 of 324 |
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
468
-178 (-28%) vs 2020
-58% since 1990-91, when it was 1,120
Student : Teacher
22.2:1
was 25.8:1
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 | 468 | 21 | 22.2:1 | 92% (430) |
| 2023-24 | 505 | 22.4 | 22.6:1 | 77% (389) |
| 2022-23 | 535 | 26.6 | 20.1:1 | 70% (377) |
| 2020-21 | 646 | 25 | 25.8:1 | 88% (567) |
| 2017-18 | 855 | 30 | 28.5:1 | 92% (789) |
| 2015-16 | 923 | 35 | 26.4:1 | 92% (851) |
| 2010-11 | 1,053 | N/A | N/A | 93% (975) |
| 2000-01 | 1,351 | 65 | 20.8:1 | 86% (1,162) |
| 1990-91 | 1,120 | 44 | 25.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Abraham Lincoln Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 45% (855 to 468); teachers down 30% (30 to 21).
About Abraham Lincoln Elementary
Abraham Lincoln Elementary is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as an elementary school in Santa Ana, California. Its enrollment is 468 students, spread over kindergarten through 5.
Across its 51 schools, Santa Ana Unified enrolls 35,993 students. Abraham Lincoln Elementary is one of those schools.
Roughly 95% of students at Abraham Lincoln Elementary are Hispanic. Other groups make up 3% Asian. County-wide, 34% of Orange County residents are Hispanic. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 10%.
On staff are 21 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 22.2:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in California is similar, at 22.3:1. Abraham Lincoln Elementary has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 92%. Public schools in Orange County average 55%.
Among California public elementary schools, Abraham Lincoln Elementary outscored 14%, which works out to a D on the allk12 Grade.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Abraham Lincoln Elementary is 7.4 points below its prediction. Actual: 18.3%. Predicted: 25.7%.
Census data for Orange County show median household income comes to about $116,289, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 44%, and about 7% of people live in poverty. There are 649 public schools in the county, enrolling about 430,458, Abraham Lincoln Elementary among them.
About 0.4 miles separate Abraham Lincoln Elementary from the closest public school, Monte Vista Elementary. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. On average proficiency, Abraham Lincoln Elementary is 4th of 5 nearby schools with test data.
NCES lists the school's locale as City: Large. That means it sits inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Over 4 years, enrollment decreased by 178 students, from 646 to 468. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 25.8:1; by 2024-25 it was 22.2:1.
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Orange County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
3,165,820
Census ACS
Median income
$116,289
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
44%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
649
430,458 students
Quick facts
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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 13th largest of the 22.
- Abraham Lincoln ElementaryCupertino, CA · 662 students
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- Abraham Lincoln ElementaryColton, CA · 587 students
- Abraham Lincoln ElementarySacramento, CA · 498 students
- Abraham Lincoln ElementaryLa Crescenta, CA · 495 students
Nearby schools
- Monte Vista Elementary0.4 mi · 348
- Magnolia Science Academy Santa Ana0.4 mi · 524
- Vista Heritage Global Academy0.6 mi · 369
- Vista Condor Global Academy0.6 mi · 357
- Romero-Cruz Academy0.6 mi · 827
- Lorin Griset Academy0.6 mi · 283
Frequently asked questions
About Abraham Lincoln ElementaryHow large is Abraham Lincoln Elementary?
Abraham Lincoln Elementary enrolls approximately 468 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Abraham Lincoln Elementary serve?
Abraham Lincoln Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Abraham Lincoln Elementary?
Approximately 22.2:1 students per teacher at Abraham Lincoln Elementary.
How diverse is Abraham Lincoln Elementary?
Abraham Lincoln Elementary reports a student body of 1% White, 95% Hispanic, 3% Asian, 0% Two or more.
What district is Abraham Lincoln Elementary in?
Abraham Lincoln Elementary is part of Santa Ana Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.