First Street Elementary

Set in Lincoln, California, First Street Elementary is a low-enrollment primary school, operated by Western Placer Unified. It enrolls 381 students across grades K through 5.

Across the 14 schools in Western Placer Unified (8,030 students total), First Street Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, First Street Elementary reports that 64% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. The remainder consists of 28% White, 5% multiracial, 2% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 16% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 20.0:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. An estimated 70% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Placer County (around 33%), the school's rate is north of typical.

After controlling for student poverty, First Street Elementary ranks in the top 10% of California public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 37.9%; First Street Elementary posts 54.3%, +16.4 points above that line.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Placer County put the typical household earns roughly $115,998 per year, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. In all, Placer County runs 123 public schools (combined enrollment of about 70,590 students), of which First Street Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: Glen Edwards Middle, around 0.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around First Street Elementary. On composite proficiency, First Street Elementary comes 1st of 6 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 41.2%.

First Street Elementary operates from a suburban location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at First Street Elementary has fell 12%, going from 434 students in 2018 to 381 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 21.9:1 in 2018 to 20.0:1 in 2025.

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