Lincoln Acres

Lincoln Acres is one of the reasonably sized primary schools in National City, California, run under National Elementary, with 423 students on its rolls from grades K through 6.

Across the 10 schools in National Elementary (3,964 students total), Lincoln Acres accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, Lincoln Acres reports that nearly all students (86%) are Hispanic; the rest looks like 9% Asian, 2% multiracial. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 35%.

Looking at school resources, Lincoln Acres records 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 24.9:1. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 86% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, San Diego County runs at roughly 54%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Lincoln Acres sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 28.1%; this one delivers 20.4%.

Zooming out to the county, census data for San Diego County shows the typical household earns roughly $106,268 per year, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. In all, San Diego County runs 766 public schools (combined enrollment of about 467,437 students), of which Lincoln Acres is one.

Granger Junior High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Lincoln Acres comes 9th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 28.9%.

The campus sits in a suburban setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Lincoln Acres has contracted 24%, going from 553 students in 2018 to 423 in 2025. The Asian share of enrollment ticked up from 5% to 9% over that span. Class-load math has rose: from 22.3:1 in 2018 to 24.9:1 in 2025.

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