Lincoln Elementary

Lincoln Elementary operates as a moderately sized elementary school in El Centro, California, overseen by El Centro Elementary. Current enrollment sits at 399 students spanning grades K through 6.

El Centro Elementary comprises 12 schools with combined enrollment of 5,157 students; Lincoln Elementary is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Lincoln Elementary shows that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (95%). By comparison, Imperial County as a whole is about 86% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, The school currently runs with 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 21.0:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. An estimated 89% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is above Imperial County's rate of about 77%.

With demographic context factored in, Lincoln Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 27.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 32.5%.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Imperial County indicate the typical household earns roughly $57,681 per year, roughly 16% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 17%. Across Imperial County's 76 public schools (combined enrollment of about 36,513 students), Lincoln Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Ballington Academy for the Arts and Sciences, roughly 0.4 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Lincoln Elementary at 5th of 7; the average score across the group is 33.8%.

The school occupies an inner-city site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count expanded 21%: 331 students in 2018 compared to 399 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 27.6:1 in 2018 to 21.0:1 today.

Inside the community feed, recent activity here tends to focus on open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.