Lincoln Elementary

Lincoln Elementary is an elementary campus of reasonably sized scale in Fresno, California, operated by Fresno Unified, instructing 526 students in grades K through 6.

Across the 100 schools in Fresno Unified (67,873 students total), Lincoln Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Lincoln Elementary logs that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 79% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school lists 12% Black, 4% Asian, 3% White, 2% multiracial. By comparison, Fresno County as a whole is about 55% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 18.9:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Lincoln Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 97% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Fresno County (around 75%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Lincoln Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 21.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 30.8%.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Fresno County put median household earnings sit near $74,201, about 24% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 14%. Lincoln Elementary is one of 368 public schools in Fresno County (combined enrollment of about 206,072 students).

Nearest neighbor: King Elementary, around 0.4 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Lincoln Elementary comes 3rd of 6 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 32.8%.

Geographically, the school is in a high-density area.

Over the past 7-year window. Lincoln Elementary's enrollment has declined 8% since 2018, when it stood at 573 (now 526). Class-load math has tightened: from 28.6:1 in 2018 to 18.9:1 in 2025.

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