Lincoln Elementary

Set in Hanford, California, Lincoln Elementary is a close-knit elementary campus, run under Hanford Elementary. It instructs 392 students across grades K through 6.

Hanford Elementary runs 12 schools in total, collectively educating 5,460 students. Lincoln Elementary is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Lincoln Elementary reports that 85% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. Beyond that, the school shows 6% Black, 3% White, 3% multiracial. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 58%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school employs 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 21.8:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 95% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Kings County (around 74%), the school's rate is north of typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Lincoln Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 23.1%, the actual is 25.0%, a residual of +1.9 points.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Kings County indicate the typical household earns roughly $70,995 per year, about 14% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. In all, Kings County runs 67 public schools (combined enrollment of about 28,742 students), of which Lincoln Elementary is one.

Roosevelt Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Lincoln Elementary comes 5th of 5 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 40.7%.

Geographically, the school is in an urban area.

Over the past 7-year window. Lincoln Elementary's enrollment has shrank 11% since 2018, when it stood at 441 (now 392). Hispanic enrollment moved from 80% to 85% across the same window.

On this page, recent activity here tends to focus on open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.