Lincoln Elementary

Set in Long Beach, California, Lincoln Elementary is a big elementary school, overseen by Long Beach Unified. It caters to 742 students across grades K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 465 students per school, that is 60% larger than typical.

Within Long Beach Unified, which oversees 82 schools and 62,255 students, Lincoln Elementary is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Lincoln Elementary lists that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (80%). Other groups include 8% Black, 7% Asian, 2% White, 2% multiracial. By comparison, Los Angeles County as a whole is about 48% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 23.8:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 89% of students at Lincoln Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Los Angeles County runs at roughly 70%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Lincoln Elementary sits in the top 10% of California schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 26.5%; actual is 41.9%, +15.4 points clear of the demographic baseline.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Los Angeles County indicate the typical household earns roughly $90,112 per year, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Los Angeles County's 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), Lincoln Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Clear Passage Educational Center, roughly 0.3 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Lincoln Elementary comes 2nd of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 33.4%.

Geographically, the school is in a metropolitan area.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Lincoln Elementary has shrank 30%, going from 1,064 students in 2018 to 742 in 2025. Class-load math has narrowed: from 31.1:1 in 2018 to 23.8:1 in 2025.

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