Lincoln Elementary

As a tight-knit elementary school in Newark, California, Lincoln Elementary serves 286 students from grades K through 5, one of the schools within Newark Unified. That puts it 38% leaner than the typical public school in California, which averages around 465 students.

Within Newark Unified, which oversees 10 schools and 4,661 students, Lincoln Elementary is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Lincoln Elementary shows that the most-represented group is Hispanic (48%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 27% Asian, 12% multiracial, 9% White, 2% Black. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 23%.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 12 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 23.8:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. Around 38% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Alameda County runs at roughly 49%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Lincoln Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 57.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 51.9%.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Alameda County indicate median household earnings sit near $129,367, about 52% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Lincoln Elementary is one of 394 public schools in Alameda County (combined enrollment of about 210,511 students).

The closest other public school is Coyote Hills Elementary, roughly 0.6 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Lincoln Elementary comes 4th of 7 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 45.4%.

Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.

Five-year trend. Lincoln Elementary's enrollment has contracted 26% since 2018, when it stood at 388 (now 286). Over the same period, the Asian share ticked up from 15% to 27%. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 26.8:1 in 2018 to 23.8:1 today.

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