Lincoln Elementary

Lincoln Elementary operates as a tight-knit primary school in Reedley, California, run under Kings Canyon Joint Unified. Current enrollment sits at 303 students spanning grades K through 5. That puts it 35% leaner than the typical public school in California, which averages around 465 students.

Kings Canyon Joint Unified comprises 21 schools with combined enrollment of 9,696 students; Lincoln Elementary is among them.

On the student-mix side, Lincoln Elementary logs that 88% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority; the rest reads as 9% multiracial. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 55%.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 23.3:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. About 93% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Fresno County runs at roughly 75%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Lincoln Elementary is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 24.2%; this one delivers 52.1%, a residual of +27.9 points.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Fresno County indicate median household earnings sit near $74,201, about 24% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 14%. Across Fresno County's 368 public schools (combined enrollment of about 206,072 students), Lincoln Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is General Grant Middle, roughly 0.2 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Lincoln Elementary at 3rd of 8; the average score across the group is 51.5%.

Geographically, the school is in a town-center area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Lincoln Elementary's enrollment has decreased 11% since 2018, when it stood at 339 (now 303). Hispanic enrollment moved from 95% to 88% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 26.1:1 in 2018 to 23.3:1 today.

On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.