Lincoln Elementary

Located at 705 California St., in Salinas, California, Lincoln Elementary is a moderately sized elementary school that serves 646 students (grades K through 6), part of Salinas City Elementary. That puts it 39% above the typical public school in California, which averages around 465 students.

Salinas City Elementary comprises 15 schools with combined enrollment of 8,236 students; Lincoln Elementary is among them.

In terms of who attends, Lincoln Elementary shows that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (91%). Beyond that, the school reports 5% White, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Monterey County as a whole is about 62% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Lincoln Elementary reports 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 23.9:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. Roughly 28% of students at Lincoln Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably below Monterey County's rate of about 76%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Lincoln Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 63.1%, the actual is 51.1%, a residual of -12.0 points.

Across the wider county, census data for Monterey County shows median household earnings sit near $97,230, about 28% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Across Monterey County's 153 public schools (combined enrollment of about 73,845 students), Lincoln Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Salinas High, roughly 0.4 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Lincoln Elementary ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 28.2%.

The campus sits in a downtown setting.

Five-year trend. Lincoln Elementary's enrollment has rose 11% since 2018, when it stood at 581 (now 646). The Hispanic share of enrollment expanded from 80% to 91% over that span. Class-load math has grew: from 21.5:1 in 2018 to 23.9:1 in 2025.

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