Lincoln Elementary

Lincoln Elementary is a mid-tier elementary school in Sanger, California, part of Sanger Unified. The school enrolls 505 students in grades K through 6.

Sanger Unified comprises 20 schools with combined enrollment of 13,313 students; Lincoln Elementary is among them.

In terms of who attends, Lincoln Elementary records that nearly all students (93%) are Hispanic. Beyond that, the school reports 4% White. By comparison, Fresno County as a whole is about 55% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Lincoln Elementary records 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 18.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. About 89% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. 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 performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 26.8%, the actual is 33.0%, a residual of +6.3 points.

In the area at large, census data for Fresno County shows median household income runs about $74,201, about 24% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 14%. Lincoln Elementary is one of 368 public schools in Fresno County (combined enrollment of about 206,072 students).

Washington Academic Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Lincoln Elementary. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Lincoln Elementary ranks 5th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 41.7%.

Lincoln Elementary operates from a town-center location.

Five-year trend. Lincoln Elementary's enrollment has edged up 31% since 2018, when it stood at 386 (now 505). Class-load math has fell: from 20.5:1 in 2018 to 18.8:1 in 2025.

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