Lincoln Elementary

Lincoln Elementary is a primary school of average-sized scale in Stockton, California, one of the schools within Lincoln Unified, serveing 569 students in grades K through 6. By comparison, California's public schools average about 465 students each, so Lincoln Elementary sits 22% above that benchmark.

Across the 13 schools in Lincoln Unified (8,721 students total), Lincoln Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Lincoln Elementary records that 66% of the student body identifies as Hispanic; the rest breaks down as 11% Black, 9% White, 8% multiracial, 5% Asian. By comparison, San Joaquin County as a whole is about 43% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, On paper, Lincoln Elementary has 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 26.2:1. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 87% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is higher than San Joaquin County's rate of about 66%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Lincoln Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 27.6%; this one delivers 32.2%.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (San Joaquin County) logs that median household earnings sit near $92,179, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. In all, San Joaquin County runs 251 public schools (combined enrollment of about 153,026 students), of which Lincoln Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: ABLE Charter, around 0.4 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Lincoln Elementary at 3rd of 7; the average score across the group is 26.5%.

Geographically, the school is in a commuter-belt area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Lincoln Elementary has edged down 5%, going from 600 students in 2018 to 569 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 58% to 66% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 25.0:1 in 2018 to 26.2:1 today.

Inside the community feed, the feed for Lincoln Elementary typically covers fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.