Lincoln Elementary

Lincoln Elementary is a mid-tier elementary-level community in Torrance, California, overseen by Torrance Unified. The school works with 418 students in grades K through 5.

Lincoln Elementary is one of 31 schools operated by Torrance Unified, a district that works with 21,890 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Lincoln Elementary reports that 41% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school logs 33% Asian, 12% multiracial, 10% White, 4% Black.

On the income-and-resources front, Lincoln Elementary shows 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 24.6:1. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 44% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is below Los Angeles County's rate of about 70%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Lincoln Elementary ranks in the top 10% of California public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 53.6%; Lincoln Elementary posts 78.0%, +24.5 points above that line.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Los Angeles County put the typical household earns roughly $90,112 per year, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Los Angeles County runs 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), of which Lincoln Elementary is one.

The closest other public school is Casimir Middle, roughly 0.4 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. 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 51.9%.

The school occupies a high-density site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Lincoln Elementary has shrank 10%, going from 465 students in 2018 to 418 in 2025. Class-load math has tightened: from 25.8:1 in 2018 to 24.6:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.