Lincoln Elementary

Lincoln Elementary, an intimate elementary-level community in Tulare, California, one of the schools within Tulare City, enrolls 309 students, covering grades K through 6. By comparison, California's public schools average about 465 students each, so Lincoln Elementary sits 34% leaner than that benchmark.

Lincoln Elementary is one of 18 schools operated by Tulare City, a district that instructs 9,289 students overall.

On demographics, Lincoln Elementary lists that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (90%). Beyond that, the school logs 4% White, 4% Black. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 67%.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Lincoln Elementary has 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 20.6:1. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 92% of students at Lincoln Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is above Tulare County's rate of about 77%.

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 24.5%, the actual is 25.7%, a residual of +1.1 points.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Tulare County) logs that median household income runs about $71,300, 17% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 15%. In all, Tulare County runs 196 public schools (combined enrollment of about 101,494 students), of which Lincoln Elementary is one.

The closest other public school is Wilson Elementary, roughly 0.7 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Lincoln Elementary comes 2nd of 6 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 24.5%.

The campus sits in a residential setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Lincoln Elementary's enrollment has edged up 18% since 2018, when it stood at 262 (now 309). The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 21.8:1 in 2018 to 20.6:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, the feed for Lincoln Elementary typically covers sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.