Lincoln Elementary

Lincoln Elementary is a primary school of low-enrollment scale in Ventura, California, run under Ventura Unified, hosting 202 students in grades K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 57% below the state mean of about 465.

Across the 27 schools in Ventura Unified (14,346 students total), Lincoln Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Lincoln Elementary reports that the largest single group is Hispanic at 54%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 36% White, 3% Black. The wider county runs roughly 44% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 8 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 25.3:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Lincoln Elementary higher than the state norm the norm. About 75% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is noticeably above Ventura County's rate of about 59%.

After controlling for student poverty, Lincoln Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 35.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 27.2%.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Ventura County indicate median household earnings sit near $109,797, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Across Ventura County's 238 public schools (combined enrollment of about 147,841 students), Lincoln Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Cabrillo Middle, around 0.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Lincoln Elementary. On composite proficiency, Lincoln Elementary comes 6th of 8 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 36.7%.

Lincoln Elementary operates from a downtown location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Lincoln Elementary's enrollment has declined 8% since 2018, when it stood at 219 (now 202). The Hispanic share of enrollment expanded from 47% to 54% over that span.

On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.