Lincoln Elementary

Lincoln Elementary operates as a mid-tier elementary school in Yuba City, California, part of Yuba City Unified. Current enrollment sits at 488 students spanning grades K through 5.

Yuba City Unified comprises 17 schools with combined enrollment of 11,388 students; Lincoln Elementary is among them.

On the student-mix side, Lincoln Elementary logs that the most-represented group is Asian (36%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder looks like 34% Hispanic, 19% White, 9% multiracial. That is meaningfully more Asian than the county at large, where the share is closer to 18%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 22.2:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. About 73% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is higher than Sutter County's rate of about 60%.

With demographic context factored in, Lincoln Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 35.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 41.2%.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Sutter County put the typical household earns roughly $79,704 per year, roughly 21% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Sutter County runs 46 public schools (combined enrollment of about 23,784 students), of which Lincoln Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: Lincrest Elementary, around 0.7 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 1st of 6; the average score across the group is 26.3%.

The campus sits in a high-density setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 7%: 524 students in 2018 compared to 488 in 2025. The White share of enrollment shrank from 23% to 19% over that span.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.