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What's one thing Lincoln Charter Academy gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
824
Elementary
DISTRICT 404 · STATE 379
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JEFFERSON COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. R-1·NCES 080480001605
Lincoln Charter Academy
7180 OAK STREET, ARVADA, CO 80004 · (303) 467-5363 · Jefferson County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBCHARTERREGULAR SCHOOL824 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 62% of Colorado public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Colorado public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
17.5:1
47 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.9:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
28%
234 students
DISTRICT 35% · STATE 50%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 64 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 83 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 91 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 87 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 83 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 87 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 87 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 86 | 10% |
| Grade 7 | 79 | 10% |
| Grade 8 | 77 | 9% |
This year's kindergarten class (83) is 8% larger than its 8th grade class (77).
Student demographics
42%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 52% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
CMAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
58.0%
CO avg 44.9% . -0.3pp since 2023
Math
42.7%
CO avg 36.1% . +2.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 58 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 43 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Colorado schools, those numbers are about 45 and 36. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 58.0% | 42.7% |
| 2023-24 | 58.3% | 40.2% |
% Met or Exceeded Expectations, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CMAS. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
50.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.5%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 50% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 50% typical for Colorado schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Colorado's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Lincoln Charter Academy
Lincoln Charter Academy's state test result (50.4% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lincoln Charter Academy this school | 824 | 28.4% | 50.4% |
| Mead Elementary School MEAD | 879 | 27.1% | 59.3% |
| Riverview PK-8 JOHNSTOWN | 757 | 26.2% | 36.1% |
| Bear Creek Elementary School MONUMENT | 869 | 20.4% | 58.4% |
| Prospect Valley Elementary School WHEAT RIDGE | 583 | 29.3% | 54.6% |
| Clear Sky Elementary CASTLE ROCK | 627 | 24.1% | 52.7% |
Matched among Colorado elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Lincoln Charter Academy ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In Jefferson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 50.4% | #288 of 931 | #41 of 82 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 42.7% | #376 of 940 ▲ 11 | #49 of 85 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 58.0% | #244 of 946 ▼ 8 | #36 of 85 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 824 | #33 of 1,056 | #3 of 89 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.5:1 | #719 of 896 | #69 of 86 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 41.5% | #649 of 896 | #51 of 86 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 28.4% | #725 of 983 | #43 of 85 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +6.7% | #129 of 200 | #18 of 21 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
824
+51 (+7%) vs 2020
+186% since 2000-01, when it was 288
Student : Teacher
17.5:1
was 17.2:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 824 | 47.1 | 17.5:1 | 28% (234) |
| 2023-24 | 817 | 46.1 | 17.7:1 | 31% (252) |
| 2022-23 | 809 | 45.9 | 17.6:1 | 24% (192) |
| 2020-21 | 773 | 45 | 17.2:1 | 25% (190) |
| 2017-18 | 772 | 40.2 | 19.2:1 | 21% (162) |
| 2015-16 | 694 | 36 | 19.3:1 | 19% (129) |
| 2010-11 | 514 | 30 | 17.1:1 | 1% (7) |
| 2000-01 | 288 | 13 | 22.1:1 | 1% (3) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lincoln Charter Academy.
Since 2017-18: students up 7% (772 to 824); teachers up 17% (40.2 to 47.1).
About Lincoln Charter Academy
Federal records list Lincoln Charter Academy as an elementary school in ARVADA, Colorado. School enrollment was 824 students in 2024-25, in pre-K through 8. For comparison, elementary schools in Colorado average about 379 students.
Jefferson County School District No. R-1 is the local district for Lincoln Charter Academy. It runs 148 schools with 74,935 students.
Lincoln Charter Academy is 74% White by enrollment. The rest of enrollment is 17% Hispanic and 6% multiracial. Lincoln Charter Academy's diversity index is 42%, against a US figure of 70%.
Lincoln Charter Academy employs 47.1 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 17.5:1. This ratio sits 0.9 above the 16.6:1 average for elementary schools in Colorado. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 28% in 2024-25.
allk12 grades Lincoln Charter Academy a B. The grade compares the school only with Colorado public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Lincoln Charter Academy falls in the middle 80% of Colorado schools: 50.4% actual against 49.5% predicted.
Lincoln Charter Academy is located in Jefferson County, where the median household income is $110,656, 52% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Lincoln Charter Academy is one of 168 public schools in the county.
The closest public school, Oberon Middle School, is about 0.4 miles from Lincoln Charter Academy. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. By average proficiency, Lincoln Charter Academy is 4th among 8 schools close by.
The federal government classifies Lincoln Charter Academy's location as Suburb: Large. NCES lists Lincoln Charter Academy as a charter school.
Enrollment at Lincoln Charter Academy climbed 7% between 2020-21 and 2024-25, from 773 to 824 students.
If you have questions about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news at Lincoln Charter Academy, you can post them here. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Jefferson County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
579,377
Census ACS
Median income
$110,656
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
52%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
168
74,739 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Jefferson County School District No. R-1
- Arvada West High SchoolHigh · 1,923 students
- Ralston Valley Senior High SchoolHigh · 1,875 students
- Chatfield High SchoolHigh · 1,808 students
- Lakewood High SchoolHigh · 1,735 students
- Columbine High SchoolHigh · 1,710 students
- Golden High SchoolHigh · 1,469 students
Other schools in ARVADA
- Arvada West High SchoolHigh · 1,923 students
- Ralston Valley Senior High SchoolHigh · 1,875 students
- Pomona Junior/Senior High SchoolHigh · 1,252 students
- Three Creeks K-8Elementary · 1,050 students
- Drake Junior High SchoolMiddle · 1,002 students
- Arvada High SchoolHigh · 754 students
Nearby schools
- Oberon Middle School0.4 mi · 704
- Campbell Early Learning Center0.7 mi · 198
- Sierra Elementary School0.9 mi · 493
- Fremont Elementary School1.2 mi · 268
- Arvada West High School1.2 mi · 1,923
- Stott Elementary School1.5 mi · 288
Frequently asked questions
About Lincoln Charter AcademyHow many students attend Lincoln Charter Academy?
Lincoln Charter Academy enrolls approximately 824 students in grades PK-08.
What grades does Lincoln Charter Academy serve?
Lincoln Charter Academy serves grades PK-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Lincoln Charter Academy?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Lincoln Charter Academy is approximately 17.5:1 (47 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Lincoln Charter Academy?
Student demographics at Lincoln Charter Academy are roughly 74% White, 17% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Lincoln Charter Academy in?
Lincoln Charter Academy is part of Jefferson County School District No. R-1.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.