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What's the biggest difference between Lincoln Elementary School and what you expected?
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Enrollment
371
Elementary
DISTRICT 263 · STATE 379
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DELTA COUNTY JOINT DISTRICT NO. 50·NCES 080333000301
Lincoln Elementary School
1050 HASTINGS, DELTA, CO 81416 · (970) 874-3700 · Delta County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL371 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 59% of Colorado public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+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
15.5:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 35.0:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
67%
247 students
DISTRICT 57% · STATE 50%
Community
1
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 55 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 64 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 60 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 65 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 53 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 74 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (55) is 26% smaller than its 5th grade class (74).
Student demographics
53%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 46% · 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
33.0%
CO avg 44.9% . -4.9pp since 2023
Math
29.9%
CO avg 36.1% . -0.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 33 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 30 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Colorado schools, those numbers are about 45 and 36. Reading and writing scores are down about 5 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 33.0% | 29.9% |
| 2023-24 | 37.9% | 30.1% |
% 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
33.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
26.4%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 34% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 26% 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 Elementary School
Lincoln Elementary School's state test result (33.8% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lincoln Elementary School this school | 371 | 66.6% | 33.8% |
| Campbell Elementary School STERLING | 347 | 65.4% | 24.2% |
| Fruitvale Elementary School GRAND JUNCTION | 358 | 70.1% | 27.3% |
| Pomona Elementary School MONTROSE | 335 | 67.5% | 27.2% |
| Wray Elementary School WRAY | 409 | 63.6% | 48.6% |
| Pear Park Elementary School GRAND JUNCTION | 428 | 70.8% | 26.9% |
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 Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In Delta County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 33.8% | #521 of 931 | #7 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 29.9% | #542 of 940 ▼ 27 | #7 of 8 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 33.0% | #606 of 946 ▼ 80 | #8 of 8 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 371 | #503 of 1,056 | #2 of 8 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.5:1 | #450 of 896 | N/A |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 52.8% | #366 of 896 | N/A |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 66.6% | #297 of 983 | #1 of 7 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -26.8% | #161 of 664 | N/A |
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
371
-106 (-22%) vs 2020
+23% since 1990-91, when it was 302
Student : Teacher
15.5:1
was 15.4:1
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 | 371 | 24 | 15.5:1 | 67% (247) |
| 2023-24 | 412 | 26 | 15.8:1 | 68% (280) |
| 2022-23 | 444 | 28.1 | 15.8:1 | 61% (270) |
| 2020-21 | 477 | 31 | 15.4:1 | 69% (327) |
| 2017-18 | 507 | 30.2 | 16.8:1 | 68% (344) |
| 2015-16 | 504 | 33 | 15.3:1 | 74% (373) |
| 2010-11 | 529 | 34 | 15.6:1 | 65% (345) |
| 2000-01 | 350 | 22 | 15.9:1 | 61% (212) |
| 1990-91 | 302 | 18 | 16.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lincoln Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 27% (507 to 371); teachers down 21% (30.2 to 24).
About Lincoln Elementary School
Lincoln Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school in DELTA, Colorado, administered by Delta County Joint District No. 50. It has an enrollment of 371 students in kindergarten through 5.
Delta County Joint District No. 50 has a total of 17 schools and 4,591 students, Lincoln Elementary School among them.
More than half of enrollment at Lincoln Elementary School is White: 60%. Other groups include 34% Hispanic and 4% multiracial. The county population is about 84% White. The diversity index for Lincoln Elementary School is 53%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Lincoln Elementary School reported 24 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, a ratio of 15.5:1. Elementary schools in Colorado average 16.6:1, 1.1 more students per teacher than here. There are 247 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 67% of enrollment. Public schools in Delta County average 56%.
Lincoln Elementary School earns a B on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 59% of Colorado public elementary schools.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Lincoln Elementary School would be expected to post about 26.4%. Its actual average proficiency rate across its state test results is 33.8%.
The county, Delta County, is where the school is located. Median household income comes to about $57,774, about 27% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 10%. The county's public schools total 18, with about 4,591 students.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Delta Middle School, is about 0.4 miles. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Lincoln Elementary School ranks 2nd of 4 on average proficiency.
Lincoln Elementary School is coded as Town: Distant in federal locale data.
Federal enrollment counts fell from 477 (2020-21) to 371 (2024-25).
Use the discussion section to ask about homework, tutoring, and testing dates at Lincoln Elementary School. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Delta County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
31,598
Census ACS
Median income
$57,774
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
27%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
18
4,591 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Delta County Joint District No. 50
- Delta High SchoolHigh · 626 students
- Delta Middle SchoolMiddle · 498 students
- Garnet Mesa Elementary SchoolElementary · 488 students
- Cedaredge Elementary SchoolElementary · 346 students
- Vision Charter AcademyCombined · 311 students
- Hotchkiss Elementary SchoolElementary · 297 students
Other schools in DELTA
- Delta High SchoolHigh · 626 students
- Delta Middle SchoolMiddle · 498 students
- Garnet Mesa Elementary SchoolElementary · 488 students
- Vision Charter AcademyCombined · 311 students
- Vision Charter Academy K-8Elementary · 195 students
- Backpack Early Learning AcademyElementary · 188 students
Other Lincoln Elementary schools
213 other US public schools in 37 states are named Lincoln Elementary. Lincoln Elementary School is the 90th largest of the 214.
- Lincoln Elementary SchoolDENVER, CO · 310 students
- Lincoln Elementary SchoolLOVELAND, CO · 196 students
- Lincoln Elementary SchoolNORTH BERGEN, NJ · 1,193 students
- Lincoln Elementary SchoolEDISON, NJ · 946 students
- Lincoln Elementary SchoolLincoln, AL · 902 students
Nearby schools
- Delta Middle School0.4 mi · 498
- Garnet Mesa Elementary School0.4 mi · 488
- Backpack Early Learning Academy0.4 mi · 188
- Delta Academy of Applied Learning0.4 mi · 25
- Grand Mesa Choice Academy0.6 mi · 68
- Delta High School0.7 mi · 626
Frequently asked questions
About Lincoln Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Lincoln Elementary School?
Lincoln Elementary School enrolls approximately 371 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Lincoln Elementary School serve?
Lincoln Elementary School serves grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Lincoln Elementary School have?
Lincoln Elementary School employs 24 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.5:1.
What is the student diversity at Lincoln Elementary School?
Student demographics at Lincoln Elementary School are roughly 60% White, 34% Hispanic, 2% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Lincoln Elementary School?
Lincoln Elementary School is overseen by Delta County Joint District No. 50 in Delta County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.