Enrollment
196
Elementary
DISTRICT 328 · STATE 379
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·THOMPSON SCHOOL DISTRICT R-2J·NCES 080540000934
Lincoln Elementary School
3312 NORTH DOUGLAS AVENUE, LOVELAND, CO 80538 · (970) 613-6200 · Larimer County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL196 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 55% 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.
- 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
16.0:1
12 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.3:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
47%
93 students
DISTRICT 37% · STATE 50%
Community
0
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 | 50 | 26% |
| Kindergarten | 26 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 18 | 9% |
| Grade 2 | 26 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 28 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 25 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 23 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (26) is 13% larger than its 5th grade class (23).
Student demographics
54%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 47% · 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
41.7%
CO avg 44.9% . +12.2pp since 2023
Math
34.7%
CO avg 36.1% . +11.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 42 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 35 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Colorado schools, those numbers are about 45 and 36. Reading and writing scores are up about 12 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 12 points.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 41.7% | 34.7% |
| 2023-24 | 29.5% | 23.1% |
% 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
40.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.0%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 40% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 38% 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 (40.4% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lincoln Elementary School this school | 196 | 47.4% | 40.4% |
| B F Kitchen Elementary School LOVELAND | 159 | 46.5% | 28.8% |
| Edith Teter Elementary School FAIRPLAY | 190 | 48.4% | 29.8% |
| Deer Trail Elementary School DEER TRAIL | 174 | 50.6% | 19.1% |
| Academy of Arts and Knowledge Elementary FT COLLINS | 240 | 47.5% | 38.7% |
| Ridgeview Elementary School CRAIG | 233 | 52.8% | 32.1% |
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 Larimer County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.4% | #432 of 931 | #35 of 52 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 34.7% | #474 of 940 ▲ 162 | #38 of 53 ▲ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 41.7% | #491 of 946 ▲ 161 | #41 of 53 ▲ 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 196 | #901 of 1,056 | #50 of 56 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 47.4% | #507 of 983 | #19 of 52 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -19.7% | #287 of 664 | #18 of 41 |
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
196
+4 (+2%) vs 2020
-43% since 1990-91, when it was 346
Student : Teacher
16.0:1
was 11.3:1
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 | 196 | 12.2 | 16.0:1 | 47% (93) |
| 2023-24 | 217 | 14.3 | 15.2:1 | 58% (125) |
| 2022-23 | 236 | 14.7 | 16.1:1 | 51% (120) |
| 2020-21 | 192 | 17 | 11.3:1 | 48% (93) |
| 2017-18 | 244 | 16 | 15.3:1 | 65% (159) |
| 2015-16 | 208 | 17 | 12.2:1 | 62% (129) |
| 2010-11 | 249 | 17 | 14.7:1 | 49% (123) |
| 2000-01 | 327 | 19 | 17.2:1 | 24% (80) |
| 1990-91 | 346 | 20 | 17.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lincoln Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 20% (244 to 196); teachers down 23% (16 to 12.2).
About Lincoln Elementary School
Federal records list Lincoln Elementary School as an elementary school in LOVELAND, Colorado. Its enrollment is 196 students, spread over pre-K through 5. On average, elementary schools in Colorado enroll around 379, and this school is 48% below that mark.
The 32 schools of Thompson School District R-2J, including Lincoln Elementary School, enroll 14,580 students.
More than half of enrollment at Lincoln Elementary School is White: 60%. Other groups include 31% Hispanic and 6% multiracial. The county population is about 82% White. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Lincoln Elementary School scores 54%.
Based on 12.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, Lincoln Elementary School has a ratio of 16.0:1. The 16.6:1 average for elementary schools in Colorado is close to this figure. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 47%. The average for public schools in Larimer County is 35%.
On the allk12 Grade, Lincoln Elementary School lands at B, ahead of 55% of Colorado public elementary schools.
In Colorado, Lincoln Elementary School is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 40.4% actual against a predicted 38.0%.
In the wider Larimer County area, median household income comes to about $93,765, 53% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of people live in poverty. Larimer County's 94 public schools enroll about 47,159 students and include Lincoln Elementary School.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Loveland High School, is about 0.4 miles. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. By average proficiency, Lincoln Elementary School is 2nd among 7 schools close by.
Under the NCES locale system, Lincoln Elementary School is City: Small.
Enrollment in 2024-25 was 196, close to the 192 recorded in 2020-21. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 11.3:1 to 16.0:1.
The Lincoln Elementary School discussion page is a place for homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Larimer County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
367,368
Census ACS
Median income
$93,765
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
53%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
94
47,159 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Thompson School District R-2J
- Loveland High SchoolHigh · 1,354 students
- Mountain View High SchoolHigh · 1,074 students
- Loveland Classical SchoolCombined · 1,032 students
- New Vision Charter SchoolElementary · 1,005 students
- Thompson Valley High SchoolHigh · 1,005 students
- Riverview PK-8Elementary · 757 students
Other schools in LOVELAND
- Loveland High SchoolHigh · 1,354 students
- Mountain View High SchoolHigh · 1,074 students
- Loveland Classical SchoolCombined · 1,032 students
- New Vision Charter SchoolElementary · 1,005 students
- Thompson Valley High SchoolHigh · 1,005 students
- Lucile Erwin Middle SchoolMiddle · 686 students
Other Lincoln Elementary schools
213 other US public schools in 37 states are named Lincoln Elementary. Lincoln Elementary School is the 192nd largest of the 214.
- Lincoln Elementary SchoolDELTA, CO · 371 students
- Lincoln Elementary SchoolDENVER, CO · 310 students
- Lincoln Elementary SchoolNORTH BERGEN, NJ · 1,193 students
- Lincoln Elementary SchoolEDISON, NJ · 946 students
- Lincoln Elementary SchoolLincoln, AL · 902 students
Nearby schools
- Loveland High School0.4 mi · 1,354
- Centennial Elementary School0.6 mi · 324
- Thompson Integrated Early Childhood1.2 mi · 85
- Peakview Academy at Conrad Ball1.2 mi · 536
- Laurene Edmondson Elementary School1.3 mi · 235
- Harold Ferguson High School1.4 mi · 164
Frequently asked questions
About Lincoln Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Lincoln Elementary School?
Lincoln Elementary School enrolls approximately 196 students in grades PK-05.
Is Lincoln Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Lincoln Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Lincoln Elementary School have?
Lincoln Elementary School employs 12 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.0:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Lincoln Elementary School?
At Lincoln Elementary School, the student body is approximately 60% White, 31% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is Lincoln Elementary School public or private?
Lincoln Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Thompson School District R-2J.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.