Central Elem School

Set in Lincoln, Illinois, Central Elem School is an intimate elementary school, one of the schools within Lincoln ESD 27. It serves 183 students across grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 52% below the state mean of about 381.

Within Lincoln ESD 27, which oversees 5 schools and 1,056 students, Central Elem School is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Central Elem School reports that 89% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 7% multiracial, 3% Hispanic, 2% Black. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Central Elem School has 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.3:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 46% of students at Central Elem School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Central Elem School sits in the top 10% of Illinois schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 44.7%; actual is 62.4%, +17.7 points clear of the demographic baseline.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Logan County indicate the typical household earns roughly $66,358 per year, about 21% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Central Elem School is one of 15 public schools in Logan County (combined enrollment of about 3,448 students).

Lincoln Jr High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 7 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Central Elem School at 1st of 8; the average score across the group is 44.1%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 4%: 191 students in 2018 compared to 183 in 2025.

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