Chester-East Lincoln Elem School

As a low-enrollment elementary school in Lincoln, Illinois, Chester-East Lincoln Elem School serves 288 students from grades pre-K through 8, overseen by Chester-East Lincoln CCSD 61. That puts it 24% smaller than the typical public school in Illinois, which averages around 381 students.

Chester-East Lincoln CCSD 61 is the operating authority for Chester-East Lincoln Elem School, handling staffing, calendars, and reporting to the state department of education.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Chester-East Lincoln Elem School lists that nearly all students (92%) are White; the rest consists of 3% Hispanic, 3% multiracial.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.0:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.9:1 average. An estimated 44% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Chester-East Lincoln Elem School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 45.9%, the actual is 59.2%, a residual of +13.3 points.

Across the wider county, Logan County reports that the typical household earns roughly $66,358 per year, 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Chester-East Lincoln Elem School is one of 15 public schools in Logan County (combined enrollment of about 3,448 students).

Nearest neighbor: Lincoln Comm High School, around 0.5 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 7 other public schools cluster around Chester-East Lincoln Elem School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Chester-East Lincoln Elem School at 2nd of 8; the average score across the group is 44.6%.

Chester-East Lincoln Elem School operates from a small-town location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Chester-East Lincoln Elem School has stayed largely flat, going from 288 students in 2018 to 288 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 13.7:1 in 2018 to 12.0:1 today.

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