Enrollment
342
Elementary
DISTRICT 244 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·COOK COUNTY SD 130·NCES 170651000332
Lincoln Elementary School
2140 Broadway St, Blue Island, IL 60406 · (708) 385-5370 · Cook County
GRADES KG–03ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL342 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.3:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.1:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
83%
284 students
DISTRICT 77% · STATE 56%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 74 | 22% |
| Grade 1 | 88 | 26% |
| Grade 2 | 89 | 26% |
| Grade 3 | 91 | 27% |
Student demographics
34%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 52% · STATE 69% · 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
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
40.5%
IL avg 51.0% . +12.6pp since 2023
Math
57.1%
IL avg 37.9% . +26.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 41 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 57 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Illinois schools, those numbers are about 51 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 13 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 26 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 40.5% | 57.1% |
| 2023-24 | 27.9% | 31.1% |
% Proficient (Levels 4-5), all students and all tested grades.
Source: IAR + ISA. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of IL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
42.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
23.6%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+18.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 42% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 24% typical for Illinois schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 19 points, placing it in Illinois's top 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 (42.4% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lincoln Elementary School this school | 342 | 83.0% | 42.4% |
| Sabin Elementary Magnet School Chicago | 354 | 86.7% | 12.8% |
| Perez Elementary School Chicago | 291 | 84.2% | 33.7% |
| W J Murphy Elementary School Round Lake Park | 414 | 83.6% | N/A |
| Gordon School Posen | 312 | 88.5% | 35.6% |
| Julia Lathrop Elementary School Rockford | 357 | 84.3% | 11.7% |
Matched among Illinois 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 Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 42.4% | #844 of 1,925 | #221 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 57.1% | #483 of 2,077 ▲ 287 | #151 of 829 ▲ 87 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 40.5% | #1,331 of 2,077 ▼ 64 | #454 of 829 ▼ 23 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 342 | #1,306 of 2,419 | #538 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.3:1 | #1,314 of 2,035 | #588 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 34.1% | #1,301 of 2,042 | #482 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 83.0% | #445 of 2,132 | #309 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.4% | #510 of 1,461 | #294 of 661 |
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
342
+16 (+5%) vs 2020
+169% since 1990-91, when it was 127
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 | 342 | 24 | 14.3:1 | 83% (284) |
| 2023-24 | 315 | 23 | 13.7:1 | 91% (288) |
| 2022-23 | 295 | 26 | 11.3:1 | 90% (266) |
| 2020-21 | 326 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 419 | 28.6 | 14.7:1 | 48% (203) |
| 2015-16 | 412 | 28 | 14.7:1 | 86% (355) |
| 2010-11 | 412 | 28 | 14.7:1 | 93% (385) |
| 2000-01 | 115 | 11 | 10.4:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 127 | 8 | 15.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lincoln Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 18% (419 to 342); teachers down 16% (28.6 to 24).
About Lincoln Elementary School
The public elementary school Lincoln Elementary School is located in Blue Island, Illinois. Its 342 students are spread across kindergarten through 3.
Cook County SD 130 counts 11 schools and 2,950 students, including Lincoln Elementary School.
Hispanic students make up a majority at Lincoln Elementary School, at 80%. The remaining students are 14% Black and 5% White. Census figures show Cook County is about 27% Hispanic. Lincoln Elementary School's diversity index is 34%, against a US figure of 70%.
The school has about 14.3 students per teacher and 24 full-time-equivalent teachers. For comparison, elementary schools in Illinois average 13.9:1. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 83%. The rate at public schools in Cook County averages 66%, lower than here.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Lincoln Elementary School ranks in the top 10% of Illinois schools. It scores 42.4%; the prediction is 23.6%.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Cook County show that the median household income is $83,498, roughly 43% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. Lincoln Elementary School is one of 1,406 public schools in the county.
Whittier Elementary School is the closest public school, about 0.6 miles away in a straight line. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Nearby schools with test data average 27.2% proficiency; Lincoln Elementary School posts 42.4%.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Suburb: Large: in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school enrolled 342 students in 2024-25, 16 more than the 326 it had in 2020-21.
Topics for discussion here include school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Cook County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
5,182,090
Census ACS
Median income
$83,498
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
43%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
1,406
697,934 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Cook County SD 130
- Veterans Memorial Middle SchoolMiddle · 361 students
- Nathan Hale Middle SchoolMiddle · 334 students
- Nathan Hale Primary SchoolElementary · 334 students
- Paul Revere Primary SchoolElementary · 318 students
- Everett F Kerr Middle SchoolMiddle · 304 students
- George Washington Elementary SchoolElementary · 270 students
Other schools in Blue Island
- DD Eisenhower High School (Campus)High · 1,818 students
- Veterans Memorial Middle SchoolMiddle · 361 students
- Paul Revere Primary SchoolElementary · 318 students
- Everett F Kerr Middle SchoolMiddle · 304 students
- Horace Mann SchoolElementary · 182 students
- Paul Revere Intermediate SchoolElementary · 180 students
Other Lincoln Elementary schools
213 other US public schools in 37 states are named Lincoln Elementary. Lincoln Elementary School is the 107th largest of the 214.
- Lincoln Elementary SchoolChicago, IL · 868 students
- Lincoln Elementary SchoolPalatine, IL · 772 students
- Lincoln Elementary SchoolCalumet City, IL · 717 students
- Lincoln Elementary SchoolBelvidere, IL · 573 students
- Lincoln ElementaryPlainfield, IL · 536 students
Nearby schools
- Whittier Elementary School0.6 mi · 150
- Everett F Kerr Middle School0.7 mi · 304
- Horace Mann School1.1 mi · 182
- Calumet Elementary School1.1 mi · 316
- Gordon School1.2 mi · 312
- Paul Revere Primary School1.2 mi · 318
Frequently asked questions
About Lincoln Elementary SchoolHow large is Lincoln Elementary School?
Lincoln Elementary School enrolls approximately 342 students in grades KG-03.
What age range does Lincoln Elementary School serve?
Lincoln Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 03.
How many students per teacher at Lincoln Elementary School?
Approximately 14.3:1 students per teacher at Lincoln Elementary School.
How diverse is Lincoln Elementary School?
Lincoln Elementary School reports a student body of 5% White, 80% Hispanic, 14% Black, 0% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Lincoln Elementary School?
Lincoln Elementary School is overseen by Cook County SD 130 in Cook County.
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