Enrollment
84
Elementary
DISTRICT 200 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHICAGO HEIGHTS SD 170·NCES 170996001224
Lincoln Elementary School
1520 Center Ave, Chicago Heights, IL 60411 · (708) 756-4833 · Cook County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL84 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
9.3:1
9 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.4:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
84 students
DISTRICT 97% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 7 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 9 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 13 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 16 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 15 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 16 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 8 | 10% |
Student demographics
41%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 47% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Lincoln Elementary School→Chicago Heights Middle School
Based on grade levels within Chicago Heights SD 170. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
50.0%
IL avg 51.0% . +16.7pp since 2023
Math
47.2%
IL avg 37.9% . +27.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 50 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 47 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 17 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 27 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 50.0% | 47.2% |
| 2023-24 | 33.3% | 20.0% |
% 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
42.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
13.8%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+28.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 42% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 14% 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 28 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 (42.1% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lincoln Elementary School this school | 84 | 100.0% | 42.1% |
| Prairie-Hills STEAM Academy Markham | 102 | 98.0% | 30.3% |
| Crown Elementary Comm Acd Fine Arts Center Chicago | 92 | 87.0% | 18.5% |
| Holmes Elementary School Chicago | 166 | 100.0% | 8.8% |
| Venice Elementary School Granite City | 62 | 98.4% | 13.8% |
| White Elementary Career Academy Chicago | 116 | 92.2% | 22.3% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 84 | #2,356 of 2,419 | #898 of 901 |
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
84
+19 (+29%) vs 2020
-60% since 1990-91, when it was 210
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 | 84 | 9 | 9.3:1 | 100% (84) |
| 2023-24 | 86 | 10.2 | 8.4:1 | 97% (83) |
| 2022-23 | 65 | 9 | 7.2:1 | 95% (62) |
| 2020-21 | 65 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 103 | 10 | 10.3:1 | 99% (102) |
| 2015-16 | 111 | 10 | 11.1:1 | 77% (86) |
| 2010-11 | 192 | 14 | 13.7:1 | 98% (189) |
| 2000-01 | 142 | 10 | 14.2:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 210 | 13 | 16.1:1 | 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% (103 to 84); teachers down 10% (10 to 9).
About Lincoln Elementary School
Federal records list Lincoln Elementary School as an elementary school in Chicago Heights, Illinois. The school teaches pre-K through 5 and enrolls 84 students. That is 78% below the average of about 381 students for elementary schools in Illinois.
Chicago Heights SD 170 has a total of 10 schools and 2,674 students, Lincoln Elementary School among them.
The largest group at Lincoln Elementary School is Black students, at 73%. Other groups include 25% Hispanic and 2% Asian. By comparison, Cook County residents are about 22% Black. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Lincoln Elementary School scores 41%.
The school's 9 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 9.3:1. The average for elementary schools in Illinois is 13.9:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. At Lincoln Elementary School, 100% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. On average, public schools in Cook County report 66%.
The BeatsExpectations model predicts 13.8% for Lincoln Elementary School, given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The actual figure is 42.1%. The 28.4-point gap ranks in the top 10% of Illinois schools.
In Cook County, the median household earns about $83,498 a year, about 43% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 10%. Across Cook County, 1,406 public schools serve about 697,934 students.
Lincoln Elementary School is about 0.6 miles from Jefferson Elementary School, its nearest public school. Lincoln Elementary School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Lincoln Elementary School ranks 1st of 9 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 42.1% against a local average of 29.4%.
Its location is classified as Suburb: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
A 29% rise took enrollment from 65 in 2020-21 to 84 in 2024-25.
This page is set up for the Lincoln Elementary School community to discuss open houses, carpools, and field trips. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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 Chicago Heights SD 170
- Chicago Heights Middle SchoolMiddle · 872 students
- Roosevelt Elementary SchoolElementary · 353 students
- Washington-McKinley Elementary SchoolElementary · 286 students
- Garfield Elementary SchoolElementary · 248 students
- Kennedy Elementary SchoolElementary · 193 students
- Greenbriar Elementary SchoolElementary · 174 students
Other schools in Chicago Heights
- Bloom High SchoolHigh · 1,823 students
- Bloom Trail High SchoolHigh · 1,218 students
- Barack Obama School of LdershipMiddle · 367 students
- Roosevelt Elementary SchoolElementary · 353 students
- Serena Hills Elementary SchoolElementary · 305 students
- Washington-McKinley Elementary SchoolElementary · 286 students
Other Lincoln Elementary schools
213 other US public schools in 37 states are named Lincoln Elementary. Lincoln Elementary School is the 213th 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
- Jefferson Elementary School0.6 mi · 157
- Washington-McKinley Elementary School0.6 mi · 286
- Garfield Elementary School0.7 mi · 248
- Chicago Heights Middle School1.0 mi · 872
- Bloom High School1.1 mi · 1,823
- U S Grant Elementary School1.2 mi · 147
Frequently asked questions
About Lincoln Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Lincoln Elementary School?
Lincoln Elementary School enrolls approximately 84 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Lincoln Elementary School serve?
Lincoln Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Lincoln Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Lincoln Elementary School is approximately 9.3:1 (9 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Lincoln Elementary School?
At Lincoln Elementary School, the student body is approximately 25% Hispanic, 73% Black, 2% Asian.
Who oversees Lincoln Elementary School?
Lincoln Elementary School is overseen by Chicago Heights SD 170 in Cook County.
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