Enrollment
148
Elementary
DISTRICT 161 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EAST PEORIA SD 86·NCES 171324001572
Lincoln Elementary School
801 Springfield Rd, East Peoria, IL 61611 · (309) 427-5450 · Tazewell County
GRADES 03–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL148 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 31% of Illinois public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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 Illinois public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
10.4:1
14 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.5:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
64%
94 students
DISTRICT 51% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 54 | 36% |
| Grade 4 | 50 | 34% |
| Grade 5 | 44 | 30% |
Student demographics
44%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 32% · 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→Central Jr High School
Based on grade levels within East Peoria SD 86. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
35.6%
IL avg 51.0% . +13.9pp since 2023
Math
32.2%
IL avg 37.9% . +17.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 36 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 32 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 14 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 18 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 35.6% | 32.2% |
| 2023-24 | 21.7% | 14.5% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
31.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.8%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 32% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 35% typical for Illinois 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 Illinois'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 (31.9% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lincoln Elementary School this school | 148 | 63.5% | 31.9% |
| Prairie Central Primary East Chatsworth | 148 | 62.8% | N/A |
| Woodrow Wilson Elementary School East Peoria | 162 | 62.3% | N/A |
| L E Starke Elementary School Pekin | 139 | 62.6% | 25.1% |
| Thomasboro Grade School Thomasboro | 148 | 67.6% | 29.9% |
| Braceville Elementary School Braceville | 130 | 60.8% | 23.7% |
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 Tazewell County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 31.9% | #1,208 of 1,925 | #18 of 25 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 32.2% | #1,208 of 2,077 ▲ 210 | #16 of 25 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 35.6% | #1,492 of 2,077 ▲ 20 | #20 of 25 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 148 | #2,224 of 2,419 | #26 of 29 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 63.5% | #903 of 2,132 | #6 of 28 |
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
148
+7 (+5%) vs 2020
-34% since 1990-91, when it was 225
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 | 148 | 14.2 | 10.4:1 | 64% (94) |
| 2023-24 | 143 | 10.7 | 13.4:1 | 62% (89) |
| 2022-23 | 140 | 11.1 | 12.7:1 | 56% (78) |
| 2020-21 | 141 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 153 | 12.3 | 12.4:1 | 63% (96) |
| 2015-16 | 171 | 11 | 15.6:1 | 61% (105) |
| 2010-11 | 161 | 10 | 16.1:1 | 47% (75) |
| 2000-01 | 204 | 14 | 14.6:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 225 | 16 | 14.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lincoln Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 3% (153 to 148); teachers up 15% (12.3 to 14.2).
About Lincoln Elementary School
Lincoln Elementary School is an elementary school located in East Peoria, Illinois, in Tazewell County. Enrollment stands at 148 students, covering grades 3 through 5. It has 61% fewer students than the average for elementary schools in Illinois (about 381).
Lincoln Elementary School is among 7 schools run by East Peoria SD 86, which serves 1,401 students.
More than half of enrollment at Lincoln Elementary School is White: 73%. Other groups make up 14% multiracial, 9% Hispanic, and 4% Black. Tazewell County as a whole is about 93% White, so the school's share is lower. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Lincoln Elementary School scores 44%.
Lincoln Elementary School lists 14.2 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 10.4 students per teacher. Across elementary schools in Illinois, the average ratio is 13.9:1. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 64% of the student body. The average for public schools in Tazewell County is 39%.
Lincoln Elementary School earns a C on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 31% of Illinois public elementary schools.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Lincoln Elementary School would score about 34.8%. It scores 31.9%, 3.0 points below that figure.
For the population of Tazewell County, the median household earns about $77,982 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 28% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 6%. Across Tazewell County, 56 public schools serve about 18,581 students.
Lincoln Elementary School's nearest public school is Central Jr High School (about 0.6 miles). The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Lincoln Elementary School is 4th of 7 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
Lincoln Elementary School is coded as Suburb: Large in federal locale data.
Federal enrollment counts rose from 141 (2020-21) to 148 (2024-25).
The allk12 page for Lincoln Elementary School lets the school community talk about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Tazewell County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
130,290
Census ACS
Median income
$77,982
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
56
18,581 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in East Peoria SD 86
- Central Jr High SchoolMiddle · 434 students
- Don D Shute Elementary SchoolElementary · 206 students
- Woodrow Wilson Elementary SchoolElementary · 162 students
- Armstrong-Oakview Elementary SchoolElementary · 155 students
- Glendale Elementary SchoolElementary · 151 students
- P L Bolin Elementary SchoolElementary · 145 students
Other schools in East Peoria
- East Peoria High SchoolHigh · 823 students
- Central Jr High SchoolMiddle · 434 students
- Riverview Elementary SchoolElementary · 220 students
- Don D Shute Elementary SchoolElementary · 206 students
- Woodrow Wilson Elementary SchoolElementary · 162 students
- Armstrong-Oakview Elementary SchoolElementary · 155 students
Other Lincoln Elementary schools
213 other US public schools in 37 states are named Lincoln Elementary. Lincoln Elementary School is the 206th 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
- Central Jr High School0.6 mi · 434
- Glendale Elementary School1.0 mi · 151
- East Peoria High School1.2 mi · 823
- Parkview Jr High School1.2 mi · 193
- LaSalle Elementary School1.5 mi · 262
- Don D Shute Elementary School1.8 mi · 206
Frequently asked questions
About Lincoln Elementary SchoolHow large is Lincoln Elementary School?
Lincoln Elementary School enrolls approximately 148 students in grades 03-05.
What age range does Lincoln Elementary School serve?
Lincoln Elementary School serves students from grade 03 through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Lincoln Elementary School?
Approximately 10.4:1 students per teacher at Lincoln Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Lincoln Elementary School?
At Lincoln Elementary School, the student body is approximately 73% White, 9% Hispanic, 4% Black, 14% Two or more.
Who oversees Lincoln Elementary School?
Lincoln Elementary School is overseen by East Peoria SD 86 in Tazewell County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.