Lincoln Elementary School

Lincoln Elementary School sits in Macomb, Illinois, and is classified as an elementary school. Enrollment in 2024-25 was 412 students in kindergarten through 2.

Macomb CUSD 185 is responsible for 5 schools, Lincoln Elementary School included, with 2,075 students in all.

Roughly 61% of students at Lincoln Elementary School are White. The rest of enrollment is 17% Black, 14% multiracial, and 5% Hispanic. Among all residents of McDonough County, the White share is about 86%. The school's diversity index is 57%, meaning two students picked at random have a 57% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.

The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 10.2:1, with 40.2 full-time-equivalent teachers. That is 3.7 students per teacher below the 13.9:1 average for elementary schools in Illinois. Students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch make up 63% of enrollment.

Census Bureau estimates for McDonough County show that the median household income is $52,795, roughly 31% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. There are 19 public schools in McDonough County, enrolling about 3,250 students in all.

The next-closest public school is Edison Elementary School, about 0.7 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is 4.

In the federal locale system, Lincoln Elementary School is coded Town: Remote, for schools in a town far from an urbanized area.

Enrollment is down 16% from 2020-21, when Lincoln Elementary School had 492 students, to 2024-25, when it had 412.

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