Lincoln Elem School

Set in Saint Charles, Illinois, Lincoln Elem School is a close-knit K-5 school, overseen by St Charles CUSD 303. It educates 221 students across grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Illinois's public schools average about 381 students each, so Lincoln Elem School sits 42% leaner than that benchmark.

Lincoln Elem School is one of 16 schools operated by St Charles CUSD 303, a district that educates 11,952 students overall.

On demographics, Lincoln Elem School shows that the largest single group is White, at 75% of enrollment; the rest comes out to 17% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. That is visibly more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 58%.

In terms of school funding signals, The school employs 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.9:1, putting Lincoln Elem School tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 22% of students at Lincoln Elem School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Kane County (around 48%), the school's rate is south of typical.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Kane County put the typical household earns roughly $103,163 per year, about 38% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. In all, Kane County runs 167 public schools (combined enrollment of about 87,252 students), of which Lincoln Elem School is one.

Thompson Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Lincoln Elem School.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.

Over the past 6-year window. Lincoln Elem School's enrollment has edged down 7% since 2018, when it stood at 238 (now 221). The Hispanic share of enrollment climbed from 5% to 17% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 15.5:1 in 2018 to 13.3:1 today.

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