Lincoln Elem School

As a mid-tier primary school in Wheaton, Illinois, Lincoln Elem School educates 458 students from grades K through 5, run under CUSD 200. Enrollment runs roughly 20% bigger than the state mean of about 381.

CUSD 200 comprises 20 schools with combined enrollment of 11,639 students; Lincoln Elem School is among them.

Looking at the student body, Lincoln Elem School reports that 60% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 19% Hispanic, 12% Asian, 6% Black, 4% multiracial.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.9:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 13.9:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 33% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Lincoln Elem School sits in the top 10% of Illinois schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 52.6%; actual is 69.1%, +16.5 points clear of the demographic baseline.

Around the school, the surrounding county (DuPage County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $112,096 per year, 52% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Lincoln Elem School is one of 277 public schools in DuPage County (combined enrollment of about 138,557 students).

Edison Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Lincoln Elem School. On composite proficiency, Lincoln Elem School comes 5th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 70.8%.

The campus sits in a suburban setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Lincoln Elem School has shrank 9%, going from 506 students in 2018 to 458 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share shrank from 67% to 60%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 15.5:1 in 2018 to 13.9:1 today.

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