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Enrollment
458
Elementary
DISTRICT 383 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CUSD 200·NCES 174218004214
Lincoln Elem School
630 Dawes Ave, Wheaton, IL 60189 · (630) 682-2075 · DuPage County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL458 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.9:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.9:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
33%
150 students
DISTRICT 30% · STATE 56%
Community
3
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
79.4%
IL avg 51.0% . +13.0pp since 2023
Math
70.4%
IL avg 37.9% . +10.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 79 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 70 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 13 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 11 points.
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
69.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
52.6%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+16.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 69% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 53% 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 16 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
458
-48 (-9%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
13.9:1
was 15.5:1
% White
60%
was 67%
% Hispanic
19%
was 12%
% Black
6%
was 4%
% Asian
12%
was 10%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About 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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DuPage County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
930,024
Census ACS
Median income
$112,096
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
52%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
277
138,557 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in CUSD 200
- Wheaton Warrenville South H SHigh · 1,864 students
- Wheaton North High SchoolHigh · 1,863 students
- Monroe Middle SchoolMiddle · 716 students
- Hubble Middle SchoolMiddle · 679 students
- Edison Middle SchoolMiddle · 635 students
- Pleasant Hill Elem SchoolElementary · 583 students
Other schools in Wheaton
- Wheaton Warrenville South H SHigh · 1,864 students
- Wheaton North High SchoolHigh · 1,863 students
- Monroe Middle SchoolMiddle · 716 students
- Edison Middle SchoolMiddle · 635 students
- Franklin Middle SchoolMiddle · 525 students
- Briar Glen Elem SchoolElementary · 523 students
Nearby schools
- Edison Middle School0.7 mi · 635
- Whittier Elem School0.7 mi · 433
- Lowell Elem School0.8 mi · 283
- Briar Glen Elem School1.1 mi · 523
- Franklin Middle School1.3 mi · 525
- Longfellow Elem School1.3 mi · 318
Frequently asked questions
About Lincoln Elem SchoolHow many students attend Lincoln Elem School?
Lincoln Elem School enrolls approximately 458 students in grades KG-05.
Is Lincoln Elem School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Lincoln Elem School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Lincoln Elem School have?
Lincoln Elem School employs 33 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.9:1.
How diverse is Lincoln Elem School?
Lincoln Elem School reports a student body of 60% White, 19% Hispanic, 6% Black, 12% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Lincoln Elem School in?
Lincoln Elem School is part of CUSD 200.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.