Lincoln Elementary

Set in Plainfield, Illinois, Lincoln Elementary is an average-sized elementary-level community, overseen by Plainfield SD 202. It educates 536 students across grades K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 41% above the state mean of about 381.

Lincoln Elementary is one of 30 schools operated by Plainfield SD 202, a district that enrolls 24,556 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Lincoln Elementary reports that White students make up the majority at 61%; the rest reads as 16% Hispanic, 13% Asian, 7% Black, 3% multiracial. Compared to Will County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.2:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 13.9:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 22% of students at Lincoln Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Will County (around 44%), the school's rate is south of typical.

With demographic context factored in, Lincoln Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 58.9%, the actual is 69.7%, a residual of +10.8 points.

Around the school, Will County reports that the typical household earns roughly $109,984 per year, 38% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Lincoln Elementary is one of 209 public schools in Will County (combined enrollment of about 113,008 students).

Richard Ira Jones 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 Elementary. On composite proficiency, Lincoln Elementary comes 2nd of 8 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 57.6%.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Lincoln Elementary has ticked down 32%, going from 793 students in 2018 to 536 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 68% to 61% across the same window. Class-load math has narrowed: from 17.6:1 in 2018 to 13.2:1 in 2025.

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