Enrollment
186
Elementary
DISTRICT 284 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CANTON UNION SD 66·NCES 170828000442
Lincoln Elementary School
20 Lincoln Rd, Canton, IL 61520 · (309) 647-7594 · Fulton County
GRADES KG–04ELEMENTARY32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL186 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
10.3:1
18 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.1:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
44%
82 students
DISTRICT 53% · STATE 56%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 1 | 1% |
| Kindergarten | 27 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 41 | 22% |
| Grade 2 | 42 | 23% |
| Grade 3 | 44 | 24% |
| Grade 4 | 31 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (27) is 13% smaller than its 4th grade class (31).
Student demographics
19%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 19% · STATE 69% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within Canton Union SD 66. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
61.8%
IL avg 51.0% . +29.3pp since 2023
Math
57.9%
IL avg 37.9% . +32.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 62 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 58 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 29 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 33 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 61.8% | 57.9% |
| 2023-24 | 32.5% | 25.0% |
% Proficient (Levels 4-5), all students and all tested grades.
Source: IAR + ISA. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
51.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
46.1%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 52% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 46% typical for Illinois schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Illinois's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Lincoln Elementary School
Lincoln Elementary School's state test result (51.6% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lincoln Elementary School this school | 186 | 44.1% | 51.6% |
| Waverly Elementary School Waverly | 182 | 44.5% | 19.8% |
| Auburn Middle School Auburn | 200 | 45.5% | 33.2% |
| Grafton Elementary School Grafton | 171 | 45.6% | 47.0% |
| Central Elementary School Lincoln | 183 | 46.4% | 62.4% |
| Chadwick-Milledgeville Elementary School Milledgeville | 192 | 45.8% | 59.9% |
Matched among Illinois elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Lincoln Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Fulton County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 51.6% | #544 of 1,925 | #2 of 8 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 57.9% | #458 of 2,077 ▲ 533 | #2 of 8 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 61.8% | #615 of 2,077 ▲ 456 | #2 of 8 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 186 | #2,087 of 2,419 | #5 of 9 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 44.1% | #1,456 of 2,132 | #7 of 8 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -20.2% | #432 of 1,461 | N/A |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
186
+8 (+4%) vs 2020
-32% since 1990-91, when it was 272
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 186 | 18 | 10.3:1 | 44% (82) |
| 2023-24 | 209 | 18.7 | 11.2:1 | 50% (105) |
| 2022-23 | 201 | 16 | 12.6:1 | 50% (101) |
| 2020-21 | 178 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 233 | 16.3 | 14.3:1 | 54% (125) |
| 2015-16 | 232 | 16 | 14.5:1 | 50% (117) |
| 2010-11 | 230 | 16 | 14.4:1 | 51% (118) |
| 2000-01 | 262 | 16 | 16.4:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 272 | 16 | 17.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lincoln Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 20% (233 to 186); teachers up 10% (16.3 to 18).
About Lincoln Elementary School
Lincoln Elementary School is an elementary school in Canton, Illinois, according to federal school records. It enrolled 186 students in kindergarten through 4 for the 2024-25 school year. Enrollment is 51% lower than the average for elementary schools in Illinois, which is about 381.
Canton Union SD 66 enrolls 2,094 students in 5 schools, including Lincoln Elementary School.
The student body at Lincoln Elementary School is 90% White. Enrollment also includes 6% multiracial and 2% Hispanic. The county population is about 92% White, within a few points of the school. The school's diversity index is 19%, meaning two students picked at random have a 19% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
With 18 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, the ratio at Lincoln Elementary School was 10.3:1. On average, elementary schools in Illinois have 13.9:1, compared with 10.3:1 here. Lincoln Elementary School's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 44%.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 46.1% for Lincoln Elementary School. The school posts 51.6%, 5.5 points above the prediction.
Fulton County has these Census figures: the median household income is $60,599, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 19%, and about 9% of people live in poverty. In all, Fulton County has 24 public schools and roughly 4,160 students.
The next-closest public school is Canton High School, about 0.6 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is 4. Its average proficiency rate of 51.6% is above the 41.4% average for nearby schools.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Town: Distant: in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
Lincoln Elementary School's enrollment grew from 178 in 2020-21 to 186 in 2024-25.
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Fulton County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
33,020
Census ACS
Median income
$60,599
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
19%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
24
4,160 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Canton Union SD 66
- Ingersoll Middle SchoolMiddle · 631 students
- Canton High SchoolHigh · 612 students
- Westview Elementary SchoolElementary · 377 students
- Eastview Elementary SchoolElementary · 288 students
Other schools in Canton
- Ingersoll Middle SchoolMiddle · 631 students
- Canton High SchoolHigh · 612 students
- Westview Elementary SchoolElementary · 377 students
- Eastview Elementary SchoolElementary · 288 students
- ROYALS Academy CantonHigh
- ROYALS RSSP CantonHigh
Other Lincoln Elementary schools
213 other US public schools in 37 states are named Lincoln Elementary. Lincoln Elementary School is the 196th largest of the 214.
- Lincoln Elementary SchoolChicago, IL · 868 students
- Lincoln Elementary SchoolPalatine, IL · 772 students
- Lincoln Elementary SchoolCalumet City, IL · 717 students
- Lincoln Elementary SchoolBelvidere, IL · 573 students
- Lincoln ElementaryPlainfield, IL · 536 students
Nearby schools
- Canton High School0.6 mi · 612
- Westview Elementary School1.3 mi · 377
- Eastview Elementary School1.6 mi · 288
- Ingersoll Middle School1.7 mi · 631
- Farmington Central Elementary School8.4 mi · 633
- Farmington Central High School8.4 mi · 383
Frequently asked questions
About Lincoln Elementary SchoolHow large is Lincoln Elementary School?
Lincoln Elementary School enrolls approximately 186 students in grades KG-04.
What age range does Lincoln Elementary School serve?
Lincoln Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 04.
How many students per teacher at Lincoln Elementary School?
Approximately 10.3:1 students per teacher at Lincoln Elementary School.
How diverse is Lincoln Elementary School?
Lincoln Elementary School reports a student body of 90% White, 2% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Lincoln Elementary School?
Lincoln Elementary School is overseen by Canton Union SD 66 in Fulton County.
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