Lincoln Elementary School

Lincoln Elementary School is a close-knit elementary-level community in Canton, Illinois, part of Canton Union SD 66. The school hosts 186 students in grades K through 4. That puts it 51% below the typical public school in Illinois, which averages around 381 students.

Within Canton Union SD 66, which oversees 5 schools and 2,094 students, Lincoln Elementary School is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Lincoln Elementary School lists that 90% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest comes out to 6% multiracial, 2% Hispanic. That composition is broadly in line with Fulton County as a whole.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school currently runs with 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.3:1. The state averages around 13.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 44% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

After controlling for student poverty, Lincoln Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 46.1%, the actual is 51.6%, a residual of +5.5 points.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Fulton County) records that the typical household earns roughly $60,599 per year, about 19% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. Lincoln Elementary School is one of 24 public schools in Fulton County (combined enrollment of about 4,160 students).

Nearest neighbor: Canton High School, around 0.6 miles off. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Lincoln Elementary School at 2nd of 9; the average score across the group is 41.4%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Five-year trend. Lincoln Elementary School's enrollment has ticked down 20% since 2018, when it stood at 233 (now 186). Class-load math has pulled in: from 14.3:1 in 2018 to 10.3:1 in 2025.

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