Enrollment
272
Elementary
DISTRICT 355 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DEKALB CUSD 428·NCES 171200001452
Lincoln Elementary School
220 E Sunset Pl, DeKalb, IL 60115 · (815) 754-2212 · DeKalb County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY23-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL272 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.8:1
17 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.7:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
63%
171 students
DISTRICT 69% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 37 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 35 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 52 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 54 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 49 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 45 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (37) is 18% smaller than its 5th grade class (45).
Student demographics
64%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 72% · 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
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
23.4%
IL avg 51.0% . +13.4pp since 2023
Math
14.3%
IL avg 37.9% . +5.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 23 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 14 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 5 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 23.4% | 14.3% |
| 2023-24 | 10.0% | 9.2% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of IL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
18.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.2%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-16.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 18% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 35% typical for Illinois schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 (18.4% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lincoln Elementary School this school | 272 | 62.9% | 18.4% |
| Signal Hill Elementary School Belleville | 291 | 62.9% | 37.1% |
| Westhaven Elementary Belleville | 313 | 64.9% | 44.2% |
| Roosevelt Elementary School Belleville | 272 | 57.7% | 51.1% |
| Malta Elementary School Malta | 293 | 65.9% | 21.7% |
| High Mount Elementary School Swansea | 325 | 68.3% | 29.2% |
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 DeKalb County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 18.4% | #1,658 of 1,925 | #20 of 22 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 14.3% | #1,762 of 2,077 ▼ 102 | #20 of 22 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 23.4% | #1,850 of 2,077 ▲ 76 | #20 of 22 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 272 | #1,697 of 2,419 | #17 of 24 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.8:1 | #1,699 of 2,035 | #20 of 23 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.5% | #394 of 2,042 | #6 of 23 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 62.9% | #922 of 2,132 | #6 of 23 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +5.0% | #432 of 615 | #5 of 8 |
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
272
-24 (-8%) vs 2020
-14% since 1990-91, when it was 317
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 | 272 | 17.2 | 15.8:1 | 63% (171) |
| 2023-24 | 267 | 17.2 | 15.5:1 | 63% (168) |
| 2022-23 | 291 | 17.1 | 17.1:1 | 64% (186) |
| 2020-21 | 296 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 259 | 15.2 | 17.1:1 | 55% (143) |
| 2015-16 | 291 | 16 | 18.2:1 | 62% (181) |
| 2010-11 | 306 | 15 | 20.4:1 | 34% (105) |
| 2000-01 | 268 | 16 | 16.8:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 317 | 17 | 18.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lincoln Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 5% (259 to 272); teachers up 13% (15.2 to 17.2).
About Lincoln Elementary School
Among the schools in DeKalb, Illinois, is Lincoln Elementary School, a low-enrollment elementary school. The student body numbers 272 students, from kindergarten through 5. An average school in this group (elementary schools in Illinois) has about 381 students.
The 12 schools in DeKalb CUSD 428 enroll 6,771 students altogether, Lincoln Elementary School among them.
By race and ethnicity, the largest group at Lincoln Elementary School is Black (45%). Other groups make up 37% White, 10% Hispanic, and 7% multiracial. DeKalb County as a whole is about 7% Black, so the school's share is higher. Lincoln Elementary School has a diversity index of 64%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Federal data list 17.2 full-time-equivalent teachers at Lincoln Elementary School in 2024-25, for a ratio of 15.8:1. Among elementary schools in Illinois, the typical ratio is 13.9:1. The lunch program counts 63% of students at Lincoln Elementary School as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. That is higher than the 48% average for public schools in DeKalb County.
Lincoln Elementary School falls short of its prediction by 16.9 points. The model expects 35.2% for a school with its free or reduced-price lunch share in Illinois; the school's rate is 18.4%.
Within DeKalb County, median household income is about $70,724, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 33% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 10%. Federal data list 43 public schools in DeKalb County, with a combined enrollment of about 16,328.
Of nearby public schools, Founders Elementary School is the closest, at about 0.4 miles. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Among 8 nearby schools that report test results, Lincoln Elementary School ranks 6th on proficiency.
Federal records code the school's setting as Suburb: Small.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, the student count declined from 296 to 272.
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DeKalb County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
100,703
Census ACS
Median income
$70,724
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
33%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
43
16,328 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in DeKalb CUSD 428
- DeKalb High SchoolHigh · 2,134 students
- Huntley Middle SchoolMiddle · 865 students
- Clinton Rosette Middle SchoolMiddle · 575 students
- Founders Elementary SchoolElementary · 565 students
- Cortland Elementary SchoolElementary · 523 students
- Littlejohn Elementary SchoolElementary · 362 students
Other schools in DeKalb
- DeKalb High SchoolHigh · 2,134 students
- Huntley Middle SchoolMiddle · 865 students
- Clinton Rosette Middle SchoolMiddle · 575 students
- Founders Elementary SchoolElementary · 565 students
- Littlejohn Elementary SchoolElementary · 362 students
- Gwendolyn Brooks Elementary SchoolElementary · 328 students
Other Lincoln Elementary schools
213 other US public schools in 37 states are named Lincoln Elementary. Lincoln Elementary School is the 162nd 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
- Founders Elementary School0.4 mi · 565
- DeKalb Early Lrng and Dev Center0.4 mi · 281
- Huntley Middle School0.4 mi · 865
- Tyler Elementary School0.5 mi · 265
- Clinton Rosette Middle School1.4 mi · 575
- Littlejohn Elementary School1.7 mi · 362
Frequently asked questions
About Lincoln Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Lincoln Elementary School?
Lincoln Elementary School enrolls approximately 272 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Lincoln Elementary School serve?
Lincoln Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Lincoln Elementary School?
Approximately 15.8:1 students per teacher at Lincoln Elementary School.
How diverse is Lincoln Elementary School?
Lincoln Elementary School reports a student body of 37% White, 10% Hispanic, 45% Black, 0% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is Lincoln Elementary School public or private?
Lincoln Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by DeKalb CUSD 428.
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