Lincoln Elementary School

Located at 14151 Lincoln Ave, in Dolton, Illinois, Lincoln Elementary School is a mid-tier primary school that educates 342 students (grades K through 6), one of the schools within Dolton SD 148.

Across the 10 schools in Dolton SD 148 (2,077 students total), Lincoln Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Lincoln Elementary School logs that 86% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority. The remainder is composed of 12% Hispanic. That is noticeably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 22%.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.1:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 13.9:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 100% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Cook County runs at roughly 66%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Lincoln Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 13.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 14.3%.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Cook County put median household income runs about $83,498, roughly 43% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Cook County's 1406 public schools (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students), Lincoln Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Lincoln Junior High School, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Lincoln Elementary School. On composite proficiency, Lincoln Elementary School comes 4th of 8 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 17.0%.

The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count showed little movement: 345 students in 2018 compared to 342 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment declined from 93% to 86% over that span.

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