Enrollment
342
Elementary
DISTRICT 237 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DOLTON SD 148·NCES 171245001498
Lincoln Elementary School
14151 Lincoln Ave, Dolton, IL 60419 · (708) 201-2075 · Cook County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL342 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.1:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.7:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
342 students
DISTRICT 99% · 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 | 50 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 45 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 50 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 48 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 48 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 42 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 59 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (50) is 15% smaller than its 6th grade class (59).
Student demographics
25%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 17% · 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% . +7.7pp since 2023
Math
5.3%
IL avg 37.9% . +0.4pp 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 5 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 8 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 23.4% | 5.3% |
| 2023-24 | 15.7% | 4.9% |
% 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
14.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
13.8%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 14% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 14% 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 (14.3% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lincoln Elementary School this school | 342 | 100.0% | 14.3% |
| James Avant Elementary School Washington Pk | 342 | 99.4% | 32.1% |
| Curtis Elementary School Chicago | 356 | 97.5% | 9.4% |
| Melody Elementary School Chicago | 341 | 99.4% | 12.5% |
| Bass Elementary School Chicago | 313 | 98.1% | 13.8% |
| Till Elementary Math & Science Academy Chicago | 370 | 97.0% | 8.1% |
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 Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 14.3% | #1,774 of 1,925 | #672 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 5.3% | #2,025 of 2,077 ▼ 152 | #792 of 829 ▼ 94 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 23.4% | #1,851 of 2,077 ▼ 124 | #721 of 829 ▼ 60 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 342 | #1,308 of 2,419 | #540 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.1:1 | #1,564 of 2,035 | #671 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 25.1% | #1,500 of 2,042 | #558 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #6 of 2,132 | #4 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -0.9% | #1,423 of 1,461 | #645 of 661 |
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
342
+28 (+9%) vs 2020
+18% since 1990-91, when it was 290
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 | 342 | 22.6 | 15.1:1 | 100% (342) |
| 2023-24 | 328 | 23.1 | 14.2:1 | 97% (319) |
| 2022-23 | 342 | 26.7 | 12.8:1 | 98% (336) |
| 2020-21 | 314 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 345 | 24.3 | 14.2:1 | 84% (289) |
| 2015-16 | 329 | 30 | 11.0:1 | 89% (292) |
| 2010-11 | 264 | 22 | 12.0:1 | 86% (226) |
| 2000-01 | 714 | 42 | 17.0:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 290 | 19 | 15.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lincoln Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 1% (345 to 342); teachers down 7% (24.3 to 22.6).
About Lincoln Elementary School
Lincoln Elementary School runs as a medium-sized elementary school in Dolton, Illinois. Enrolled students number 342 students, in kindergarten through 6.
Dolton SD 148 has 10 schools and 2,077 students, and Lincoln Elementary School is one of those schools.
Black students are the large majority at Lincoln Elementary School, with 86% of enrollment. Other groups include 12% Hispanic. By comparison, Cook County residents are about 22% Black. The chance that two students picked at random at Lincoln Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 25%.
The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 15.1:1, with 22.6 full-time-equivalent teachers. Among elementary schools in Illinois, the typical ratio is 13.9:1. Lunch subsidy eligibility at Lincoln Elementary School is 100%. On average, public schools in Cook County report 66%.
Lincoln Elementary School sits between the top and bottom 10% of Illinois schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate on state tests of 14.3% and a predicted 13.8%.
Lincoln Elementary School is located in Cook County, where median household income is about $83,498, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 43%, and about 10% of people live in poverty. Lincoln Elementary School is one of 1,406 public schools in Cook County, which together enroll about 697,934 students.
Nearby, Lincoln Junior High School is less than a tenth of a mile away. Lincoln Elementary School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Lincoln Elementary School's average proficiency of 14.3% compares with 17.0% for its nearest scored neighbors.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Suburb: Large, meaning it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The number of students climbed from 314 to 342 over 4 years.
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Cook County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
5,182,090
Census ACS
Median income
$83,498
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
43%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
1,406
697,934 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Dolton SD 148
- Washington Elementary SchoolElementary · 282 students
- Franklin Elementary SchoolElementary · 259 students
- Roosevelt Elementary SchoolElementary · 248 students
- Park Elementary SchoolElementary · 197 students
- Early Childhood CntrElementary · 196 students
- Lincoln Junior High SchoolMiddle · 168 students
Other schools in Dolton
- Thornridge High SchoolHigh · 969 students
- Berger-Vandenberg Elementary SchoolElementary · 266 students
- Franklin Elementary SchoolElementary · 259 students
- Roosevelt Elementary SchoolElementary · 248 students
- Diekman Elementary SchoolElementary · 227 students
- Early Childhood CntrElementary · 196 students
Other Lincoln Elementary schools
213 other US public schools in 37 states are named Lincoln Elementary. Lincoln Elementary School is the 107th 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
- Lincoln Junior High School0.0 mi · 168
- Early Childhood Cntr0.5 mi · 196
- Franklin Elementary School0.7 mi · 259
- CICS - Bond Campus1.0 mi · 279
- Carver Primary School1.0 mi · 467
- Park Elementary School1.2 mi · 197
Frequently asked questions
About Lincoln Elementary SchoolHow large is Lincoln Elementary School?
Lincoln Elementary School enrolls approximately 342 students in grades KG-06.
What grades does Lincoln Elementary School serve?
Lincoln Elementary School serves grades KG-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Lincoln Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Lincoln Elementary School is approximately 15.1:1 (23 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Lincoln Elementary School?
At Lincoln Elementary School, the student body is approximately 1% White, 12% Hispanic, 86% Black, 1% Two or more.
Is Lincoln Elementary School public or private?
Lincoln Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Dolton SD 148.
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