Lincoln Elementary School

Lincoln Elementary School operates as a substantial elementary school in Palatine, Illinois, overseen by Palatine CCSD 15. Current enrollment sits at 772 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 103% above the state mean of about 381.

Within Palatine CCSD 15, which oversees 20 schools and 11,715 students, Lincoln Elementary School is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Lincoln Elementary School reports that the most-represented group is Hispanic (54%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest reads as 28% White, 8% Asian, 6% Black, 5% multiracial. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 27%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school employs 52 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.9:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.9:1 average. Around 47% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Cook County runs at roughly 66%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Lincoln Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 44.2%; this one delivers 35.5%.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Cook County) logs that median household income runs about $83,498, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Across Cook County's 1406 public schools (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students), Lincoln Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Walter R Sundling Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Lincoln Elementary School comes 4th of 8 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 33.9%.

Lincoln Elementary School operates from a residential location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count changed only slightly: 777 students in 2018 compared to 772 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 42% to 28% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 17.0:1 in 2018 to 14.9:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.