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Enrollment
823
Elementary
DISTRICT 482 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PEORIA SD 150·NCES 173123003268
Lincoln School
700 Mary St, Peoria, IL 61603 · (309) 672-6542 · Peoria County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL823 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.2:1
54 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.3:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
94%
773 students
DISTRICT 80% · STATE 56%
Community
5
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 | 97 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 74 | 9% |
| Grade 2 | 83 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 82 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 103 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 86 | 10% |
| Grade 6 | 78 | 9% |
| Grade 7 | 113 | 14% |
| Grade 8 | 105 | 13% |
| Grade 9 | 2 | 0% |
This year's kindergarten class (97) is 8% smaller than its 8th grade class (105).
Student demographics
66%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 63% · 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
12.4%
IL avg 51.0% . +7.9pp since 2023
Math
7.7%
IL avg 37.9% . +4.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 12 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 8 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 are up about 5 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 12.4% | 7.7% |
| 2023-24 | 4.5% | 3.0% |
% 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
8.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
17.3%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 9% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 17% 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 School
Lincoln School's state test result (8.7% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lincoln School this school | 823 | 93.9% | 8.7% |
| Glen Oak Comm Learning Cntr Peoria | 794 | 91.7% | 10.9% |
| Coolidge Elementary School Lansing | 670 | 99.9% | 32.3% |
| Lincoln Elementary School Calumet City | 717 | 99.6% | 32.6% |
| McKay Elementary School Chicago | 616 | 96.8% | 14.0% |
| Annie Jo Gordon Comm Lrning Cntr Peoria | 542 | 92.3% | 12.9% |
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 School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Peoria County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 8.7% | #1,899 of 1,925 | #34 of 35 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 7.7% | #1,974 of 2,077 ▼ 4 | #32 of 35 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 12.4% | #2,043 of 2,077 ▲ 9 | #34 of 35 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 823 | #54 of 2,419 | #2 of 36 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.2:1 | #1,591 of 2,035 | #21 of 32 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.7% | #319 of 2,042 | #6 of 32 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 93.9% | #186 of 2,132 | #5 of 36 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +5.1% | #426 of 615 | #10 of 16 |
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
823
+119 (+17%) vs 2020
+114% since 1990-91, when it was 384
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 | 823 | 54 | 15.2:1 | 94% (773) |
| 2023-24 | 757 | 51.9 | 14.6:1 | 94% (708) |
| 2022-23 | 727 | 49.8 | 14.6:1 | 91% (663) |
| 2020-21 | 704 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 783 | 58.2 | 13.4:1 | 86% (676) |
| 2015-16 | 785 | 61 | 12.9:1 | 85% (670) |
| 2010-11 | 417 | 27 | 15.4:1 | 99% (414) |
| 2000-01 | 343 | 25 | 13.7:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 384 | 25 | 15.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lincoln School.
Since 2017-18: students up 5% (783 to 823); teachers down 7% (58.2 to 54).
About Lincoln School
In Peoria, Illinois, Lincoln School is a large elementary school. It teaches 823 students in kindergarten through 8. That is 116% above the average of about 381 students for elementary schools in Illinois.
Peoria SD 150 counts 13,312 students in its 25 schools, and Lincoln School is one of them.
Black students make up 45% of enrollment at Lincoln School, the largest share of any group. Next come 35% Hispanic, 10% White, and 9% multiracial. That compares with about 17% Black among all Peoria County residents. A diversity index of 66% means there is a 66% chance two randomly chosen students at Lincoln School are from different groups.
Lincoln School lists 54 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 15.2 students per teacher. The gap from the 13.9:1 average for elementary schools in Illinois is 1.3 students per teacher. About 94% of students at Lincoln School are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Peoria County is 57%.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate across its state test results with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Lincoln School, the prediction is 17.3% and the result is 8.7%.
Peoria County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $65,108, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 35%, and about 10% of people live in poverty. Peoria County's 81 public schools enroll about 27,827 students and include Lincoln School.
Lincoln School is about 0.5 miles from Glen Oak Comm Learning Cntr, its nearest public school. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. In a group of 8 nearby schools with scores, Lincoln School ranks 6th on average proficiency.
Locale data from NCES put Lincoln School inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000 (City: Mid-size).
Enrollment figures show a rise of 119 students from 2020-21 to 2024-25.
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Peoria County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
179,645
Census ACS
Median income
$65,108
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
35%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
81
27,827 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Peoria SD 150
- Richwoods High SchoolHigh · 1,685 students
- Peoria High SchoolHigh · 1,541 students
- Glen Oak Comm Learning CntrElementary · 794 students
- Manual High SchoolHigh · 731 students
- The Elise Ford Allen AcademyElementary · 642 students
- Valeska Hinton Early Ch Ed CenterElementary · 584 students
Other schools in Peoria
- Richwoods High SchoolHigh · 1,685 students
- Peoria High SchoolHigh · 1,541 students
- Limestone Community High SchoolHigh · 898 students
- Glen Oak Comm Learning CntrElementary · 794 students
- Manual High SchoolHigh · 731 students
- The Elise Ford Allen AcademyElementary · 642 students
Other Lincoln schools
30 other US public schools in 11 states are named Lincoln. Lincoln School is the largest of the 31.
- Lincoln SchoolMundelein, IL · 128 students
- Lincoln SchoolLAYTON, UT · 642 students
- Lincoln SchoolFAIRVIEW, NJ · 635 students
- Lincoln SchoolLincoln, MA · 546 students
- Lincoln SchoolRUTHERFORD, NJ · 500 students
Nearby schools
- Glen Oak Comm Learning Cntr0.5 mi · 794
- Von Steuben Middle School1.3 mi · 266
- Peoria High School1.3 mi · 1,541
- Franklin Primary School1.6 mi · 332
- Reservoir Gifted School1.7 mi · 308
- Valeska Hinton Early Ch Ed Center1.9 mi · 584
Frequently asked questions
About Lincoln SchoolHow many students attend Lincoln School?
Lincoln School enrolls approximately 823 students in grades KG-08.
What age range does Lincoln School serve?
Lincoln School serves students from grade KG through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Lincoln School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Lincoln School is approximately 15.2:1 (54 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Lincoln School?
Lincoln School reports a student body of 10% White, 35% Hispanic, 45% Black, 9% Two or more.
What district is Lincoln School in?
Lincoln School is part of Peoria SD 150.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.