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Enrollment
801
Elementary
DISTRICT 803 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MAHOMET-SEYMOUR CUSD 3·NCES 172406002626
Lincoln Trail Elementary School
102 E State St, Mahomet, IL 61853 · (217) 586-2811 · Champaign County
GRADES 03–05ELEMENTARY31-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL801 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 51% of Illinois public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Illinois public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
18.9:1
43 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.9:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
24%
195 students
DISTRICT 23% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 255 | 32% |
| Grade 4 | 264 | 33% |
| Grade 5 | 275 | 34% |
| Grade 6 | 7 | 1% |
Student demographics
29%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 31% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Mahomet-Seymour CUSD 3. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
56.9%
IL avg 51.0% . +20.2pp since 2023
Math
54.6%
IL avg 37.9% . +18.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 57 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 55 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 20 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 19 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 56.9% | 54.6% |
| 2023-24 | 36.7% | 35.9% |
% 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
53.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
57.5%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 53% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 57% 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 Trail Elementary School
Lincoln Trail Elementary School's state test result (53.4% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lincoln Trail Elementary School this school | 801 | 24.3% | 53.4% |
| Middletown Prairie Elementary Mahomet | 805 | 21.6% | N/A |
| Central Primary School Washington | 700 | 20.4% | 53.6% |
| Metamora Grade School Metamora | 829 | 21.5% | 63.7% |
| Mascoutah Elementary School Mascoutah | 853 | 26.6% | 71.4% |
| Mokena Elementary School Mokena | 709 | 19.5% | 61.7% |
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 Trail Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Champaign County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 53.4% | #489 of 1,925 | #5 of 29 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 54.6% | #544 of 2,077 ▲ 89 | #5 of 30 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 56.9% | #774 of 2,077 ▲ 130 | #7 of 30 ▲ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 801 | #56 of 2,419 | #2 of 37 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.9:1 | #1,957 of 2,035 | #29 of 31 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 28.8% | #1,423 of 2,042 | #27 of 31 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 24.3% | #1,881 of 2,132 | #28 of 32 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +11.6% | #237 of 615 | #6 of 10 |
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
801
+82 (+11%) vs 2020
+43% since 1990-91, when it was 560
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 | 801 | 42.5 | 18.9:1 | 24% (195) |
| 2023-24 | 789 | 40 | 19.7:1 | 24% (188) |
| 2022-23 | 791 | 39.3 | 20.1:1 | 22% (172) |
| 2020-21 | 719 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 718 | 33.2 | 21.6:1 | 20% (145) |
| 2015-16 | 688 | 34 | 20.2:1 | 20% (137) |
| 2010-11 | 645 | 38 | 17.0:1 | 21% (136) |
| 2000-01 | 598 | 35 | 17.1:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 560 | 33 | 17.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lincoln Trail Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 12% (718 to 801); teachers up 28% (33.2 to 42.5).
About Lincoln Trail Elementary School
Among the schools in Mahomet, Illinois, is Lincoln Trail Elementary School, a large elementary school. The school enrolls 801 students, from grades 3 through 5. An average school in this group (elementary schools in Illinois) has about 381 students.
Lincoln Trail Elementary School is run by Mahomet-Seymour CUSD 3, whose 4 schools enroll 3,468 students.
At Lincoln Trail Elementary School, White students make up 84% of the student body. Smaller groups are 6% multiracial, 6% Hispanic, and 3% Asian. County-wide, 64% of Champaign County residents are White. By the diversity index, Lincoln Trail Elementary School comes in at 29%.
Lincoln Trail Elementary School counts 42.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 18.9 students for each one. Among elementary schools in Illinois, the typical ratio is 13.9:1. About 24% of enrolled students meet the income rules for free or reduced-price lunch. It compares with 53% for public schools in Champaign County.
The allk12 Grade for Lincoln Trail Elementary School is B-. Compared with Illinois public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 51% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
The model predicts 57.5% for a school in Illinois with Lincoln Trail Elementary School's free or reduced-price lunch share. Lincoln Trail Elementary School posts 53.4%.
County data help place the school in context: in Champaign County, median household income is about $63,683, about 46% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 7%. Lincoln Trail Elementary School is among the 66 public schools in Champaign County.
The nearest public school is Mahomet-Seymour Jr High School, at about 0.2 miles. There are 3 other public schools within five miles. On state test proficiency, Lincoln Trail Elementary School ranks 3rd in a group of 8 nearby schools.
Federal records code the school's setting as Town: Fringe.
The number of students climbed from 719 to 801 over 4 years.
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Champaign County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
208,741
Census ACS
Median income
$63,683
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
46%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
66
25,919 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Mahomet-Seymour CUSD 3
- Mahomet-Seymour High SchoolHigh · 1,050 students
- Mahomet-Seymour Jr High SchoolMiddle · 812 students
- Middletown Prairie ElementaryElementary · 805 students
Other schools in Mahomet
- Mahomet-Seymour High SchoolHigh · 1,050 students
- Mahomet-Seymour Jr High SchoolMiddle · 812 students
- Middletown Prairie ElementaryElementary · 805 students
Other Lincoln Trail Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Lincoln Trail Elementary. Lincoln Trail Elementary School is the largest of the 3.
- Lincoln Trail Elementary SchoolElizabethtown, KY · 653 students
- Lincoln Trail Elementary SchoolLamar, IN · 380 students
Nearby schools
- Mahomet-Seymour Jr High School0.2 mi · 812
- Mahomet-Seymour High School0.3 mi · 1,050
- Middletown Prairie Elementary2.0 mi · 805
- Blue Ridge Intermediate-Jr High School5.0 mi · 232
- Fisher Grade School8.1 mi · 326
- Fisher Jr/Sr High School8.1 mi · 284
Frequently asked questions
About Lincoln Trail Elementary SchoolHow large is Lincoln Trail Elementary School?
Lincoln Trail Elementary School enrolls approximately 801 students in grades 03-05.
Is Lincoln Trail Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Lincoln Trail Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades 03-05.
How many students per teacher at Lincoln Trail Elementary School?
Approximately 18.9:1 students per teacher at Lincoln Trail Elementary School.
How diverse is Lincoln Trail Elementary School?
Lincoln Trail Elementary School reports a student body of 84% White, 6% Hispanic, 1% Black, 3% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is Lincoln Trail Elementary School public or private?
Lincoln Trail Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Mahomet-Seymour CUSD 3.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.