Enrollment
288
Elementary
DISTRICT 327 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EVANSTON CCSD 65·NCES 171446001793
Lincolnwood Elementary School
2600 Colfax St, Evanston, IL 60201 · (847) 859-8881 · Cook County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL288 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 84% of Illinois public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats 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
10.5:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.4:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
35%
100 students
DISTRICT 39% · 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 | 44 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 42 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 47 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 60 | 21% |
| Grade 4 | 46 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 49 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (44) is 10% smaller than its 5th grade class (49).
Student demographics
60%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 73% · 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
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IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
61.6%
IL avg 51.0% . +8.0pp since 2023
Math
67.5%
IL avg 37.9% . +10.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 62 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 68 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 11 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 61.6% | 67.5% |
| 2023-24 | 53.6% | 56.6% |
% 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
63.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
51.5%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+11.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 63% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 51% 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 Lincolnwood Elementary School
Lincolnwood Elementary School's state test result (63.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lincolnwood Elementary School this school | 288 | 34.7% | 63.0% |
| Kingsley Elementary School Evanston | 334 | 30.8% | 57.2% |
| Shiloh Elementary School Shiloh | 245 | 31.0% | 51.7% |
| Owen Marsh Elementary School Springfield | 324 | 42.0% | 51.4% |
| N O Nelson Elementary School Edwardsville | 347 | 33.4% | N/A |
| Memorial Elementary School Tinley Park | 291 | 37.8% | 51.1% |
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 Lincolnwood Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 63.0% | #253 of 1,925 | #84 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 67.5% | #260 of 2,077 ▼ 58 | #93 of 829 ▼ 20 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 61.6% | #622 of 2,077 ▼ 233 | #207 of 829 ▼ 73 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 288 | #1,614 of 2,419 | #662 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.5:1 | #197 of 2,035 | #119 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.2% | #569 of 2,042 | #214 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 34.7% | #1,680 of 2,132 | #688 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -28.9% | #201 of 1,461 | #126 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
288
-78 (-21%) vs 2020
-36% since 1990-91, when it was 452
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 | 288 | 27.4 | 10.5:1 | 35% (100) |
| 2023-24 | 312 | 32 | 9.8:1 | 36% (111) |
| 2022-23 | 320 | 27 | 11.8:1 | 30% (96) |
| 2020-21 | 366 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 405 | 26.7 | 15.2:1 | 28% (114) |
| 2015-16 | 382 | 26 | 14.7:1 | 28% (108) |
| 2010-11 | 430 | 31 | 13.9:1 | 26% (113) |
| 2000-01 | 381 | 26 | 14.7:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 452 | 29 | 15.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lincolnwood Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 29% (405 to 288); teachers up 3% (26.7 to 27.4).
About Lincolnwood Elementary School
Families in Evanston, Illinois, are served by Lincolnwood Elementary School, a low-enrollment elementary school. The latest federal count shows 288 students in kindergarten through 5. Against the 381-student average for elementary schools in Illinois, enrollment here is 24% lower.
Evanston CCSD 65 operates 16 schools. Combined enrollment is 6,136 students.
At 54%, White students outnumber all other groups at Lincolnwood Elementary School combined. Other students are 31% Black, 8% multiracial, and 7% Hispanic. By comparison, Cook County residents are about 44% White. The chance that two students picked at random at Lincolnwood Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 60%.
With 27.4 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, the ratio at Lincolnwood Elementary School was 10.5:1. Among elementary schools in Illinois, the typical ratio is 13.9:1. Lincolnwood Elementary School's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 35%. Across public schools in Cook County, the average is 66%.
The allk12 Grade for Lincolnwood Elementary School is A-. Compared with Illinois public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 84% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
On BeatsExpectations, Lincolnwood Elementary School is 11.5 points above its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Illinois schools.
Federal survey data for Cook County show that median household income is about $83,498, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 43% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. A total of 1,406 public schools operate in Cook County, serving about 697,934 students.
Nearest public school: Willard Elementary School, about 0.6 miles away. The five-mile area around Lincolnwood Elementary School holds at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools average 58.4% on proficiency, and Lincolnwood Elementary School is above that at 63.0%.
The NCES locale for Lincolnwood Elementary School is City: Small, which covers schools inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
The student count in 2024-25 was 288, 21% below the 366 of 2020-21.
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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
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Other schools in Evanston CCSD 65
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- Washington Elementary SchoolElementary · 410 students
Nearby schools
- Willard Elementary School0.6 mi · 355
- Haven Middle School0.6 mi · 660
- Kingsley Elementary School0.7 mi · 334
- Highland Elementary School1.0 mi · 316
- Walker Elementary School1.0 mi · 364
- McKenzie Elementary School1.0 mi · 461
Frequently asked questions
About Lincolnwood Elementary SchoolHow large is Lincolnwood Elementary School?
Lincolnwood Elementary School enrolls approximately 288 students in grades KG-05.
Is Lincolnwood Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Lincolnwood Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Lincolnwood Elementary School have?
Lincolnwood Elementary School employs 27 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.5:1.
What is the student diversity at Lincolnwood Elementary School?
Student demographics at Lincolnwood Elementary School are roughly 54% White, 7% Hispanic, 31% Black, 1% Asian, 8% Two or more.
What district is Lincolnwood Elementary School in?
Lincolnwood Elementary School is part of Evanston CCSD 65.
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