Washington-Monroe Elem School

Washington-Monroe Elem School is one of the close-knit primary schools in Lincoln, Illinois, overseen by Lincoln ESD 27, with 224 students on its rolls from grades K through 5. By comparison, Illinois's public schools average about 381 students each, so Washington-Monroe Elem School sits 41% leaner than that benchmark.

Across the 5 schools in Lincoln ESD 27 (1,056 students total), Washington-Monroe Elem School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, Washington-Monroe Elem School logs that 73% of the student body identifies as White; the rest reads as 16% multiracial, 7% Hispanic, 4% Black. By comparison, Logan County as a whole is about 87% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Washington-Monroe Elem School reports 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.6:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.9:1 average. Roughly 68% of students at Washington-Monroe Elem School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is north of Logan County's rate of about 51%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Washington-Monroe Elem School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 32.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 33.8%.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Logan County) reports that median household earnings sit near $66,358, roughly 21% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Across Logan County's 15 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,448 students), Washington-Monroe Elem School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Lincoln Jr High School, around 0.5 miles off. 7 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Washington-Monroe Elem School ranks 8th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 48.2%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count expanded 3%: 217 students in 2018 compared to 224 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 82% to 73% across the same window.

On allk12, members of the Washington-Monroe Elem School community share and discuss pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.