Abraham Lincoln Elementary School

Abraham Lincoln Elementary School operates as a mid-sized elementary campus in Hammond, Indiana, operated by School City of Hammond. Current enrollment sits at 565 students spanning grades pre-K through 6. Compared to the state average of about 436 students per school, that is 30% above typical.

Across the 15 schools in School City of Hammond (10,997 students total), Abraham Lincoln Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, Abraham Lincoln Elementary School reports that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 59% of enrollment; the rest reads as 31% Black, 6% White, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 21% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, The school employs 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.8:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.5:1 average. An estimated 61% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Lake County runs at roughly 47%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Abraham Lincoln Elementary School falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 32.2%; this one comes in at 13.6%, -18.6 points off the demographic line.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Lake County) records that median household income runs about $71,493, 26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Across Lake County's 121 public schools (combined enrollment of about 74,661 students), Abraham Lincoln Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Washington Irving Elementary Sch, roughly 0.8 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Abraham Lincoln Elementary School ranks 4th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 20.4%.

Abraham Lincoln Elementary School operates from a bedroom-community location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 10%: 627 students in 2018 compared to 565 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 11% to 31% across the same window.

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