Lincoln Elementary School

As a reasonably sized primary school in Fort Wayne, Indiana, Lincoln Elementary School serves 590 students from grades K through 5, overseen by Fort Wayne Community Schools. Compared to the state average of about 436 students per school, that is 35% bigger than typical.

Fort Wayne Community Schools comprises 50 schools with combined enrollment of 28,561 students; Lincoln Elementary School is among them.

Demographically, Lincoln Elementary School lists that 33% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 26% Hispanic, 22% Black, 11% multiracial, 7% Asian. By comparison, Allen County as a whole is about 71% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 48 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.4:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 15.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 67% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Allen County runs at roughly 50%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Lincoln Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 28.2%; this one delivers 42.2%.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Allen County) records that median household income runs about $70,737, roughly 32% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Allen County's 92 public schools (combined enrollment of about 55,262 students), Lincoln Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Shawnee Middle School, around 0.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Lincoln Elementary School ranks 1st on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 30.5%.

Geographically, the school is in an inner-city area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 17%: 714 students in 2018 compared to 590 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 44% to 33% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 20.4:1 in 2018 to 12.4:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the Lincoln Elementary School community share and discuss science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.