Lincoln Elementary School

Lincoln Elementary School is one of the low-enrollment elementary campuss in LaPorte, Indiana, part of La Porte Community School Corp, with 353 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 4.

La Porte Community School Corp runs 12 schools in total, collectively educating 6,089 students. Lincoln Elementary School is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Lincoln Elementary School lists that the largest single group is White, at 66% of enrollment. The remainder reads as 20% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 5% Black. The wider county runs roughly 78% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Lincoln Elementary School logs 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.3:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 53% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

With demographic context factored in, Lincoln Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 37.9%; this one delivers 33.0%.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for LaPorte County indicate median household income runs about $71,055, roughly 23% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. Across LaPorte County's 38 public schools (combined enrollment of about 15,515 students), Lincoln Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: La Porte Online School, around 0.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Lincoln Elementary School. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Lincoln Elementary School ranks 7th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 48.9%.

The school occupies a metropolitan site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count grew 26%: 280 students in 2018 compared to 353 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 25% to 20% across the same window. Class-load math has narrowed: from 16.5:1 in 2018 to 15.3:1 in 2025.

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