Enrollment
353
Elementary
DISTRICT 310 · STATE 436
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LA PORTE COMMUNITY SCHOOL CORP·NCES 180558001016
Lincoln Elementary School
402 Harrison St, LaPorte, IN 46350 · (219) 362-3755 · LaPorte County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL353 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.3:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.6:1 · STATE 15.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
53%
188 students
DISTRICT 44% · STATE 50%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 163 | 46% |
| Kindergarten | 30 | 8% |
| Grade 1 | 44 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 38 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 41 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 37 | 10% |
This year's kindergarten class (30) is 19% smaller than its 4th grade class (37).
Student demographics
51%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 44% · STATE 57% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within La Porte Community School Corp. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ILEARN 2024-25 . % At or Above ProficiencyEnglish Language Arts
23.7%
IN avg 39.2%
Math
42.1%
IN avg 41.1%
What this means: On the ILEARN, Indiana's statewide test, about 24 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 42 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Indiana schools, those numbers are about 39 and 41.
Source: ILEARN. 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
33.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
37.9%
based on IN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 33% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 38% typical for Indiana 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 Indiana'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 Lincoln Elementary School
Lincoln Elementary School's state test result (33.0% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lincoln Elementary School this school | 353 | 53.3% | 33.0% |
| Handley Elementary School LaPorte | 366 | 52.7% | 59.1% |
| Jefferson Elementary School Goshen | 344 | 55.5% | 85.6% |
| Thomas Jefferson Elementary School Valparaiso | 285 | 52.3% | 71.3% |
| Rensselaer Central Primary School Rensselaer | 398 | 51.0% | N/A |
| Dayton Elementary School Dayton | 390 | 48.5% | 51.2% |
Matched among Indiana 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 Lincoln Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Indiana | In LaPorte County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 33.0% | #659 of 983 | #15 of 21 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 42.1% | #559 of 986 | #13 of 21 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 23.7% | #789 of 986 | #19 of 21 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 353 | #716 of 1,079 | #8 of 22 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.3:1 | #547 of 991 | #8 of 19 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 51.4% | #428 of 996 | #10 of 19 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 53.3% | #519 of 1,058 | #9 of 21 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +26.1% | #70 of 353 | #1 of 6 |
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
353
+35 (+11%) vs 2020
+12% since 1990-91, when it was 314
Student : Teacher
15.3:1
was 11.0:1
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 | 353 | 23 | 15.3:1 | 53% (188) |
| 2023-24 | 342 | 26.3 | 13.0:1 | 62% (212) |
| 2022-23 | 272 | 23 | 11.8:1 | 70% (190) |
| 2020-21 | 318 | 29 | 11.0:1 | 61% (194) |
| 2017-18 | 280 | 17 | 16.5:1 | 79% (222) |
| 2015-16 | 320 | 15 | 21.3:1 | 74% (237) |
| 2010-11 | 311 | 17 | 18.3:1 | 82% (255) |
| 2000-01 | 261 | 17 | 15.3:1 | 46% (121) |
| 1990-91 | 314 | 17 | 18.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lincoln Elementary School.
About Lincoln Elementary School
Lincoln Elementary School is a low-enrollment elementary school in LaPorte, Indiana. Its 353 students are spread across pre-K through 4.
La Porte Community School Corp is made up of 12 schools with 6,089 students in all.
A majority of students at Lincoln Elementary School, 66%, are White. Other reported shares: 20% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, and 5% Black. LaPorte County's residents are about 78% White, 12 points above the school's share. The chance that two students picked at random at Lincoln Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 51%.
The school has about 15.3 students per teacher and 23 full-time-equivalent teachers. Elementary schools in Indiana have a similar average ratio of 15.5:1. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 53%.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Lincoln Elementary School falls in the middle 80% of Indiana schools: 33.0% actual against 37.9% predicted.
Within LaPorte County, median household income is about $71,055, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 23%, and roughly 9% of residents are in poverty. The public schools of LaPorte County number 38 and enroll about 15,515.
La Porte Online School is located about 0.3 miles from Lincoln Elementary School. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. The school's 33.0% average proficiency ranks 7th among 7 nearby schools.
Under the NCES locale system, Lincoln Elementary School is City: Small.
Federal counts put enrollment at 318 in 2020-21 and 353 in 2024-25, an 11% rise. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 11.0:1; by 2024-25 it was 15.3:1.
Topics for discussion here include sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
LaPorte County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
111,917
Census ACS
Median income
$71,055
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
23%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
38
15,515 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in La Porte Community School Corp
- LaPorte High SchoolCombined · 1,807 students
- LaPorte Middle SchoolMiddle · 862 students
- Kesling Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 847 students
- F Willard Crichfield ElementaryElementary · 459 students
- Handley Elementary SchoolElementary · 366 students
- Hailmann Elementary SchoolElementary · 318 students
Other schools in LaPorte
- LaPorte High SchoolCombined · 1,807 students
- LaPorte Middle SchoolMiddle · 862 students
- Kesling Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 847 students
- F Willard Crichfield ElementaryElementary · 459 students
- Handley Elementary SchoolElementary · 366 students
- Hailmann Elementary SchoolElementary · 318 students
Other Lincoln Elementary schools
213 other US public schools in 37 states are named Lincoln Elementary. Lincoln Elementary School is the 100th largest of the 214.
- Lincoln Elementary SchoolFort Wayne, IN · 590 students
- Lincoln Elementary SchoolBrownsburg, IN · 540 students
- Lincoln Elementary SchoolWarsaw, IN · 452 students
- Lincoln Elementary SchoolSouth Bend, IN · 383 students
- Lincoln Elementary SchoolHuntington, IN · 350 students
Nearby schools
- La Porte Online School0.3 mi · 96
- Hailmann Elementary School0.8 mi · 318
- LaPorte High School0.8 mi · 1,807
- Riley Elementary School0.9 mi · 291
- Handley Elementary School0.9 mi · 366
- Kesling Intermediate School1.4 mi · 847
Frequently asked questions
About Lincoln Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Lincoln Elementary School?
Lincoln Elementary School enrolls approximately 353 students in grades PK-04.
Is Lincoln Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Lincoln Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-04.
How many teachers does Lincoln Elementary School have?
Lincoln Elementary School employs 23 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.3:1.
How diverse is Lincoln Elementary School?
Lincoln Elementary School reports a student body of 66% White, 20% Hispanic, 5% Black, 8% Two or more.
Who oversees Lincoln Elementary School?
Lincoln Elementary School is overseen by La Porte Community School Corp in LaPorte County.
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