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Enrollment
383
Elementary
DISTRICT 377 · STATE 436
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SOUTH BEND COMMUNITY SCHOOL CORP·NCES 181029001669
Lincoln Elementary School
1425 E Calvert St, South Bend, IN 46613 · (574) 393-2300 · St. Joseph County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL383 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 10% of Indiana public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Indiana public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
12.5:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.8:1 · STATE 15.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
72%
275 students
DISTRICT 56% · STATE 50%
Community
1
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 | 22 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 51 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 64 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 69 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 69 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 57 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 51 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (51) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (51).
Student demographics
71%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 72% · 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
Test scores
ILEARN 2024-25 . % At or Above ProficiencyEnglish Language Arts
18.3%
IN avg 39.2%
Math
19.0%
IN avg 41.1%
What this means: On the ILEARN, Indiana's statewide test, about 18 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 19 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
16.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
24.7%
based on IN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 17% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 25% 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 (16.7% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lincoln Elementary School this school | 383 | 71.8% | 16.7% |
| Glenwood Leadership Academy Evansville | 436 | 75.2% | 8.4% |
| Hawthorne Elementary School Indianapolis | 404 | 69.1% | 22.2% |
| Liberty Park Elementary School Indianapolis | 443 | 66.6% | 18.5% |
| Monroe Elementary School South Bend | 519 | 67.8% | 9.3% |
| Lowell Elementary School Indianapolis | 466 | 72.5% | 33.3% |
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 St. Joseph County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 16.7% | #887 of 983 | #31 of 40 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 19.0% | #877 of 986 | #27 of 40 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 18.3% | #862 of 986 | #30 of 40 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 383 | #652 of 1,079 | #28 of 42 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.5:1 | #123 of 991 | #8 of 39 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 71.0% | #57 of 996 | #8 of 39 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 71.8% | #127 of 1,058 | #6 of 41 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -23.4% | #118 of 597 | #4 of 26 |
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
383
-73 (-16%) vs 2020
-41% since 1990-91, when it was 652
Student : Teacher
12.5:1
was 17.5:1
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 | 383 | 30.6 | 12.5:1 | 72% (275) |
| 2023-24 | 423 | 36.4 | 11.6:1 | 67% (285) |
| 2022-23 | 467 | 32.7 | 14.3:1 | 86% (402) |
| 2020-21 | 456 | 26 | 17.5:1 | 88% (402) |
| 2017-18 | 500 | 26 | 19.2:1 | 91% (455) |
| 2015-16 | 509 | 23 | 22.1:1 | 85% (434) |
| 2010-11 | 531 | 31 | 17.1:1 | 86% (457) |
| 2000-01 | 647 | 35 | 18.5:1 | 58% (377) |
| 1990-91 | 652 | 33 | 19.8:1 | 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 mid-sized elementary school for students in South Bend, Indiana. It reported 383 students in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25.
South Bend Community School Corp, which runs Lincoln Elementary School, has 29 schools and 13,585 students.
The largest group at Lincoln Elementary School is Black students, at 42%. After that, the student body is 23% Hispanic, 19% White, and 15% multiracial. Census figures show St. Joseph County is about 13% Black. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 71%.
Based on 30.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, Lincoln Elementary School has a ratio of 12.5:1. The average for elementary schools in Indiana, 15.5:1, is higher. Income data for the school show 72% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in St. Joseph County is 46%.
On the allk12 Grade, Lincoln Elementary School lands at D, ahead of 10% of Indiana public elementary schools.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 24.7% at Lincoln Elementary School; the school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 16.7%.
For the population of St. Joseph County, the median household earns about $66,868 a year, about 34% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 9% of residents are in poverty. Across St. Joseph County, 73 public schools serve about 35,614 students.
A public school about 0.7 miles away, South Bend SNAP, is the closest to Lincoln Elementary School. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. On proficiency, Lincoln Elementary School is ahead of the 12.0% nearby average, ranking 1st of 5.
For locale, NCES codes Lincoln Elementary School as City: Mid-size.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 383, down from 456 in 2020-21. By 2024-25, the school had 12.5 students per teacher, compared with 17.5 in 2020-21.
Lincoln Elementary School has a community page on allk12 for topics such as pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
St. Joseph County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
273,040
Census ACS
Median income
$66,868
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
73
35,614 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in South Bend Community School Corp
- Adams High SchoolHigh · 1,966 students
- Riley High SchoolHigh · 1,238 students
- Washington High SchoolHigh · 795 students
- Jefferson Traditional SchoolMiddle · 591 students
- Harrison Elementary SchoolElementary · 555 students
- Edison Middle SchoolElementary · 551 students
Other schools in South Bend
- Adams High SchoolHigh · 1,966 students
- Riley High SchoolHigh · 1,238 students
- Washington High SchoolHigh · 795 students
- Success Academy Primary SchoolElementary · 610 students
- Jefferson Traditional SchoolMiddle · 591 students
- Harrison Elementary SchoolElementary · 555 students
Other Lincoln Elementary schools
213 other US public schools in 37 states are named Lincoln Elementary. Lincoln Elementary School is the 86th 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 SchoolLaPorte, IN · 353 students
- Lincoln Elementary SchoolHuntington, IN · 350 students
Nearby schools
- South Bend SNAP0.7 mi · 87
- Adams High School0.8 mi · 1,966
- Riley High School0.9 mi · 1,238
- Nuner Fine Arts Academy1.0 mi · 489
- Success Academy at Boys and Girls Club1.1 mi · 113
- Jefferson Traditional School1.1 mi · 591
Frequently asked questions
About Lincoln Elementary SchoolHow large is Lincoln Elementary School?
Lincoln Elementary School enrolls approximately 383 students in grades PK-05.
Is Lincoln Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Lincoln Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Lincoln Elementary School have?
Lincoln Elementary School employs 31 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.5:1.
What is the student diversity at Lincoln Elementary School?
Student demographics at Lincoln Elementary School are roughly 19% White, 23% Hispanic, 42% Black, 15% Two or more.
What district is Lincoln Elementary School in?
Lincoln Elementary School is part of South Bend Community School Corp.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.