Enrollment
280
Elementary
DISTRICT 472 · STATE 436
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EVANSVILLE VANDERBURGH SCHOOL CORP·NCES 180345000475
Lincoln School
635 Lincoln Ave, Evansville, IN 47713 · (812) 435-8235 · Vanderburgh County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL280 STUDENTS
F
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 4% of Indiana public elementary schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
8.8:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.5:1 · STATE 15.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
76%
212 students
DISTRICT 51% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 37 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 27 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 32 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 32 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 31 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 29 | 10% |
| Grade 6 | 33 | 12% |
| Grade 7 | 30 | 11% |
| Grade 8 | 29 | 10% |
This year's kindergarten class (37) is 28% larger than its 8th grade class (29).
Student demographics
68%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 57% · 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
13.3%
IN avg 39.2%
Math
8.5%
IN avg 41.1%
What this means: On the ILEARN, Indiana's statewide test, about 13 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 8 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
9.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
22.0%
based on IN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 9% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 22% 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 School
Lincoln School's state test result (9.4% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lincoln School this school | 280 | 75.7% | 9.4% |
| Lake Hills Elementary School Michigan City | 345 | 73.0% | 17.5% |
| Pine Elementary School Michigan City | 396 | 73.5% | 30.3% |
| Sycamore Elementary School Kokomo | 305 | 77.0% | 18.9% |
| Arthur C Newby Elementary School 2 Speedway | 223 | 68.2% | 57.1% |
| Longfellow Elementary School Muncie | 348 | 82.5% | 13.6% |
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 School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Indiana | In Vanderburgh County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 9.4% | #958 of 983 | #20 of 23 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 8.5% | #965 of 986 | #22 of 23 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 13.3% | #926 of 986 | #19 of 23 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 280 | #872 of 1,079 | #22 of 24 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 8.8:1 | #3 of 991 | #1 of 23 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.2% | #112 of 996 | #7 of 23 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 75.7% | #76 of 1,058 | #2 of 24 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +28.4% | #64 of 353 | #2 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
280
+106 (+61%) vs 2020
-21% since 1990-91, when it was 353
Student : Teacher
8.8:1
was 7.3:1
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 | 280 | 31.6 | 8.8:1 | 76% (212) |
| 2023-24 | 252 | 32 | 7.9:1 | 78% (196) |
| 2022-23 | 236 | 26.1 | 9.0:1 | 88% (208) |
| 2020-21 | 174 | 24 | 7.3:1 | 86% (150) |
| 2017-18 | 218 | 24.2 | 9.0:1 | 94% (206) |
| 2015-16 | 249 | 25 | 10.0:1 | 98% (243) |
| 2010-11 | 361 | 30 | 12.0:1 | 95% (343) |
| 2000-01 | 348 | 28 | 12.4:1 | 93% (322) |
| 1990-91 | 353 | 25 | 14.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lincoln School.
About Lincoln School
Lincoln School is an elementary school with a street address in Evansville, Indiana. Its enrollment is 280 students, spread over kindergarten through 8. Elementary schools in Indiana average about 436 students, which makes this school 36% below average.
Evansville Vanderburgh School Corp, which runs Lincoln School, has 38 schools and 21,589 students.
Black students account for 46% of enrollment at Lincoln School, more than any other group. Smaller groups are 29% White, 11% Hispanic, and 10% multiracial. County-wide, 9% of Vanderburgh County residents are Black. The diversity index for Lincoln School is 68%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Staffing at Lincoln School comes to 31.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 8.8:1. Elementary schools in Indiana average 15.5:1, 6.7 more students per teacher than here. Lincoln School counts 76% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is higher than the 48% average for public schools in Vanderburgh County.
On the allk12 Grade, Lincoln School lands at F, ahead of 4% of Indiana public elementary schools.
A school with Lincoln School's lunch-eligibility share in Indiana is predicted to score 22.0%. Lincoln School scores 9.4%, 12.6 points below that line.
Census data for Vanderburgh County show median household income comes to about $61,648, about 28% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 9%. The county has 44 public schools and about 22,423 students.
Among nearby public schools, Signature School Inc is closest at about 0.8 miles. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Lincoln School places 5th of 6 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is City: Mid-size: inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Federal records list enrollment at Lincoln School as 174 in 2020-21 and 280 in 2024-25. A change that size can reflect a shift in the grades the school serves as well as a change in students. Students per teacher increased from 7.3 in 2020-21 to 8.8 in 2024-25.
This page collects posts and questions about Lincoln School, such as fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Vanderburgh County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
180,117
Census ACS
Median income
$61,648
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
44
22,423 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Evansville Vanderburgh School Corp
- North High SchoolHigh · 1,650 students
- William Henry Harrison High SchoolHigh · 1,332 students
- Francis Joseph Reitz High SchoolHigh · 1,293 students
- Central High SchoolHigh · 1,087 students
- North Junior High SchoolMiddle · 925 students
- McCutchanville Elementary SchoolElementary · 919 students
Other schools in Evansville
- North High SchoolHigh · 1,650 students
- William Henry Harrison High SchoolHigh · 1,332 students
- Francis Joseph Reitz High SchoolHigh · 1,293 students
- Central High SchoolHigh · 1,087 students
- North Junior High SchoolMiddle · 925 students
- McCutchanville Elementary SchoolElementary · 919 students
Other Lincoln schools
30 other US public schools in 11 states are named Lincoln. Lincoln School is the 19th largest of the 31.
- Lincoln SchoolPeoria, IL · 823 students
- Lincoln SchoolLAYTON, UT · 642 students
- Lincoln SchoolFAIRVIEW, NJ · 635 students
- Lincoln SchoolLincoln, MA · 546 students
- Lincoln SchoolRUTHERFORD, NJ · 500 students
Nearby schools
- Signature School Inc0.8 mi · 384
- Culver Family Learning Center0.8 mi · 172
- Benjamin Bosse High School1.0 mi · 868
- Delaware Elementary School1.0 mi · 379
- Joshua Academy1.0 mi · 254
- Washington Middle School1.4 mi · 331
Frequently asked questions
About Lincoln SchoolHow large is Lincoln School?
Lincoln School enrolls approximately 280 students in grades KG-08.
Is Lincoln School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Lincoln School is an elementary school covering grades KG-08.
How many students per teacher at Lincoln School?
Approximately 8.8:1 students per teacher at Lincoln School.
What is the student diversity at Lincoln School?
Student demographics at Lincoln School are roughly 29% White, 11% Hispanic, 46% Black, 1% Asian, 10% Two or more.
What district is Lincoln School in?
Lincoln School is part of Evansville Vanderburgh School Corp.
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