Lincoln School

Lincoln School is an intimate elementary campus in Evansville, Indiana, part of Evansville Vanderburgh School Corp. The school caters to 280 students in grades K through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 36% leaner than the state mean of about 436.

Evansville Vanderburgh School Corp runs 38 schools in total, collectively educating 21,589 students. Lincoln School is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Lincoln School logs that 46% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest breaks down as 29% White, 11% Hispanic, 10% multiracial. That is noticeably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 9%.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 8.8:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 15.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 76% of students at Lincoln School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is noticeably above Vanderburgh County's rate of about 48%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Lincoln School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 22.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 9.4%.

Across the wider county, Vanderburgh County reports that median household earnings sit near $61,648, roughly 28% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Vanderburgh County's 44 public schools (combined enrollment of about 22,423 students), Lincoln School is one campus in the mix.

Signature School Inc is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Lincoln School at 5th of 6; the average score across the group is 20.7%.

The campus sits in a high-density setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count increased 28%: 218 students in 2018 compared to 280 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment decreased from 56% to 46% over that span.

In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.