Enrollment
280
Elementary
DISTRICT 243 · STATE 325
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHARLES CITY COMM SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 190708000323
Lincoln Elementary School
600 5th Ave, Charles City, IA 50616 · (641) 257-6560 · Floyd County
GRADES 02–04ELEMENTARY33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL280 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 20% of Iowa public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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 Iowa public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
19 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.5:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
61%
172 students
DISTRICT 55% · STATE 41%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 2 | 84 | 30% |
| Grade 3 | 109 | 39% |
| Grade 4 | 87 | 31% |
Student demographics
45%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 44% · STATE 48% · 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
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Charles City Comm School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ISASP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
56.2%
IA avg 73.6% . +7.1pp since 2023
Math
66.3%
IA avg 70.9% . +0.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the ISASP, Iowa's statewide test, about 56 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 66 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Iowa schools, those numbers are about 74 and 71. Reading and writing scores are up about 7 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
ISASP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 56.2% | 66.3% |
| 2023-24 | 49.1% | 65.9% |
% Proficient, all students and all tested grades.
Source: ISASP. 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
59.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.2%
based on IA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 59% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 61% typical for Iowa 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 Iowa'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 (59.1% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lincoln Elementary School this school | 280 | 61.4% | 59.1% |
| Marshall Elementary School Dubuque | 323 | 63.8% | 57.0% |
| Emerson Hough Elementary School Newton | 336 | 57.1% | 68.6% |
| Washington Elementary School Charles City | 206 | 60.2% | N/A |
| Poyner Elementary Evansdale | 362 | 59.9% | 64.4% |
| Wings Park Elementary School Oelwein | 294 | 59.2% | 67.4% |
Matched among Iowa 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 Iowa |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 59.1% | #464 of 564 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 66.3% | #435 of 564 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 56.2% | #476 of 564 ▲ 26 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 280 | #421 of 705 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.8:1 | #430 of 561 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 44.8% | #252 of 561 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 61.4% | #115 of 666 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +35.3% | #15 of 168 |
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
+87 (+45%) vs 2020
-15% since 1990-91, when it was 331
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
was 16.1:1
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 | 19 | 14.8:1 | 61% (172) |
| 2023-24 | 299 | 18.9 | 15.8:1 | 62% (184) |
| 2022-23 | 184 | 12 | 15.3:1 | 62% (114) |
| 2020-21 | 193 | 12 | 16.1:1 | 55% (106) |
| 2017-18 | 207 | 14 | 14.8:1 | 60% (125) |
| 2015-16 | 331 | 21 | 15.8:1 | 60% (198) |
| 2010-11 | 262 | 18 | 14.6:1 | 60% (157) |
| 2000-01 | 208 | 19 | 10.9:1 | 51% (106) |
| 1990-91 | 331 | 22 | 15.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lincoln Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 35% (207 to 280); teachers up 35% (14 to 19).
About Lincoln Elementary School
Lincoln Elementary School is a public elementary school run by Charles City Comm School District in Charles City, Iowa. Total enrollment is 280 students, and the grades served are 2 through 4.
Lincoln Elementary School is part of Charles City Comm School District, where 4 schools serve 1,344 students.
More than half of the students at Lincoln Elementary School are White (73%). The next largest groups are 10% Hispanic, 8% Black, 8% multiracial, and 3% Asian. In Floyd County overall, about 90% of residents are White. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 45%.
Lincoln Elementary School reports a ratio of 14.8 students per teacher, from 19 full-time-equivalent teachers. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in Iowa is 13.7:1. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at Lincoln Elementary School, 61% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The 49% average for public schools in Floyd County is 12 points lower.
On the allk12 Grade, Lincoln Elementary School lands at C-, ahead of 20% of Iowa public elementary schools.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 61.2% for Lincoln Elementary School. The school posts 59.1%, 2.1 points below the prediction.
In Floyd County, home to about 15,328 people, median household income comes to about $68,557, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 18%, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. There are 8 public schools in the county, enrolling about 2,152, Lincoln Elementary School among them.
Of the public schools around it, Lincoln Elementary School is closest to Charles City High School, about 0.5 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are 3 other public schools. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Lincoln Elementary School ranks 8th of 8 on average proficiency.
Its location is classified as Town: Remote by the National Center for Education Statistics.
The school counted 193 students in 2020-21 and 280 in 2024-25. A shift in the grades offered could account for part of the difference. Federal data show the ratio falling from 16.1:1 to 14.8:1.
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Floyd County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
15,328
Census ACS
Median income
$68,557
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
18%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
8
2,152 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Charles City Comm School District
- Charles City High SchoolHigh · 472 students
- Charles City Middle SchoolMiddle · 386 students
- Washington Elementary SchoolElementary · 206 students
Other schools in Charles City
- Charles City High SchoolHigh · 472 students
- Charles City Middle SchoolMiddle · 386 students
- Washington Elementary SchoolElementary · 206 students
Other Lincoln Elementary schools
213 other US public schools in 37 states are named Lincoln Elementary. Lincoln Elementary School is the 155th largest of the 214.
- Lincoln Elementary SchoolWaterloo, IA · 463 students
- Lincoln Elementary SchoolSpencer, IA · 442 students
- Lincoln Elementary SchoolCedar Falls, IA · 416 students
- Lincoln Elementary SchoolOsage, IA · 405 students
- Lincoln Elementary SchoolDubuque, IA · 257 students
Nearby schools
- Charles City High School0.5 mi · 472
- Charles City Middle School0.5 mi · 386
- Washington Elementary School0.9 mi · 206
- Nashua-Plainfield Elementary School10.1 mi · 281
- Nashua-Plainfield Junior-Senior High School10.2 mi · 311
- North Butler Jr/Sr High School13.5 mi · 254
Frequently asked questions
About Lincoln Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Lincoln Elementary School?
Lincoln Elementary School enrolls approximately 280 students in grades 02-04.
What grades does Lincoln Elementary School serve?
Lincoln Elementary School serves grades 02-04.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Lincoln Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Lincoln Elementary School is approximately 14.8:1 (19 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Lincoln Elementary School?
At Lincoln Elementary School, the student body is approximately 73% White, 10% Hispanic, 8% Black, 3% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is Lincoln Elementary School public or private?
Lincoln Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Charles City Comm School District.
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