Lincoln Elementary School

Lincoln Elementary School, a small primary school in Fort Madison, Iowa, one of the schools within Fort Madison Comm School District, serves 227 students, covering grades K through 3. By comparison, Iowa's public schools average about 325 students each, so Lincoln Elementary School sits 30% below that benchmark.

Fort Madison Comm School District comprises 5 schools with combined enrollment of 2,983 students; Lincoln Elementary School is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Lincoln Elementary School logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (84%); the rest consists of 9% Hispanic, 6% multiracial.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Lincoln Elementary School has 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.6:1. The state averages about 13.7:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 60% of students at Lincoln Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Lincoln Elementary School is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 62.0%; this one delivers 76.8%, a residual of +14.9 points.

In the broader community, Lee County reports that median household earnings sit near $62,382, about 22% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Lee County runs 13 public schools (combined enrollment of about 6,014 students), of which Lincoln Elementary School is one.

Fort Madison Junior/Senior High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 4 other public schools cluster around Lincoln Elementary School. On composite proficiency, Lincoln Elementary School comes 1st of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 61.2%.

Geographically, the school is in a town-center area.

Looking at the recent track record. Lincoln Elementary School's enrollment has shrank 24% since 2018, when it stood at 300 (now 227).

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. Members of the school community can share what they know.