Enrollment
217
Elementary
DISTRICT 333 · STATE 325
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·IOWA CITY COMM SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 191470000894
Lincoln Elementary School
300 Teeters Court, Iowa City, IA 52246 · (319) 688-1130 · Johnson County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL217 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 92% of Iowa public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
14.4:1
15 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.4:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
36%
78 students
DISTRICT 45% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 8 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 20 | 9% |
| Grade 1 | 50 | 23% |
| Grade 2 | 31 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 41 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 37 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 30 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (20) is 33% smaller than its 5th grade class (30).
Student demographics
64%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 66% · 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
Test scores
ISASP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
79.1%
IA avg 73.6% . -2.9pp since 2023
Math
86.5%
IA avg 70.9% . +5.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the ISASP, Iowa's statewide test, about 79 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 87 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Iowa schools, those numbers are about 74 and 71. Reading and writing scores are down about 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
ISASP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 79.1% | 86.5% |
| 2023-24 | 82.0% | 81.1% |
% 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
82.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
74.0%
based on IA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 83% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 74% 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 (82.9% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lincoln Elementary School this school | 217 | 35.9% | 82.9% |
| Radiant Elementary School Urbandale | 273 | 30.4% | 77.8% |
| Tiffin Elementary Tiffin | 191 | 37.2% | 71.0% |
| Edwards Elementary School Ames | 436 | 44.5% | 71.5% |
| James Van Allen Elementary School North Liberty | 376 | 30.3% | 70.1% |
| Sawyer Elementary School Ames | 371 | 36.1% | 71.1% |
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 | In Johnson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 82.9% | #78 of 564 | #3 of 28 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 86.5% | #89 of 564 ▲ 94 | #5 of 28 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 79.1% | #163 of 564 ▼ 81 | #8 of 28 ▼ 5 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 217 | #533 of 705 | #21 of 30 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.4:1 | #398 of 561 | #18 of 23 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.8% | #108 of 561 | #12 of 23 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 35.9% | #420 of 666 | #15 of 30 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.2% | #285 of 359 | #18 of 20 |
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
217
-9 (-4%) vs 2020
-10% since 1990-91, when it was 240
Student : Teacher
14.4:1
was 14.1:1
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 | 217 | 15.1 | 14.4:1 | 36% (78) |
| 2023-24 | 231 | 14.9 | 15.5:1 | 32% (75) |
| 2022-23 | 223 | 16 | 14.0:1 | 32% (71) |
| 2020-21 | 226 | 16 | 14.1:1 | 24% (54) |
| 2017-18 | 229 | 14.9 | 15.4:1 | 13% (29) |
| 2015-16 | 236 | 13 | 18.1:1 | 8% (19) |
| 2010-11 | 244 | 16 | 15.3:1 | 6% (15) |
| 2000-01 | 212 | 10 | 21.2:1 | 5% (10) |
| 1990-91 | 240 | 10 | 24.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lincoln Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 5% (229 to 217); teachers up 1% (14.9 to 15.1).
About Lincoln Elementary School
Lincoln Elementary School is a small elementary school located in Iowa City, Iowa. The school serves pre-K through 5. Enrollment is 217 students. It has 33% fewer students than the average for elementary schools in Iowa (about 325).
District-wide, Iowa City Comm School District has 29 schools and 15,111 students.
At Lincoln Elementary School, 55% of students are White. It is also 20% Black, 11% Asian, 7% Hispanic, and 6% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Johnson County is roughly 76% White. The diversity index for Lincoln Elementary School is 64%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Lincoln Elementary School reported 15.1 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, a ratio of 14.4:1. The average for elementary schools in Iowa is about 13.7:1. Roughly 36% of students at Lincoln Elementary School can receive free or reduced-price lunch. That is in line with the 37% average for public schools in Johnson County.
Lincoln Elementary School earns an A on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 92% of Iowa public elementary schools.
After adjusting for student poverty, Lincoln Elementary School lands between the top and bottom 10% of Iowa schools. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 82.9%; the prediction is 74.0%.
In Johnson County, home to about 156,639 people, the median household earns about $74,935 a year, roughly 55% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. Lincoln Elementary School shares Johnson County with 42 other public schools.
Of the public schools around it, Lincoln Elementary School is closest to Central Elementary School, about 1.2 miles away. Lincoln Elementary School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Lincoln Elementary School ranks 1st of 9 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 82.9% against a local average of 67.0%.
In the federal locale system, Lincoln Elementary School is coded City: Small, for schools inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has fallen 4%, from 226 to 217.
The allk12 page for Lincoln Elementary School lets the school community talk about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. You can also rate the school on this page.
Johnson County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
156,639
Census ACS
Median income
$74,935
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
55%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
43
20,019 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Iowa City Comm School District
- Iowa City High SchoolHigh · 1,666 students
- West Senior High SchoolHigh · 1,514 students
- Liberty High SchoolHigh · 1,286 students
- Southeast Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,269 students
- Northwest Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,113 students
- North Central Middle SchoolMiddle · 925 students
Other schools in Iowa City
- Iowa City High SchoolHigh · 1,666 students
- West Senior High SchoolHigh · 1,514 students
- Southeast Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,269 students
- Herbert Hoover Elementary SchoolElementary · 464 students
- Weber ElementaryElementary · 456 students
- Ernest Horn Elementary SchoolElementary · 453 students
Other Lincoln Elementary schools
213 other US public schools in 37 states are named Lincoln Elementary. Lincoln Elementary School is the 185th 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 SchoolCharles City, IA · 280 students
Nearby schools
- Central Elementary School1.2 mi · 343
- Ernest Horn Elementary School1.2 mi · 453
- Horace Mann Elementary School1.4 mi · 207
- Bohumil Shimek Elementary School1.6 mi · 181
- West Senior High School1.7 mi · 1,514
- Northwest Middle School1.9 mi · 1,113
Frequently asked questions
About Lincoln Elementary SchoolHow large is Lincoln Elementary School?
Lincoln Elementary School enrolls approximately 217 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Lincoln Elementary School serve?
Lincoln Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does Lincoln Elementary School have?
Lincoln Elementary School employs 15 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.4:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Lincoln Elementary School?
At Lincoln Elementary School, the student body is approximately 55% White, 7% Hispanic, 20% Black, 11% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is Lincoln Elementary School public or private?
Lincoln Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Iowa City Comm School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.