Lincoln Elementary School

Lincoln Elementary School is an intimate K-5 school in Mount Pleasant, Iowa, overseen by Mount Pleasant Comm School District. The school enrolls 202 students in grades 1 through 2. By comparison, Iowa's public schools average about 325 students each, so Lincoln Elementary School sits 38% leaner than that benchmark.

Mount Pleasant Comm School District runs 8 schools in total, collectively educating 2,011 students. Lincoln Elementary School is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Lincoln Elementary School lists that White students make up the majority at 69%. Beyond that, the school records 19% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 4% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 88% White, putting the school's mix noticeably less White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.6:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.7:1 average. Roughly 51% of students at Lincoln Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

After controlling for student poverty, Lincoln Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 66.2%, the actual is 65.6%, a residual of -0.6 points.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Henry County) records that median household income runs about $67,436, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. In all, Henry County runs 13 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,230 students), of which Lincoln Elementary School is one.

The closest other public school is WisdomQuest Education Center, roughly 0.3 miles away. Within five miles, there are 6 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Lincoln Elementary School comes 6th of 7 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 67.0%.

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

Over the past 7-year window. Lincoln Elementary School's enrollment has ticked down 26% since 2018, when it stood at 272 (now 202). Over the same period, the White share edged down from 81% to 69%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 16.5:1 in 2018 to 12.6:1 in 2025.

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