Lincoln Elementary School

Lincoln Elementary School is a primary school of cozy scale in Pella, Iowa, one of the schools within Pella Comm School District, hosting 254 students in grades pre-K through 3. By comparison, Iowa's public schools average about 325 students each, so Lincoln Elementary School sits 22% leaner than that benchmark.

Across the 6 schools in Pella Comm School District (2,462 students total), Lincoln Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Lincoln Elementary School shows that nearly all students (83%) are White; the rest looks like 6% Pacific Islander, 5% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 2% Asian. By comparison, Marion County as a whole is about 94% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Lincoln Elementary School has 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.9:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.7:1 average. An estimated 17% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Marion County runs at roughly 29%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Lincoln Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 83.3%; this one delivers 86.4%.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Marion County indicate median household income runs about $78,680, about 32% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Lincoln Elementary School is one of 17 public schools in Marion County (combined enrollment of about 5,571 students).

The closest other public school is Jefferson Intermediate, roughly 0.9 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 5 other public schools cluster around Lincoln Elementary School. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Lincoln Elementary School ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 79.2%.

The campus sits in a town-center setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Lincoln Elementary School's enrollment has decreased 28% since 2018, when it stood at 352 (now 254). White enrollment moved from 92% to 83% across the same window. Class-load math has tightened: from 17.7:1 in 2018 to 11.9:1 in 2025.

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