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Enrollment
442
Elementary
DISTRICT 297 · STATE 325
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SPENCER COMM SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 192691002182
Lincoln Elementary School
615 4th Ave. SW, Spencer, IA 51301 · (712) 262-3752 · Clay County
GRADES 03–05ELEMENTARY33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL442 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 54% 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.
- B+Beats 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
15.6:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.9:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
54%
237 students
DISTRICT 52% · STATE 41%
Community
5
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 3 | 133 | 30% |
| Grade 4 | 159 | 36% |
| Grade 5 | 150 | 34% |
Student demographics
36%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 29% · 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 Spencer Comm School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ISASP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
73.1%
IA avg 73.6% . +5.7pp since 2023
Math
72.2%
IA avg 70.9% . -0.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the ISASP, Iowa's statewide test, about 73 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 72 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
ISASP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 73.1% | 72.2% |
| 2023-24 | 67.4% | 72.3% |
% 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
69.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
65.1%
based on IA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 70% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 65% 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 (69.9% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lincoln Elementary School this school | 442 | 53.6% | 69.9% |
| Van Allen Elementary School Mount Pleasant | 362 | 49.7% | 61.1% |
| Cherokee Elementary School Cherokee | 468 | 50.0% | 66.6% |
| Emerson Hough Elementary School Newton | 336 | 57.1% | 68.6% |
| Inman Elementary School Red Oak | 461 | 53.6% | 54.7% |
| Greene County Elementary Jefferson | 518 | 51.0% | 62.4% |
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 | 69.9% | #333 of 564 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 72.2% | #349 of 564 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 73.1% | #278 of 564 ▲ 58 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 442 | #159 of 705 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.6:1 | #491 of 561 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 36.2% | #297 of 561 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 53.6% | #176 of 666 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +54.0% | #4 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
442
+189 (+75%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
15.6:1
was 12.1:1
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 | 442 | 28.3 | 15.6:1 | 54% (237) |
| 2023-24 | 462 | 30.2 | 15.3:1 | 49% (228) |
| 2022-23 | 467 | 32.4 | 14.4:1 | 50% (234) |
| 2020-21 | 253 | 21 | 12.1:1 | 44% (112) |
| 2017-18 | 287 | 21.2 | 13.5:1 | 45% (129) |
| 2015-16 | 304 | 10 | 30.4:1 | 49% (148) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lincoln Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 54% (287 to 442); teachers up 34% (21.2 to 28.3).
About Lincoln Elementary School
Lincoln Elementary School is an elementary school in Spencer, Iowa, reachable at (712) 262-3752. Students in grades 3 through 5 make up the school's enrollment of 442 students. Elementary schools in Iowa have about 325 students on average; enrollment here is 36% higher.
Besides Lincoln Elementary School, Spencer Comm School District runs 4 other schools. The district enrolls 2,094 students.
The student body at Lincoln Elementary School is 79% White. The rest of enrollment is 10% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 3% Black, and 2% Asian. Among all residents of Clay County, the White share is about 93%. A diversity index of 36% means there is a 36% chance two randomly chosen students at Lincoln Elementary School are from different groups.
Lincoln Elementary School reported 28.3 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, a ratio of 15.6:1. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in Iowa is 13.7:1. There are 237 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 54% of enrollment.
Among Iowa public elementary schools, Lincoln Elementary School outscored 54%, which works out to a B- on the allk12 Grade.
Lincoln Elementary School is 4.8 points above its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (69.9% versus 65.1%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Iowa.
Clay County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $65,428 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 28% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. Public schools in Clay County number 6, with about 2,147 students.
Lincoln Elementary School is about 1.0 miles from Johnson Elementary, its nearest public school. Within five miles are 4 other public schools. Of 6 schools in the immediate area with test results, Lincoln Elementary School ranks 4th on average proficiency.
Under the NCES locale system, Lincoln Elementary School is Town: Remote.
Federal counts for Lincoln Elementary School: 253 students in 2020-21, 442 in 2024-25. A gap this wide can follow a change in the grades offered. By 2024-25, the school had 15.6 students per teacher, compared with 12.1 in 2020-21.
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Clay County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
16,461
Census ACS
Median income
$65,428
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
6
2,147 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Spencer Comm School District
- Spencer High SchoolHigh · 688 students
- Spencer Middle SchoolMiddle · 514 students
- Fairview Park ElementaryElementary · 249 students
- Johnson ElementaryElementary · 201 students
Other schools in Spencer
- Spencer High SchoolHigh · 688 students
- Spencer Middle SchoolMiddle · 514 students
- Fairview Park ElementaryElementary · 249 students
- Johnson ElementaryElementary · 201 students
Other Lincoln Elementary schools
213 other US public schools in 37 states are named Lincoln Elementary. Lincoln Elementary School is the 56th largest of the 214.
- Lincoln Elementary SchoolWaterloo, IA · 463 students
- Lincoln Elementary SchoolCedar Falls, IA · 416 students
- Lincoln Elementary SchoolOsage, IA · 405 students
- Lincoln Elementary SchoolCharles City, IA · 280 students
- Lincoln Elementary SchoolDubuque, IA · 257 students
Nearby schools
- Johnson Elementary1.0 mi · 201
- Spencer High School1.1 mi · 688
- Fairview Park Elementary1.7 mi · 249
- Spencer Middle School1.8 mi · 514
- Clay Central-Everly Elementary8.3 mi · 53
- Ruthven-Ayrshire High School12.6 mi · 58
Frequently asked questions
About Lincoln Elementary SchoolHow large is Lincoln Elementary School?
Lincoln Elementary School enrolls approximately 442 students in grades 03-05.
Is Lincoln Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Lincoln Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades 03-05.
How many students per teacher at Lincoln Elementary School?
Approximately 15.6:1 students per teacher at Lincoln Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at Lincoln Elementary School?
Student demographics at Lincoln Elementary School are roughly 79% White, 10% Hispanic, 3% Black, 2% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Lincoln Elementary School public or private?
Lincoln Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Spencer Comm School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.