Lincoln Elementary School

Lincoln Elementary School is an elementary school of mid-sized scale in Spencer, Iowa, run under Spencer Comm School District, teacheing 442 students in grades 3 through 5. Compared to the state average of about 325 students per school, that is 36% larger than typical.

Spencer Comm School District comprises 5 schools with combined enrollment of 2,094 students; Lincoln Elementary School is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Lincoln Elementary School logs that 79% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school lists 10% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 3% Black, 2% Asian. By comparison, Clay County as a whole is about 93% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.6:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.7:1 average. An estimated 54% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

With demographic context factored in, Lincoln Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 65.1%; this one delivers 69.9%.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Clay County put median household earnings sit near $65,428, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Lincoln Elementary School is one of 6 public schools in Clay County (combined enrollment of about 2,147 students).

The closest other public school is Johnson Elementary, roughly 1.0 miles away. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Lincoln Elementary School ranks 4th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 70.5%.

The campus sits in a town-based setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Lincoln Elementary School has increased 54%, going from 287 students in 2018 to 442 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 91% to 79% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 13.5:1 in 2018 to 15.6:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.