Lincoln Upper Elementary School

Lincoln Upper Elementary School is one of the medium-sized K-5 schools in Washington, Iowa, run under Washington Comm School District, with 344 students on its rolls from grades 3 through 5.

Washington Comm School District runs 4 schools in total, collectively educating 1,600 students. Lincoln Upper Elementary School is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Lincoln Upper Elementary School logs that White students make up the majority at 70%. The remainder looks like 23% Hispanic, 3% multiracial, 2% Black. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 90%.

On the resource side, The school employs 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.7:1, putting Lincoln Upper Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. About 40% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Washington County (around 32%), the school's rate is north of typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Lincoln Upper Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 71.7%, the actual is 64.2%, a residual of -7.5 points.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Washington County indicate median household earnings sit near $75,647, about 26% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. In all, Washington County runs 13 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,820 students), of which Lincoln Upper Elementary School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Washington Middle School, around 0.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 3 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Lincoln Upper Elementary School comes 6th of 7 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 68.1%.

Lincoln Upper Elementary School operates from a town-center location.

Five-year trend. Lincoln Upper Elementary School's enrollment has held roughly steady since 2018, when it stood at 343 (now 344). Hispanic enrollment moved from 16% to 23% across the same window. Class-load math has grew: from 11.2:1 in 2018 to 12.5:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.