Lincoln Central Elem

Lincoln Central Elem is an average-sized elementary campus in Cherryvale, Kansas, run under Cherryvale. The school teaches 268 students in grades pre-K through 6.

Across the 3 schools in Cherryvale (682 students total), Lincoln Central Elem accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, Lincoln Central Elem lists that 83% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 10% multiracial, 5% Hispanic, 2% Native American.

On the income-and-resources front, The school reports having 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.2:1, putting Lincoln Central Elem tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 65% of students at Lincoln Central Elem qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Lincoln Central Elem sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 31.3%; this one delivers 40.6%.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Montgomery County) reports that median household earnings sit near $55,697, about 23% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 12%. Lincoln Central Elem is one of 14 public schools in Montgomery County (combined enrollment of about 4,736 students).

Cherryvale Sr / Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. 6 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. On composite proficiency, Lincoln Central Elem comes 3rd of 7 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 36.9%.

The school occupies an outlying site.

Looking at the recent track record. Lincoln Central Elem's enrollment has ticked down 24% since 2018, when it stood at 351 (now 268).

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