Lincoln Elem

Lincoln Elem is one of the middle-of-the-pack elementary campuss in Augusta, Kansas, operated by Augusta, with 300 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5.

Augusta runs 5 schools in total, collectively educating 1,905 students. Lincoln Elem is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Lincoln Elem records that 80% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder looks like 12% Hispanic, 7% multiracial.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.7:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.2:1, putting Lincoln Elem tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 54% of students at Lincoln Elem qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Butler County (around 37%), the school's rate is north of typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Lincoln Elem performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 36.2%, the actual is 36.6%, a residual of +0.5 points.

In the area at large, Butler County reports that the typical household earns roughly $81,610 per year, about 32% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. In all, Butler County runs 42 public schools (combined enrollment of about 18,052 students), of which Lincoln Elem is one.

Augusta Sr High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Lincoln Elem ranks 5th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 40.4%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Five-year trend. Lincoln Elem's enrollment has climbed 32% since 2018, when it stood at 227 (now 300). The White share of enrollment edged down from 93% to 80% over that span. Class-load math has fell: from 16.8:1 in 2018 to 11.7:1 in 2025.

Inside the community feed, members of the Lincoln Elem community share and discuss school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.