Enrollment
305
Elementary
DISTRICT 345 · STATE 313
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GEARY COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 200789001260
Lincoln Elem
300 N Lincoln, Junction City, KS 66441 · (785) 717-4570 · Geary County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY31-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL305 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
17.4:1
18 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.0:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
52%
159 students
DISTRICT 57% · STATE 51%
Community
0
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 24 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 42 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 48 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 48 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 50 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 46 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 47 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (42) is 11% smaller than its 5th grade class (47).
Student demographics
69%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 70% · STATE 58% · 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
Test scores
KAP 2024-25 . % Meeting + ExceedingEnglish Language Arts
58.0%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
56.0%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 58 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 56 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Kansas schools, those numbers are about 45 and 39.
KAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 58.0% | 56.0% |
| 2023-24 | 53.9% | 57.0% |
% Meeting + Exceeding, all students and all tested grades. Kansas set new KAP cut scores in spring 2025, so results from 2023-24 and earlier are not comparable with later years.
Source: KAP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of KS schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
55.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
37.2%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+18.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 56% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 37% typical for Kansas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 19 points, placing it in Kansas's top 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 Elem
Lincoln Elem's state test result (55.8% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lincoln Elem this school | 305 | 52.1% | 55.8% |
| Eisenhower Elem Junction City | 370 | 57.3% | 41.7% |
| Delaware Ridge Elementary Kansas City | 378 | 57.1% | 33.1% |
| Henry Leavenworth Leavenworth | 297 | 58.6% | 29.3% |
| Spring Valley Elementary Junction City | 400 | 45.3% | 47.4% |
| Indian Creek Elem Olathe | 349 | 58.2% | 34.2% |
Matched among Kansas 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 Elem ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas | In Geary County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 55.8% | #144 of 625 | #1 of 9 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 56.0% | #150 of 625 | #1 of 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 58.0% | #193 of 625 | #3 of 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 305 | #365 of 714 | #7 of 11 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.4:1 | #512 of 539 | #9 of 9 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.5% | #61 of 540 | #6 of 9 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 52.1% | #350 of 658 | #6 of 9 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +25.5% | #19 of 151 | #1 of 7 |
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
305
+59 (+24%) vs 2020
+10% since 1990-91, when it was 278
Student : Teacher
17.4:1
was 14.5:1
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 | 305 | 17.6 | 17.4:1 | 52% (159) |
| 2023-24 | 301 | 17.4 | 17.3:1 | 48% (144) |
| 2022-23 | 285 | 17.5 | 16.3:1 | 47% (133) |
| 2020-21 | 246 | 17 | 14.5:1 | 43% (105) |
| 2017-18 | 243 | 16 | 15.2:1 | 50% (121) |
| 2015-16 | 255 | 16 | 15.9:1 | 50% (127) |
| 2010-11 | 263 | 17 | 15.5:1 | 49% (128) |
| 2000-01 | 214 | 14 | 15.3:1 | 56% (120) |
| 1990-91 | 278 | 16 | 17.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lincoln Elem.
Since 2017-18: students up 26% (243 to 305); teachers up 10% (16 to 17.6).
About Lincoln Elem
Lincoln Elem is a medium-sized elementary school in Junction City, Kansas. The school's enrollment of 305 students covers pre-K through 5.
Geary County Schools (15 schools, 7,293 students) runs Lincoln Elem.
Federal enrollment data show White students as the largest group at Lincoln Elem, at 49%. Beyond that, enrollment is 16% Hispanic, 16% multiracial, and 15% Black. The White share of the county population is higher, at 59%. Lincoln Elem's diversity index is 69%, against a US figure of 70%.
Lincoln Elem operates with 17.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 17.4:1. On average, elementary schools in Kansas have 13.2:1, compared with 17.4:1 here. Lincoln Elem reports 52% of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals.
On allk12's BeatsExpectations measure, Lincoln Elem is among the top 10% of schools in Kansas. Predicted: 37.2%. Actual: 55.8%.
County data help place the school in context: in Geary County, the median household income is $59,317, about 26% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 14% of residents are in poverty. In all, Geary County has 14 public schools and roughly 6,880 students.
The closest other public school is Sheridan Elem, about 0.9 miles away. Lincoln Elem has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Local comparison: Lincoln Elem ranks 1st of 9 nearby schools, at 55.8% versus a 40.3% average.
The school's federal locale classification is Town: Fringe.
Enrollment is up 24% from 2020-21, when Lincoln Elem had 246 students, to 2024-25, when it had 305. Students per teacher rose from 14.5 in 2020-21 to 17.4 in 2024-25.
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Geary County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
35,815
Census ACS
Median income
$59,317
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
26%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
14%
Below federal line
Schools in county
14
6,880 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Geary County Schools
- Junction City Sr HighHigh · 1,713 students
- Junction City Middle SchoolMiddle · 900 students
- Ware ElemElementary · 623 students
- LTG Richard J. Seitz ElementaryElementary · 615 students
- Fort Riley Middle SchoolMiddle · 541 students
- Morris Hill ElemElementary · 413 students
Other schools in Junction City
- Junction City Sr HighHigh · 1,713 students
- Junction City Middle SchoolMiddle · 900 students
- Spring Valley ElementaryElementary · 400 students
- Eisenhower ElemElementary · 370 students
- Washington ElemElementary · 350 students
- Westwood ElemElementary · 278 students
Other Lincoln Elementary schools
213 other US public schools in 37 states are named Lincoln Elementary. Lincoln Elem is the 140th largest of the 214.
- Lincoln ElemClay Center, KS · 341 students
- Lincoln ElemAugusta, KS · 300 students
- Lincoln ElemOttawa, KS · 298 students
- Lincoln ElemGreat Bend, KS · 275 students
- Lincoln ElemHays, KS · 274 students
Nearby schools
- Sheridan Elem0.9 mi · 255
- Westwood Elem1.0 mi · 278
- Eisenhower Elem1.2 mi · 370
- Washington Elem1.3 mi · 350
- Junction City Middle School1.8 mi · 900
- Spring Valley Elementary2.1 mi · 400
Frequently asked questions
About Lincoln ElemHow many students attend Lincoln Elem?
Lincoln Elem enrolls approximately 305 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Lincoln Elem serve?
Lincoln Elem serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Lincoln Elem?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Lincoln Elem is approximately 17.4:1 (18 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Lincoln Elem?
At Lincoln Elem, the student body is approximately 49% White, 16% Hispanic, 15% Black, 1% Asian, 16% Two or more.
Is Lincoln Elem public or private?
Lincoln Elem is a public K-12 school, overseen by Geary County Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.