Enrollment
155
Elementary
DISTRICT 168 · STATE 313
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LINCOLN·NCES 200879000486
Lincoln Elem
304 South Fourth, Lincoln, KS 67455 · (785) 524-4487 · Lincoln County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL155 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
18.0:1
9 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.7:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
57%
89 students
DISTRICT 58% · 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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Lincoln Elem→Lincoln Jr/Sr High
Based on grade levels within Lincoln. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
KAP 2024-25 . % Meeting + ExceedingEnglish Language Arts
54.4%
KS avg 44.5% . +16.2pp since 2023
Math
48.5%
KS avg 38.8% . +1.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 54 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 49 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Kansas schools, those numbers are about 45 and 39. Reading and writing scores are up about 16 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 1 points.
Source: KAP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
43.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.7%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 43% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 35% typical for Kansas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Kansas's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
155
-41 (-21%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
18.0:1
was 12.3:1
% White
82%
was 89%
% Hispanic
10%
was 7%
% Black
1%
was 2%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About Lincoln Elem
Lincoln Elem operates as an intimate primary school in Lincoln, Kansas, part of Lincoln. Current enrollment sits at 155 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 50% leaner than the state mean of about 313.
Lincoln comprises 2 schools with combined enrollment of 336 students; Lincoln Elem is among them.
Demographically, Lincoln Elem shows that the student body is overwhelmingly White (82%); the rest is composed of 10% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. By comparison, Lincoln County as a whole is about 93% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.
Looking at school resources, Lincoln Elem reports 9 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 18.0:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.2:1 average. Around 57% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Lincoln Elem sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 34.7%; this one delivers 43.3%.
In the surrounding community, Lincoln County reports that the typical household earns roughly $57,500 per year, about 26% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Lincoln Elem is one of 3 public schools in Lincoln County (combined enrollment of about 480 students).
The closest other public school is Lincoln Jr/Sr High, roughly 0.7 miles away. On composite proficiency, Lincoln Elem comes 5th of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 43.0%.
Lincoln Elem operates from a countryside location.
Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 21%: 196 students in 2018 compared to 155 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 89% to 82% across the same window. Class-load math has loosened: from 12.3:1 in 2018 to 18.0:1 in 2025.
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Lincoln County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
2,923
Census ACS
Median income
$57,500
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
26%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
3
480 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Nearby schools
- Lincoln Jr/Sr High0.7 mi · 181
- Sylvan-Lucas Unified Jr. sr13.6 mi · 144
- Tescott Elem14.5 mi · 69
- Tescott Junior High/High School14.5 mi · 72
- Lucas/Sylvan Elementary Unified20.7 mi · 125
- Ellsworth High21.3 mi · 300
Frequently asked questions
About Lincoln ElemWhat is the total enrollment at Lincoln Elem?
Lincoln Elem enrolls approximately 155 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Lincoln Elem serve?
Lincoln Elem serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Lincoln Elem?
Approximately 18.0:1 students per teacher at Lincoln Elem.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Lincoln Elem?
At Lincoln Elem, the student body is approximately 82% White, 10% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Lincoln Elem in?
Lincoln Elem is part of Lincoln.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.