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.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.