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Lincoln Elem

1102 Milner, Ottawa, KS 66067 · (785) 229-8080 · Franklin County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL298 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 70% of Kansas public elementary schools
  • B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
  • ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
  • ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.

Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Kansas public elementary schools

Enrollment
298
Elementary
DISTRICT 333 · STATE 313
Student : Teacher
10.1:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.0:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
78%
232 students
DISTRICT 62% · 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

GradeStudentsShare
Pre-K3411%
Kindergarten3813%
Grade 14716%
Grade 24314%
Grade 34214%
Grade 45217%
Grade 54214%

This year's kindergarten class (38) is 10% smaller than its 5th grade class (42).

Student demographics
23%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 27% · STATE 58% · US 70%
White
26087%
DISTRICT 85% · STATE 60% · US 43%
Hispanic
145%
DISTRICT 7% · STATE 23% · US 30%
Black
62%
DISTRICT 2% · STATE 7% · US 15%
Asian
21%
DISTRICT 1% · STATE 3% · US 6%
Two+
134%
DISTRICT 5% · STATE 6% · US 5%
Native American
31%
DISTRICT 1% · STATE 1% · US 1%
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
Male
15251%
Female
14649%

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Test scores

KAP 2024-25 . % Meeting + Exceeding
English Language Arts
46.2%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
42.1%
KS avg 38.8%

What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 46 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 42 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Kansas schools, those numbers are about 45 and 39.

KAP results by year

School yearEnglish Language ArtsMath
2024-2546.2%42.1%
2023-2436.2%43.0%
% 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 · methodology
Tier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of KS schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
44.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
24.9%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+19.8pp
above demographic expectation

What this means: About 45% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 25% 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 20 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 (44.7% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
Lincoln Elem this school29877.9%44.7%
Northeast Elem
Arma
33874.0%25.9%
Marshall Elementary School
Eureka
30972.2%40.0%
Meadowview Elem
Parsons
36773.3%44.4%
Blackmore Elementary
El Dorado
30384.8%26.7%
Skelly Elementary School
El Dorado
26680.8%28.5%
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
MeasureThis schoolIn KansasIn Franklin County
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
44.7%#295 of 625#5 of 7
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
42.1%#311 of 625#6 of 7
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
46.2%#364 of 625#6 of 7
Enrollment
ranked largest first
298#379 of 714#4 of 7
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
10.1:1#8 of 539N/A
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
23.4%#469 of 540N/A
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
77.9%#122 of 658#1 of 7
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked steepest decline first
-29.9%#34 of 377N/A
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 2024-25
Enrollment
298
-64 (-18%) vs 2020
+2% since 1990-91, when it was 292
Student : Teacher
10.1:1
was 12.1:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-2529829.510.1:178% (232)
2023-2435829.412.2:179% (283)
2022-2336028.912.5:173% (263)
2020-213623012.1:168% (246)
2017-1842534.412.3:170% (298)
2015-165123614.2:173% (374)
2010-114843414.2:167% (323)
2000-012891915.2:140% (115)
1990-912921717.2:1N/A
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lincoln Elem.

Since 2017-18: students down 30% (425 to 298); teachers down 14% (34.4 to 29.5).

About Lincoln Elem

Lincoln Elem is a mid-sized elementary school in Ottawa, Kansas, one of the schools in Ottawa. The school enrolls 298 students in pre-K through 5.

District-wide, Ottawa has 6 schools and 2,150 students.

Lincoln Elem is 87% White by enrollment. The rest of enrollment is 5% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, and 2% Black. That is in line with Franklin County, where about 91% of residents are White. The diversity index for Lincoln Elem is 23%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.

Its staff includes 29.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 10.1 students per teacher. Compared with the 13.2:1 average for elementary schools in Kansas, this school's ratio is lower. Roughly 78% of students at Lincoln Elem can receive free or reduced-price lunch. Among public schools in Franklin County, the average eligibility rate is 52%.

Lincoln Elem holds a B+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 70% of Kansas public elementary schools.

Test results at Lincoln Elem are 19.8 points above what its student poverty level predicts. The average proficiency rate across its state test results is 44.7%, compared with a predicted 24.9%, which ranks in the top 10% in Kansas.

Census data for Franklin County show the median household earns about $77,207 a year, 25% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 6% of people live in poverty. Counting Lincoln Elem, Franklin County has 15 public schools.

About 2.1 miles separate Lincoln Elem from the closest public school, Ottawa Virtual School. Within five miles are 5 other public schools. On average proficiency, Lincoln Elem is 2nd of 7 nearby schools with test data.

Lincoln Elem is in a town some distance from an urbanized area, a location NCES labels Town: Distant.

The school's student count decreased 18% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years. By 2024-25, the school had 10.1 students per teacher, compared with 12.1 in 2020-21.

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Franklin County at a glance

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Population
26,106
Census ACS
Median income
$77,207
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
25%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
15
4,187 students

Quick facts

School name
Lincoln Elem
District
Ottawa
Address
1102 Milner, Ottawa, KS 66067
Phone
(785) 229-8080
County
Franklin County
Level
Elementary
Grade range
PK–05
Total enrollment
298
Teachers (FTE)
30
Student–teacher ratio
10.1:1
Free and reduced lunch
232 (78%)
Locale
32-Town: Distant
NCES ID
200001500461
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

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213 other US public schools in 37 states are named Lincoln Elementary. Lincoln Elem is the 147th largest of the 214.

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Frequently asked questions

About Lincoln Elem
How large is Lincoln Elem?
Lincoln Elem enrolls approximately 298 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Lincoln Elem serve?
Lincoln Elem serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Lincoln Elem?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Lincoln Elem is approximately 10.1:1 (30 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Lincoln Elem?
At Lincoln Elem, the student body is approximately 87% White, 5% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Lincoln Elem in?
Lincoln Elem is part of Ottawa.
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