Lincoln Elem

Lincoln Elem is a K-5 school of small scale in Wellington, Kansas, overseen by Wellington, hosting 137 students in grades K through 5. That puts it 56% smaller than the typical public school in Kansas, which averages around 313 students.

Wellington runs 7 schools in total, collectively educating 1,439 students. Lincoln Elem is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Lincoln Elem logs that the largest single group is White, at 80% of enrollment. Other groups include 12% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 3% Black. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 90%.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 8.4:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.2:1, putting Lincoln Elem tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 87% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Sumner County runs at roughly 53%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Lincoln Elem ranks in the top 10% of Kansas public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 20.6%; Lincoln Elem posts 39.2%, +18.6 points above that line.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Sumner County) shows that median household income runs about $63,951, roughly 26% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Lincoln Elem is one of 23 public schools in Sumner County (combined enrollment of about 3,436 students).

Wellington Virtual School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 6 other public schools cluster around Lincoln Elem. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Lincoln Elem at 3rd of 8; the average score across the group is 30.7%.

The campus sits in a town-based setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 23%: 178 students in 2018 compared to 137 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 10.8:1 in 2018 to 8.4:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the Lincoln Elem community share and discuss school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.