Enrollment
137
Elementary
DISTRICT 157 · STATE 313
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WELLINGTON·NCES 201284000724
Lincoln Elem
104 South F, Wellington, KS 67152 · (620) 326-4360 · Sumner County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL137 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 59% of Kansas public elementary schools
- C+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
Student : Teacher
8.4:1
16 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.4:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
87%
119 students
DISTRICT 68% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 20 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 22 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 26 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 22 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 25 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 22 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (20) is 9% smaller than its 5th grade class (22).
Student demographics
35%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 41% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within Wellington. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
KAP 2024-25 . % Meeting + ExceedingEnglish Language Arts
46.4%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
36.2%
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 36 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 | 46.4% | 36.2% |
| 2023-24 | 39.0% | 41.6% |
% 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
39.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
20.6%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+18.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 39% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 21% 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 (39.2% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lincoln Elem this school | 137 | 86.9% | 39.2% |
| Kennedy Elem Wellington | 126 | 85.7% | 27.9% |
| Southeast Elementary School Weir | 149 | 75.8% | 43.7% |
| Sunset Elementary Newton | 199 | 77.4% | 27.1% |
| Herington Elem Herington | 186 | 74.2% | 49.7% |
| Skelly Elementary School El Dorado | 266 | 80.8% | 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| Measure | This school | In Kansas | In Sumner County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 39.2% | #376 of 625 | #5 of 8 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 36.2% | #392 of 625 | #4 of 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 46.4% | #362 of 625 | #6 of 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 137 | #611 of 714 | #5 of 10 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 86.9% | #70 of 658 | #1 of 8 |
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
137
-44 (-24%) vs 2020
-52% since 1990-91, when it was 285
Student : Teacher
8.4:1
was 12.1:1
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 | 137 | 16.2 | 8.4:1 | 87% (119) |
| 2023-24 | 158 | 16.2 | 9.8:1 | 82% (130) |
| 2022-23 | 151 | 14.6 | 10.3:1 | 85% (128) |
| 2020-21 | 181 | 15 | 12.1:1 | 67% (121) |
| 2017-18 | 178 | 16.6 | 10.8:1 | 77% (137) |
| 2015-16 | 205 | 17 | 12.1:1 | 75% (153) |
| 2010-11 | 202 | 16 | 12.6:1 | 75% (151) |
| 2000-01 | 221 | 17 | 13.0:1 | 40% (89) |
| 1990-91 | 285 | 15 | 19.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lincoln Elem.
Since 2017-18: students down 23% (178 to 137); teachers down 2% (16.6 to 16.2).
About Lincoln Elem
Lincoln Elem is a small elementary school with its address in Wellington, Kansas. The school covers kindergarten through 5 and reported 137 students in 2024-25. On average, elementary schools in Kansas enroll around 313, and this school is 56% below that mark.
Lincoln Elem is one school in a 7-school district, Wellington, which enrolls 1,439 students.
More than half of the students at Lincoln Elem are White (80%). The next largest groups are 12% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, and 3% Black. In Sumner County overall, about 90% of residents are White. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Lincoln Elem scores 35%.
Lincoln Elem has a student-to-teacher ratio of 8.4:1, with 16.2 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in Kansas is 13.2:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 87% at Lincoln Elem. On average, public schools in Sumner County report 53%.
Lincoln Elem earns a B on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 59% of Kansas public elementary schools.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Lincoln Elem ranks in the top 10% of Kansas schools. It scores 39.2%; the prediction is 20.6%.
The county, Sumner County, is where the school is located. The median household earns about $63,951 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 26%, and about 8% of people live in poverty. Counting Lincoln Elem, Sumner County has 23 public schools.
About 0.2 miles separate Lincoln Elem from the closest public school, Wellington Virtual School. Other public schools within five miles: 6. On average proficiency, Lincoln Elem is 3rd of 8 nearby schools with test data.
Under the NCES locale system, Lincoln Elem is Town: Distant.
Enrollment fell by 24% across 4 years, from 181 in 2020-21 to 137 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio dropped from 12.1:1 in 2020-21 to 8.4:1 in 2024-25.
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Sumner County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
22,353
Census ACS
Median income
$63,951
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
26%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
23
3,436 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Wellington
- Wellington High SchoolHigh · 463 students
- Wellington Middle SchoolMiddle · 349 students
- Eisenhower ElemElementary · 277 students
- Kennedy ElemElementary · 126 students
- Washington ElemElementary · 86 students
- Wellington Virtual SchoolHigh · 1 students
Other schools in Wellington
- Wellington High SchoolHigh · 463 students
- Wellington Middle SchoolMiddle · 349 students
- Eisenhower ElemElementary · 277 students
- Kennedy ElemElementary · 126 students
- Washington ElemElementary · 86 students
- Wellington Virtual SchoolHigh · 1 students
Other Lincoln Elementary schools
213 other US public schools in 37 states are named Lincoln Elementary. Lincoln Elem is the 209th largest of the 214.
- Lincoln ElemClay Center, KS · 341 students
- Lincoln ElemJunction City, KS · 305 students
- Lincoln ElemAugusta, KS · 300 students
- Lincoln ElemOttawa, KS · 298 students
- Lincoln ElemGreat Bend, KS · 275 students
Nearby schools
- Wellington Virtual School0.2 mi · 1
- Wellington Middle School0.6 mi · 349
- Eisenhower Elem0.7 mi · 277
- Washington Elem0.8 mi · 86
- Kennedy Elem1.0 mi · 126
- Wellington High School1.4 mi · 463
Frequently asked questions
About Lincoln ElemHow many students attend Lincoln Elem?
Lincoln Elem enrolls approximately 137 students in grades KG-05.
Is Lincoln Elem an elementary, middle, or high school?
Lincoln Elem is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Lincoln Elem have?
Lincoln Elem employs 16 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 8.4:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Lincoln Elem?
At Lincoln Elem, the student body is approximately 80% White, 12% Hispanic, 3% Black, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Lincoln Elem?
Lincoln Elem is overseen by Wellington in Sumner County.
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