Lincoln School

Lincoln School is one of the compact elementary campuss in Parsons, Kansas, operated by Parsons, with 262 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 1.

Across the 5 schools in Parsons (1,313 students total), Lincoln School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Lincoln School shows that the most-represented group is White (53%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest consists of 23% multiracial, 13% Hispanic, 6% Black, 3% Native American. By comparison, Labette County as a whole is about 84% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.3:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.2:1, putting Lincoln School higher than the state norm the norm. About 71% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Labette County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $56,325 per year, roughly 20% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. In all, Labette County runs 18 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,468 students), of which Lincoln School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Garfield School, around 0.7 miles off. Within five miles, there are 6 other public schools.

The campus sits in a town-center setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 11%: 293 students in 2018 compared to 262 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share shrank from 60% to 53%. Class-load math has tightened: from 17.4:1 in 2018 to 14.3:1 in 2025.

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