Lincoln Elementary Performing Arts

As a middle-of-the-pack primary school in Louisville, Kentucky, Lincoln Elementary Performing Arts hosts 578 students from grades K through 5, run under Jefferson County. Compared to the state average of about 421 students per school, that is 37% bigger than typical.

Across the 167 schools in Jefferson County (95,124 students total), Lincoln Elementary Performing Arts accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, Lincoln Elementary Performing Arts logs that the most-represented group is Black (50%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 34% White, 7% multiracial, 7% Hispanic. By comparison, Jefferson County as a whole is about 21% Black, so the school skews considerably more Black than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Lincoln Elementary Performing Arts lists 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.7:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 54% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

After controlling for student poverty, Lincoln Elementary Performing Arts falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 45.1%; this one comes in at 30.4%, -14.7 points off the demographic line.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Jefferson County put the typical household earns roughly $69,866 per year, roughly 37% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Across Jefferson County's 175 public schools (combined enrollment of about 95,579 students), Lincoln Elementary Performing Arts is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Home of the Innocents Discovery, around 0.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Lincoln Elementary Performing Arts comes 3rd of 4 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 41.5%.

The school occupies a metropolitan site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count remained close to its prior level: 565 students in 2018 compared to 578 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment rose from 31% to 50% over that span. Class-load math has pulled in: from 17.0:1 in 2018 to 15.7:1 in 2025.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.