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How has Lincoln Elementary Performing Arts changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
578
Elementary
DISTRICT 455 · STATE 421
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JEFFERSON COUNTY·NCES 210299000772
Lincoln Elementary Performing Arts
930 East Main Street, Louisville, KY 40206 · (502) 485-8291 · Jefferson County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL578 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 13% of Kentucky 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.
- DBeats 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 Kentucky public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
15.7:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.9:1 · STATE 15.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
54%
310 students
DISTRICT 65% · STATE 63%
Community
5
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 | 100 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 99 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 93 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 93 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 97 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 96 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (100) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (96).
Student demographics
62%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 72% · STATE 47% · 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
Test scores
KSA (K-PREP) 2024-25 . % Proficient/DistinguishedEnglish Language Arts
42.0%
KY avg 47.9%
Math
24.3%
KY avg 42.8%
What this means: On the KSA (K-PREP), Kentucky's statewide test, about 42 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 24 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Kentucky schools, those numbers are about 48 and 43.
Source: KSA (K-PREP). All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of KY schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
30.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.1%
based on KY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-14.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 30% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 45% typical for Kentucky schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Elementary Performing Arts
Lincoln Elementary Performing Arts's state test result (30.4% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lincoln Elementary Performing Arts this school | 578 | 53.6% | 30.4% |
| Schaffner Traditional Elementary Louisville | 573 | 58.8% | 38.8% |
| Audubon Traditional Elementary Louisville | 610 | 46.2% | 49.8% |
| Picadome Elementary School Lexington | 434 | 58.5% | 36.4% |
| Millbrooke Elementary School Hopkinsville | 610 | 66.7% | 41.7% |
| Chancey Elementary Louisville | 510 | 60.6% | 27.1% |
Matched among Kentucky 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 Elementary Performing Arts ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Kentucky | In Jefferson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 30.4% | #548 of 669 | #30 of 86 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 24.3% | #599 of 668 | #48 of 84 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 42.0% | #472 of 674 | #26 of 89 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 578 | #145 of 744 | #25 of 99 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.7:1 | #460 of 674 | #42 of 90 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.9% | #138 of 674 | #61 of 90 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 53.6% | #561 of 721 | #72 of 93 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +2.3% | #194 of 233 | #40 of 46 |
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
578
+5 (+1%) vs 2020
+14% since 1990-91, when it was 507
Student : Teacher
15.7:1
was 16.4:1
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 | 578 | 36.8 | 15.7:1 | 54% (310) |
| 2023-24 | 571 | 35.8 | 15.9:1 | 49% (281) |
| 2022-23 | 575 | 35.8 | 16.1:1 | 50% (289) |
| 2020-21 | 573 | 35 | 16.4:1 | 46% (265) |
| 2017-18 | 565 | 33.3 | 17.0:1 | 49% (278) |
| 2015-16 | 555 | 32 | 17.3:1 | 56% (313) |
| 2010-11 | 365 | 25 | 14.6:1 | 85% (312) |
| 2000-01 | 318 | N/A | N/A | 99% (315) |
| 1990-91 | 507 | 26 | 19.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lincoln Elementary Performing Arts.
Since 2017-18: students up 2% (565 to 578); teachers up 11% (33.3 to 36.8).
About Lincoln Elementary Performing Arts
The public elementary school Lincoln Elementary Performing Arts is located in Louisville, Kentucky. It covers kindergarten through 5, with a total enrollment of 578 students. For comparison, elementary schools in Kentucky average about 421 students.
Lincoln Elementary Performing Arts is a school in Jefferson County. The district has 167 schools and 95,124 students.
Black students are the majority at Lincoln Elementary Performing Arts, with 50% of enrollment. Other groups make up 34% White, 7% multiracial, and 7% Hispanic. Jefferson County as a whole is about 21% Black, so the school's share is higher. The school's diversity index is 62%, meaning two students picked at random have a 62% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Teachers at Lincoln Elementary Performing Arts total 36.8 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 15.7:1. That is close to the 15.4:1 average for elementary schools in Kentucky. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 54%.
Measured against Kentucky public elementary schools, Lincoln Elementary Performing Arts receives a D. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Lincoln Elementary Performing Arts trails its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests by 14.7 points (30.4% versus 45.1%), a bottom-10% result in Kentucky on BeatsExpectations.
Jefferson County census figures show that the median household income is $69,866, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 11% of people live in poverty. There are 175 public schools in Jefferson County, enrolling about 95,579 students in all.
The nearest public school is Home of the Innocents Discovery, at about 0.1 miles. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. The school's 30.4% average proficiency ranks 3rd among 4 nearby schools.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is City: Large: inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Compared with 2020-21, when it had 573 students, enrollment in 2024-25 was about the same at 578.
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Jefferson County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
783,022
Census ACS
Median income
$69,866
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
37%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
175
95,579 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Jefferson County
- Ballard HighHigh · 2,148 students
- duPont Manual HighHigh · 1,899 students
- Marion C. Moore SchoolHigh · 1,892 students
- Eastern HighHigh · 1,790 students
- Pleasure Ridge Park HighHigh · 1,777 students
- Louisville Male HighHigh · 1,763 students
Other schools in Louisville
- Ballard HighHigh · 2,148 students
- duPont Manual HighHigh · 1,899 students
- Marion C. Moore SchoolHigh · 1,892 students
- Pleasure Ridge Park HighHigh · 1,777 students
- Louisville Male HighHigh · 1,763 students
- Southern HighHigh · 1,725 students
Nearby schools
- Home of the Innocents Discovery0.1 mi · 26
- Home of the Innocents School0.1 mi · 30
- Breckinridge-Franklin Elementary0.6 mi · 399
- Breckinridge Metropolitan High0.7 mi · 84
- Ackerly1.0 mi · 4
- Jefferson County Traditional Middle1.0 mi · 813
Frequently asked questions
About Lincoln Elementary Performing ArtsHow many students attend Lincoln Elementary Performing Arts?
Lincoln Elementary Performing Arts enrolls approximately 578 students in grades KG-05.
Is Lincoln Elementary Performing Arts an elementary, middle, or high school?
Lincoln Elementary Performing Arts is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at Lincoln Elementary Performing Arts?
Approximately 15.7:1 students per teacher at Lincoln Elementary Performing Arts.
How diverse is Lincoln Elementary Performing Arts?
Lincoln Elementary Performing Arts reports a student body of 34% White, 7% Hispanic, 50% Black, 1% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees Lincoln Elementary Performing Arts?
Lincoln Elementary Performing Arts is overseen by Jefferson County in Jefferson County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.