Imagine Lincoln PCS

Imagine Lincoln PCS is one of the intimate elementary-level communitys in Temple Hills, Maryland, operated by Prince George's County Public Schools, with 371 students on its rolls from grades K through 8. That puts it 23% leaner than the typical public school in Maryland, which averages around 481 students.

Imagine Lincoln PCS is one of 199 schools operated by Prince George's County Public Schools, a district that instructs 132,693 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Imagine Lincoln PCS logs that the student body is overwhelmingly Black (95%). Beyond that, the school logs 4% Hispanic. By comparison, Prince George's County as a whole is about 59% Black, so the school skews visibly more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Imagine Lincoln PCS logs 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.2:1. The state averages around 13.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 73% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Imagine Lincoln PCS sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 30.8%; this one delivers 27.4%.

In the broader community, Prince George's County reports that median household income runs about $101,798, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Prince George's County runs 203 public schools (combined enrollment of about 132,693 students), of which Imagine Lincoln PCS is one.

Nearest neighbor: Benjamin Stoddert Middle, around 0.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Imagine Lincoln PCS. On composite proficiency, Imagine Lincoln PCS comes 4th of 9 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 28.0%.

Imagine Lincoln PCS operates from a residential location. Imagine Lincoln PCS operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Five-year trend. Imagine Lincoln PCS's enrollment has shrank 23% since 2018, when it stood at 482 (now 371). The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 15.1:1 in 2018 to 12.2:1 today.

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