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What tradition at Lincoln Elementary should never be changed?
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Enrollment
615
Elementary
DISTRICT 545 · STATE 481
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FREDERICK COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240033000649
Lincoln Elementary
200 Madison St, Frederick, MD 21701 · (227) 203-1580 · Frederick County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL615 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 75% of Maryland public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+Beats 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 Maryland public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
12.4:1
50 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.1:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
81%
498 students
DISTRICT 39% · STATE 54%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 76 | 12% |
| Kindergarten | 90 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 102 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 79 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 107 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 88 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 73 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (90) is 23% larger than its 5th grade class (73).
Student demographics
71%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 69% · STATE 73% · 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
MCAP 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 3-4)English Language Arts
54.8%
MD avg 50.6% . +17.7pp since 2023
Math
50.7%
MD avg 34.8% . +8.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 55 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 51 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Maryland schools, those numbers are about 51 and 35. Reading and writing scores are up about 18 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 8 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 54.8% | 50.7% |
| 2023-24 | 37.1% | 42.5% |
% Proficient (Levels 3-4), all students and all tested grades.
Source: MCAP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of MD schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
46.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
26.3%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+20.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 46% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 26% typical for Maryland 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 20 points, placing it in Maryland'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 Elementary
Lincoln Elementary's state test result (46.3% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lincoln Elementary this school | 615 | 81.0% | 46.3% |
| Glen Burnie Park Elementary Glen Burnie | 555 | 76.8% | 39.0% |
| Hilltop Elementary Glen Burnie | 521 | 81.4% | 27.1% |
| Park Elementary Baltimore | 538 | 83.1% | 35.8% |
| Riverview Elementary Baltimore | 552 | 80.8% | 19.4% |
| Maple Elementary School Cambridge | 483 | 79.7% | 32.4% |
Matched among Maryland 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 ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Frederick County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 46.3% | #390 of 853 | #33 of 39 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 50.7% | #290 of 853 ▲ 89 | #25 of 39 ▲ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 54.8% | #357 of 853 ▲ 192 | #33 of 39 ▲ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 615 | #191 of 898 | #15 of 41 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.4:1 | #227 of 857 | #3 of 38 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 71.1% | #144 of 857 | #15 of 38 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 81.0% | #179 of 885 | #3 of 41 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +4.1% | #216 of 294 | #15 of 18 |
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
615
+10 (+2%) vs 2020
-16% since 1990-91, when it was 735
Student : Teacher
12.4:1
was 12.3:1
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 | 615 | 49.5 | 12.4:1 | 81% (498) |
| 2023-24 | 625 | 51.6 | 12.1:1 | 75% (470) |
| 2022-23 | 618 | 52.9 | 11.7:1 | 77% (477) |
| 2020-21 | 605 | 49 | 12.3:1 | 68% (412) |
| 2017-18 | 591 | 42.2 | 14.0:1 | 73% (433) |
| 2015-16 | 573 | 43 | 13.3:1 | 77% (439) |
| 2010-11 | 422 | 42 | 10.1:1 | 76% (322) |
| 2000-01 | 537 | 42 | 12.8:1 | 54% (288) |
| 1990-91 | 735 | 43 | 17.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lincoln Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 4% (591 to 615); teachers up 17% (42.2 to 49.5).
About Lincoln Elementary
Lincoln Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school in Frederick, Maryland. Enrollment in 2024-25 was 615 students in pre-K through 5. Against the 481-student average for elementary schools in Maryland, enrollment here is 28% higher.
Lincoln Elementary is part of Frederick County Public Schools, where 67 schools serve 48,054 students.
Lincoln Elementary has no majority group; Hispanic students are the largest, at 38%. Other students are 33% Black, 15% White, 10% multiracial, and 3% Asian. By comparison, Frederick County residents are about 13% Hispanic. Pick two students at random and there is a 71% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The school has about 12.4 students per teacher and 49.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. This ratio sits 1.4 below the 13.8:1 average for elementary schools in Maryland. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 81%. The gap from the 37% average for public schools in Frederick County is 44 points.
The allk12 Grade for Lincoln Elementary is A-. Compared with Maryland public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 75% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Lincoln Elementary posts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 46.3%. Schools with its free or reduced-price lunch share in Maryland are predicted to post 26.3%, so the school is 20.0 points ahead and in the state's top 10%.
Among Frederick County residents, the median household income is $122,002, 46% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Lincoln Elementary is one of 69 public schools in the county.
Parkway Elementary is the public school closest to Lincoln Elementary, about 0.5 miles away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Local comparison: Lincoln Elementary ranks 4th of 9 nearby schools, at 46.3% versus a 40.2% average.
NCES lists the school's locale as City: Small. That means it sits inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Over 4 years, enrollment stayed close to where it was, going from 605 to 615.
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Frederick County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
287,048
Census ACS
Median income
$122,002
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
46%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
69
48,054 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Frederick County Public Schools
- Gov. Thomas Johnson HighHigh · 2,066 students
- Urbana HighHigh · 1,989 students
- Frederick HighHigh · 1,821 students
- Tuscarora HighHigh · 1,735 students
- Oakdale HighHigh · 1,702 students
- Linganore HighHigh · 1,647 students
Other schools in Frederick
- Gov. Thomas Johnson HighHigh · 2,066 students
- Frederick HighHigh · 1,821 students
- Tuscarora HighHigh · 1,735 students
- Linganore HighHigh · 1,647 students
- Crestwood MiddleMiddle · 996 students
- Waverley ElementaryElementary · 965 students
Other Lincoln Elementary schools
213 other US public schools in 37 states are named Lincoln Elementary. Lincoln Elementary is the 18th largest of the 214.
- Lincoln Elementary SchoolNORTH BERGEN, NJ · 1,193 students
- Lincoln Elementary SchoolEDISON, NJ · 946 students
- Lincoln Elementary SchoolLincoln, AL · 902 students
- Lincoln Elementary SchoolChicago, IL · 868 students
- Lincoln ElementaryMadera, CA · 816 students
Nearby schools
- Parkway Elementary0.5 mi · 263
- West Frederick Middle0.8 mi · 820
- Frederick High0.9 mi · 1,821
- Crestwood Middle1.1 mi · 996
- North Frederick Elementary1.5 mi · 660
- Orchard Grove Elementary1.6 mi · 613
Frequently asked questions
About Lincoln ElementaryHow large is Lincoln Elementary?
Lincoln Elementary enrolls approximately 615 students in grades PK-05.
Is Lincoln Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Lincoln Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Lincoln Elementary have?
Lincoln Elementary employs 50 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.4:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Lincoln Elementary?
At Lincoln Elementary, the student body is approximately 15% White, 38% Hispanic, 33% Black, 3% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Is Lincoln Elementary public or private?
Lincoln Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Frederick County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.