Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln, an expansive elementary-level community in New Bedford, Massachusetts, one of the schools within New Bedford, hosts 687 students, covering grades K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 80% bigger than the state mean of about 381.

Within New Bedford, which oversees 24 schools and 12,505 students, Abraham Lincoln is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Abraham Lincoln records that 49% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 30% White, 14% Black, 7% multiracial. By comparison, Bristol County as a whole is about 10% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Abraham Lincoln reports 50 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.8:1. The state averages around 12.2:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Bristol County put the typical household earns roughly $85,625 per year, 31% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Bristol County's 142 public schools (combined enrollment of about 80,897 students), Abraham Lincoln is one campus in the mix.

Charles S Ashley is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a residential site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Abraham Lincoln has fell 4%, going from 717 students in 2018 to 687 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share edged down from 50% to 30%. Class-load math has fell: from 16.6:1 in 2018 to 13.8:1 in 2025.

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