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Lincoln
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 59 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 67 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 64 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 74 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 77 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 63 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (59) is 6% smaller than its 5th grade class (63).
School pathway
Test scores
MCAS 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsWhat this means: On the MCAS, Massachusetts's statewide test, about 61 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 58 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Massachusetts schools, those numbers are about 44 and 42. Reading and writing scores are down about 4 points since 2016, while math scores are down about 6 points.
MCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 61.0% | 58.0% |
| 2023-24 | 56.0% | 60.0% |
| 2022-23 | 60.0% | 61.0% |
| 2021-22 | 55.0% | 53.0% |
| 2020-21 | 55.0% | 43.0% |
| 2018-19 | 77.0% | 61.0% |
| 2017-18 | 71.0% | 66.0% |
| 2016-17 | 65.0% | 64.0% |
Where Lincoln ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Massachusetts | In Middlesex County |
|---|---|---|---|
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 58.0% | #246 of 920 ▼ 17 | #96 of 207 ▼ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 61.0% | #165 of 920 ▲ 36 | #75 of 207 ▲ 15 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +5.5pp | #216 of 901 | #50 of 206 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 404 | #430 of 1,086 | #112 of 238 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.0:1 | #630 of 938 | #153 of 222 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.0% | #297 of 938 | #105 of 222 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.0% | #497 of 602 | #109 of 141 |
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 404 | 31 | 13.0:1 | N/A |
| 2023-24 | 412 | 31.7 | 13.0:1 | N/A |
| 2022-23 | 393 | 28.4 | 13.9:1 | N/A |
| 2020-21 | 404 | 32 | 12.6:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 421 | 30.9 | 13.7:1 | N/A |
| 2015-16 | 405 | 28 | 14.5:1 | N/A |
| 2010-11 | 332 | 21 | 15.8:1 | 27% (89) |
| 2000-01 | 272 | N/A | N/A | 18% (49) |
| 1990-91 | 329 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Since 2017-18: students down 4% (421 to 404); teachers unchanged (30.9 to 31).
About Lincoln
Lincoln serves students in Melrose, Massachusetts, as a medium-sized elementary school. A total of 404 students attend the school, which covers kindergarten through 5.
Melrose serves 3,815 students across 8 schools.
By race and ethnicity, Lincoln is 60% White. Other reported shares: 16% Asian, 9% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, and 6% Black. By the diversity index, Lincoln comes in at 60%.
Lincoln operates with 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 13.0:1. For comparison, elementary schools in Massachusetts average 12.2:1.
Middlesex County has these Census figures: median household income is about $130,847, roughly 60% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. The public schools of Middlesex County number 386 and enroll about 215,896.
The next-closest public school is Melrose Middle, about 0.9 miles away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Lincoln.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Suburb: Large, meaning it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
There was little change in enrollment from 2020-21 (404) to 2024-25 (404).
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Middlesex County at a glance
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