Lincoln Street
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ·Beats expectations Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
- CThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Massachusetts public elementary schools
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 29 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 27 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 26 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 34 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 22 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 22 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 17 | 10% |
This year's kindergarten class (29) is 71% larger than its 6th grade class (17).
Test scores
MCAS 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsWhat this means: On the MCAS, Massachusetts's statewide test, about 24 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 25 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Massachusetts schools, those numbers are about 44 and 42. Reading and writing scores are up about 13 points since 2016, while math scores are up about 14 points.
MCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 24.0% | 25.0% |
| 2023-24 | 24.0% | 27.0% |
| 2022-23 | 31.0% | 31.0% |
| 2021-22 | 31.0% | 23.0% |
| 2020-21 | 25.0% | 14.0% |
| 2018-19 | 25.0% | 20.0% |
| 2017-18 | 20.0% | 11.0% |
| 2016-17 | 11.0% | 11.0% |
Where Lincoln Street ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Massachusetts | In Worcester County |
|---|---|---|---|
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 25.0% | #728 of 920 ▼ 22 | #81 of 113 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 24.0% | #760 of 920 ▼ 43 | #87 of 113 ▼ 4 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -2.5pp | #278 of 901 | #47 of 110 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 177 | #960 of 1,086 | #126 of 139 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -34.4% | #21 of 602 | #1 of 77 |
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 | 177 | 18.5 | 9.6:1 | N/A |
| 2023-24 | 215 | 22 | 9.8:1 | N/A |
| 2022-23 | 242 | 17.2 | 14.1:1 | N/A |
| 2020-21 | 249 | 21 | 11.9:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 270 | 18.3 | 14.8:1 | N/A |
| 2015-16 | 263 | 18 | 14.6:1 | N/A |
| 2010-11 | 244 | 14 | 17.4:1 | 93% (228) |
| 2000-01 | 215 | N/A | N/A | 70% (150) |
| 1990-91 | 190 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Since 2017-18: students down 34% (270 to 177); teachers up 1% (18.3 to 18.5).
About Lincoln Street
Lincoln Street is an elementary school with a street address in Worcester, Massachusetts. Its 177 students are spread across kindergarten through 6. The school's enrollment is 54% smaller than the 381 average for elementary schools in Massachusetts.
Lincoln Street sits within Worcester, which has 47 schools and 24,778 students.
No single group makes up more than half of enrollment at Lincoln Street. The largest is Hispanic students, at 42%. The remaining students are 25% Black, 18% White, 8% Asian, and 7% multiracial. Census figures show Worcester County is about 14% Hispanic. Lincoln Street's diversity index is 72%, against a US figure of 70%.
The school has about 9.6 students per teacher and 18.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. This ratio sits 2.6 below the 12.2:1 average for elementary schools in Massachusetts.
Measured against Massachusetts public elementary schools, Lincoln Street 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.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Worcester County show that the median household income is $95,939, roughly 40% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. Lincoln Street is one of 257 public schools in the county.
Worcester Arts Magnet School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles away. The five-mile area around Lincoln Street holds at least 8 other public schools.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is City: Mid-size: inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
The school enrolled 177 students in 2024-25, 72 fewer than the 249 it had in 2020-21. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 11.9:1 to 9.6:1.
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