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Which teacher or staff member at Lincoln Heights Elem School deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
398
Elementary
DISTRICT 370 · STATE 369
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GREENVILLE PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 261716005399
Lincoln Heights Elem School
12420 LINCOLN LAKE RD NE, GREENVILLE, MI 48838 · (616) 754-9167 · Kent County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL398 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 68% of Michigan public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+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 Michigan public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
15.9:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.1:1 · STATE 15.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
50%
199 students
DISTRICT 54% · STATE 55%
Community
1
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 69 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 61 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 60 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 70 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 74 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 64 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (69) is 8% larger than its 5th grade class (64).
Student demographics
14%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 20% · STATE 56% · 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
M-STEP 2024-25 . % Advanced + ProficientEnglish Language Arts
53.0%
MI avg 47.7%
Math
46.5%
MI avg 44.8%
What this means: On the M-STEP, Michigan's statewide test, about 53 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 47 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Michigan schools, those numbers are about 48 and 45.
Source: M-STEP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
50.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.1%
based on MI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 50% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 44% typical for Michigan schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Michigan's top nor bottom 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 Heights Elem School
Lincoln Heights Elem School's state test result (50.4% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lincoln Heights Elem School this school | 398 | 50.0% | 50.4% |
| Charlevoix Elementary School CHARLEVOIX | 398 | 49.2% | 49.3% |
| Woodworth Elementary School LESLIE | 410 | 51.5% | 44.1% |
| Emerson School OWOSSO | 421 | 53.7% | 35.0% |
| Turrill Elementary School LAPEER | 389 | 49.6% | 42.1% |
| Washington Elementary School MARYSVILLE | 460 | 49.8% | 47.3% |
Matched among Michigan 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 Heights Elem School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Michigan | In Kent County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 50.4% | #406 of 1,085 | #44 of 79 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 46.5% | #516 of 1,072 | #49 of 79 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 53.0% | #401 of 1,139 | #42 of 82 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 398 | #662 of 1,630 | #49 of 115 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.9:1 | #695 of 1,424 | #48 of 105 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 14.3% | #1,232 of 1,424 | #105 of 105 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 50.0% | #893 of 1,563 | #57 of 114 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.4% | #355 of 979 | #33 of 80 |
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
398
-42 (-10%) vs 2020
+12% since 1990-91, when it was 355
Student : Teacher
15.9:1
was 19.1:1
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 | 398 | 25 | 15.9:1 | 50% (199) |
| 2023-24 | 450 | 25 | 18.0:1 | 57% (255) |
| 2022-23 | 432 | 25 | 17.3:1 | 52% (226) |
| 2020-21 | 440 | 23 | 19.1:1 | 53% (233) |
| 2017-18 | 476 | 24.2 | 19.7:1 | 50% (239) |
| 2015-16 | 465 | 22 | 21.1:1 | 40% (187) |
| 2010-11 | 474 | 23 | 20.6:1 | 47% (221) |
| 2000-01 | 465 | 23 | 20.2:1 | 29% (136) |
| 1990-91 | 355 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lincoln Heights Elem School.
Since 2017-18: students down 16% (476 to 398); teachers up 3% (24.2 to 25).
About Lincoln Heights Elem School
Lincoln Heights Elem School is a mid-sized elementary school located in GREENVILLE, Michigan. The school covers pre-K through 5 and reported 398 students in 2024-25.
Greenville Public Schools is responsible for 7 schools, Lincoln Heights Elem School included, with 3,346 students in all.
By race and ethnicity, Lincoln Heights Elem School is 92% White. The remaining shares are 4% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. Kent County as a whole is about 73% White, so the school's share is higher. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 14, compared with 70 nationally.
Teacher count: 25 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 15.9:1. It is about the same as the 15.8:1 average for elementary schools in Michigan. Roughly 50% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Kent County average a similar 47%.
On the allk12 Grade, Lincoln Heights Elem School lands at B+, ahead of 68% of Michigan public elementary schools.
After adjusting for student poverty, Lincoln Heights Elem School lands between the top and bottom 10% of Michigan schools. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 50.4%; the prediction is 44.1%.
For the population of Kent County, the median household earns about $82,631 a year, about 41% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. Across Kent County, 239 public schools serve about 97,253 students.
Measured in a straight line, Satterlee School is about 3.2 miles from Lincoln Heights Elem School. Within five miles are 4 other public schools. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Lincoln Heights Elem School is 3rd of 5 on proficiency.
Lincoln Heights Elem School has an NCES locale of Rural: Distant.
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 398, compared with 440 in 2020-21. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio dropped from 19.1:1 to 15.9:1.
On allk12, people connected to Lincoln Heights Elem School can post about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Kent County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
663,150
Census ACS
Median income
$82,631
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
41%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
239
97,253 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Greenville Public Schools
- Greenville Senior High SchoolHigh · 1,044 students
- Greenville Middle SchoolMiddle · 797 students
- Baldwin Heights SchoolElementary · 449 students
- Walnut Hills Elementary SchoolElementary · 351 students
- Cedar Crest Elementary SchoolElementary · 281 students
- Satterlee SchoolHigh · 26 students
Other schools in GREENVILLE
- Greenville Senior High SchoolHigh · 1,044 students
- Greenville Middle SchoolMiddle · 797 students
- Baldwin Heights SchoolElementary · 449 students
- Walnut Hills Elementary SchoolElementary · 351 students
- Cedar Crest Elementary SchoolElementary · 281 students
- Flat River AcademyCombined · 160 students
Other Lincoln Heights Elementary schools
4 other US public schools in 5 states are named Lincoln Heights Elementary. Lincoln Heights Elem School is the 4th largest of the 5.
- Lincoln Heights ElementaryFuquay-Varina, NC · 667 students
- Lincoln Heights ElementaryMorristown, TN · 565 students
- Lincoln Heights ElementarySpokane, WA · 435 students
- Lincoln Heights Elementary SchoolCincinnati, OH · 229 students
Nearby schools
- Satterlee School3.2 mi · 26
- Greenville Middle School3.9 mi · 797
- Greenville Senior High School4.0 mi · 1,044
- Baldwin Heights School4.4 mi · 449
- Flat River Academy5.1 mi · 160
- Cedar Crest Elementary School5.5 mi · 281
Frequently asked questions
About Lincoln Heights Elem SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Lincoln Heights Elem School?
Lincoln Heights Elem School enrolls approximately 398 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Lincoln Heights Elem School serve?
Lincoln Heights Elem School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Lincoln Heights Elem School?
Approximately 15.9:1 students per teacher at Lincoln Heights Elem School.
What is the student diversity at Lincoln Heights Elem School?
Student demographics at Lincoln Heights Elem School are roughly 92% White, 4% Hispanic, 1% Black, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Lincoln Heights Elem School?
Lincoln Heights Elem School is overseen by Greenville Public Schools in Kent County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.