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Lincoln Park Elementary School
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Lincoln Park Elementary School
Lincoln Park Elementary School is one of the mid-sized K-5 schools in MUSKEGON, Michigan, overseen by Mona Shores Public School District, with 411 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5.
Lincoln Park Elementary School is one of 6 schools operated by Mona Shores Public School District, a district that teaches 3,927 students overall.
On demographics, Lincoln Park Elementary School records that White students make up the majority at 77%. Other groups include 9% Black, 8% Hispanic, 6% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Muskegon County as a whole.
Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.2:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.8:1, putting Lincoln Park Elementary School higher than the state norm the norm. Around 48% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Muskegon County (around 59%), the school's rate is south of typical.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Lincoln Park Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 44.8%, the actual is 44.2%, a residual of -0.7 points.
In the area at large, Muskegon County reports that median household income runs about $65,024, about 21% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Lincoln Park Elementary School is one of 71 public schools in Muskegon County (combined enrollment of about 25,245 students).
Nearest neighbor: Muskegon Montessori Academy for Environmental Change, around 0.3 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Lincoln Park Elementary School comes 1st of 4 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 28.7%.
The campus sits in a city-core setting.
Over the past 7-year window. Lincoln Park Elementary School's enrollment has decreased 13% since 2018, when it stood at 470 (now 411). Class-load math has tightened: from 21.2:1 in 2018 to 17.2:1 in 2025.
Inside the community feed, recent activity here tends to focus on school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.
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