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Which teacher or staff member at Lincoln Park Elementary School deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
411
Elementary
DISTRICT 432 · STATE 369
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MONA SHORES PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 262412006084
Lincoln Park Elementary School
2951 LEON ST, MUSKEGON, MI 49441 · (231) 755-1257 · Muskegon County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL411 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 45% of Michigan public elementary schools
- C+Test 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
17.2:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.7:1 · STATE 15.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
48%
199 students
DISTRICT 50% · STATE 55%
Community
5
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 | 61 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 67 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 68 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 71 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 68 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 76 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (61) is 20% smaller than its 5th grade class (76).
Student demographics
39%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 48% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within Mona Shores Public School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
M-STEP 2024-25 . % Advanced + ProficientEnglish Language Arts
51.4%
MI avg 47.7%
Math
33.8%
MI avg 44.8%
What this means: On the M-STEP, Michigan's statewide test, about 51 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 34 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
44.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.8%
based on MI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 45% 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 Park Elementary School
Lincoln Park Elementary School's state test result (44.2% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lincoln Park Elementary School this school | 411 | 48.4% | 44.2% |
| Elms Road Elementary School SWARTZ CREEK | 420 | 51.2% | 29.2% |
| Douglas Elementary 34 Campus GARDEN CITY | 412 | 52.4% | 34.2% |
| Fancher School MOUNT PLEASANT | 431 | 46.4% | 32.2% |
| Whitehall Ealy Elem School WHITEHALL | 431 | 46.9% | 47.4% |
| Shoreline Elementary School WHITEHALL | 432 | 47.5% | N/A |
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 Park Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Michigan | In Muskegon County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 44.2% | #597 of 1,085 | #5 of 18 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 33.8% | #834 of 1,072 | #11 of 18 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 51.4% | #446 of 1,139 | #4 of 20 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 411 | #603 of 1,630 | #16 of 32 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.2:1 | #1,000 of 1,424 | #19 of 25 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 39.2% | #636 of 1,424 | #12 of 25 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 48.4% | #923 of 1,563 | #22 of 30 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.6% | #494 of 979 | #6 of 19 |
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
411
-9 (-2%) vs 2020
-26% since 1990-91, when it was 556
Student : Teacher
17.2:1
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 | 411 | 24 | 17.2:1 | 48% (199) |
| 2023-24 | 414 | 24.1 | 17.2:1 | 45% (188) |
| 2022-23 | 418 | 24.4 | 17.1:1 | 51% (212) |
| 2020-21 | 420 | 22 | 19.1:1 | 49% (204) |
| 2017-18 | 470 | 22.2 | 21.2:1 | 44% (205) |
| 2015-16 | 470 | 22 | 21.4:1 | 40% (186) |
| 2010-11 | 449 | 20 | 22.4:1 | 37% (166) |
| 2000-01 | 532 | 23 | 23.1:1 | 9% (50) |
| 1990-91 | 556 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lincoln Park Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (470 to 411); teachers up 8% (22.2 to 24).
About Lincoln Park Elementary School
Lincoln Park Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school located in MUSKEGON, Michigan. It offers pre-K through 5 and has 411 students enrolled.
Mona Shores Public School District has 3,927 students in 6 schools, and Lincoln Park Elementary School is one of those schools.
More than half of enrollment at Lincoln Park Elementary School is White: 77%. The remaining shares are 9% Black, 8% Hispanic, and 6% multiracial. In Muskegon County overall, the White share is about 77%. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 39%.
There are about 17.2 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at Lincoln Park Elementary School, which has 24. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in Michigan is 15.8:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at Lincoln Park Elementary School is about 48%. That is 11 points below the 59% average for public schools in Muskegon County.
Lincoln Park Elementary School holds a B- allk12 Grade, placing it above 45% of Michigan public elementary schools.
In Michigan, Lincoln Park Elementary School is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 44.2% actual against a predicted 44.8%.
Muskegon County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $65,024, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 21%, and about 10% of people live in poverty. Muskegon County's 71 public schools enroll about 25,245 students and include Lincoln Park Elementary School.
Muskegon Montessori Academy for Environmental Change is about 0.3 miles away, making it the nearest public school. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Lincoln Park Elementary School ranks 1st of 4 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 44.2% against a local average of 28.7%.
The school is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000, according to its NCES locale (City: Small).
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, enrollment moved from 420 to 411, a small change. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 19.1:1 to 17.2:1.
This page collects posts and questions about Lincoln Park Elementary School, such as athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Muskegon County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
175,961
Census ACS
Median income
$65,024
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
21%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
71
25,245 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Mona Shores Public School District
- Mona Shores High SchoolHigh · 1,268 students
- Mona Shores Middle SchoolMiddle · 930 students
- Campbell Elementary SchoolElementary · 454 students
- Ross Park Elementary SchoolElementary · 450 students
- Churchill Elementary SchoolElementary · 414 students
Other schools in MUSKEGON
- Mona Shores High SchoolHigh · 1,268 students
- ReethsPuffer High SchoolHigh · 1,107 students
- Muskegon High SchoolHigh · 1,003 students
- Mona Shores Middle SchoolMiddle · 930 students
- Charles Hackley Middle SchoolMiddle · 774 students
- Timberland AcademyElementary · 613 students
Other Lincoln Park Elementary schools
5 other US public schools in 6 states are named Lincoln Park Elementary. Lincoln Park Elementary School is the 4th largest of the 6.
- Lincoln Park Elementary SchoolLINCOLN PARK, NJ · 500 students
- Lincoln Park Elementary SchoolPortland, OR · 457 students
- Lincoln Park ElementarySPARKS, NV · 438 students
- Lincoln Park Elementary SchoolColumbus, OH · 232 students
- LINCOLN PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLPENSACOLA, FL · 211 students
Nearby schools
- Muskegon Montessori Academy for Environmental Change0.3 mi · 154
- Mona Shores Middle School0.7 mi · 930
- Bunker Elementary0.8 mi · 451
- Campbell Elementary School1.1 mi · 454
- Glenside Elementary1.5 mi · 185
- Mona Shores High School1.7 mi · 1,268
Frequently asked questions
About Lincoln Park Elementary SchoolHow large is Lincoln Park Elementary School?
Lincoln Park Elementary School enrolls approximately 411 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Lincoln Park Elementary School serve?
Lincoln Park Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Lincoln Park Elementary School?
Approximately 17.2:1 students per teacher at Lincoln Park Elementary School.
How diverse is Lincoln Park Elementary School?
Lincoln Park Elementary School reports a student body of 77% White, 8% Hispanic, 9% Black, 1% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Lincoln Park Elementary School?
Lincoln Park Elementary School is overseen by Mona Shores Public School District in Muskegon County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.