Lincoln Center Elementary

Lincoln Center Elementary is one of the big elementary campuss in SOUTH SAINT PAUL, Minnesota, part of South St. Paul Public School Dist, with 670 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Minnesota's public schools average about 344 students each, so Lincoln Center Elementary sits 95% larger than that benchmark.

South St. Paul Public School Dist runs 7 schools in total, collectively educating 2,861 students. Lincoln Center Elementary is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Lincoln Center Elementary lists that 48% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 28% Hispanic, 11% multiracial, 8% Black, 4% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 74% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Lincoln Center Elementary has 52 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.7:1, putting Lincoln Center Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. About 56% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Dakota County runs at roughly 34%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Lincoln Center Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 34.9%; this one delivers 34.6%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Dakota County indicate median household earnings sit near $106,318, roughly 45% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. Across Dakota County's 170 public schools (combined enrollment of about 74,687 students), Lincoln Center Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is 917 Deaf/Hard of Hearing, roughly 0.0 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Lincoln Center Elementary.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 22%: 862 students in 2018 compared to 670 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share decreased from 62% to 48%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 14.3:1 in 2018 to 12.9:1 today.

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