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What's the biggest difference between Lincoln Center Elementary and what you expected?
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Enrollment
670
Elementary
DISTRICT 453 · STATE 344
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SOUTH ST. PAUL PUBLIC SCHOOL DIST·NCES 273327001453
Lincoln Center Elementary
357 9TH AVE N, SOUTH SAINT PAUL, MN 55075 · (651) 457-9426 · Dakota County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL670 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 26% of Minnesota public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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 Minnesota public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
12.9:1
52 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.5:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
56%
376 students
DISTRICT 66% · STATE 48%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 70 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 102 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 87 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 93 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 101 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 104 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 113 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (102) is 10% smaller than its 5th grade class (113).
Student demographics
67%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 67% · STATE 60% · 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 South St. Paul Public School Dist. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MCA 2024-25 . % Meets or Exceeds StandardsEnglish Language Arts
41.2%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
36.1%
MN avg 45.3%
What this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 41 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 36 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Minnesota schools, those numbers are about 50 and 45.
Source: MCA. 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
34.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.9%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 35% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 35% typical for Minnesota 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 Minnesota'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 Center Elementary
Lincoln Center Elementary's state test result (34.6% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lincoln Center Elementary this school | 670 | 56.1% | 34.6% |
| Bancroft Elementary MINNEAPOLIS | 477 | 56.4% | 40.2% |
| HILLTOP ELEMENTARY INVER GROVE HEIGHTS | 626 | 55.1% | 22.2% |
| Highland Elementary CROOKSTON | 474 | 57.8% | 47.6% |
| WILSON ELEMENTARY OWATONNA | 454 | 58.8% | 33.0% |
| VIKING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PELICAN RAPIDS | 468 | 57.7% | 45.5% |
Matched among Minnesota 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 Center Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Minnesota | In Dakota County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 34.6% | #614 of 844 | #53 of 60 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 36.1% | #626 of 844 | #53 of 60 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 41.2% | #565 of 844 | #50 of 60 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 670 | #106 of 1,130 | #12 of 73 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.9:1 | #289 of 769 | #18 of 58 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.1% | #181 of 796 | #22 of 59 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 56.1% | #261 of 942 | #12 of 66 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -22.3% | #127 of 499 | #8 of 36 |
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
670
-68 (-9%) vs 2020
-29% since 1990-91, when it was 943
Student : Teacher
12.9:1
was 13.9:1
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 | 670 | 51.8 | 12.9:1 | 56% (376) |
| 2023-24 | 665 | 46 | 14.4:1 | 50% (331) |
| 2022-23 | 666 | 49 | 13.6:1 | 58% (385) |
| 2020-21 | 738 | 53 | 13.9:1 | 46% (342) |
| 2017-18 | 862 | 60.3 | 14.3:1 | 45% (386) |
| 2015-16 | 903 | 63 | 14.3:1 | 43% (392) |
| 2010-11 | 953 | 59 | 16.1:1 | 42% (405) |
| 2000-01 | 845 | 56 | 15.1:1 | 29% (243) |
| 1990-91 | 943 | 41 | 23.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lincoln Center Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 22% (862 to 670); teachers down 14% (60.3 to 51.8).
About Lincoln Center Elementary
As a large elementary school, Lincoln Center Elementary serves students in SOUTH SAINT PAUL, Minnesota. School enrollment was 670 students in 2024-25, in pre-K through 5. For comparison, elementary schools in Minnesota average about 344 students.
South St. Paul Public School Dist is responsible for 7 schools, Lincoln Center Elementary included, with 2,861 students in all.
No single group makes up more than half of enrollment at Lincoln Center Elementary. The largest is White students, at 48%. Next come 28% Hispanic, 11% multiracial, 8% Black, and 4% Asian. That compares with about 74% White among all Dakota County residents. Lincoln Center Elementary's diversity index is 67%, against a US figure of 70%.
The school reported 51.8 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25 and a ratio of 12.9:1. That is 0.8 students per teacher below the 13.7:1 average for elementary schools in Minnesota. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 56%. The average for public schools in Dakota County is 34%.
Measured against Minnesota public elementary schools, Lincoln Center Elementary receives a C. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Lincoln Center Elementary would score about 34.9%. It scores 34.6%, within a point of that figure.
In the county around the school, Dakota County, the median household income is $106,318, 45% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 4% of people live in poverty. There are 170 public schools in Dakota County, enrolling about 74,687 students in all.
917 Deaf/Hard of Hearing is located less than a tenth of a mile from Lincoln Center Elementary. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles.
NCES assigns Lincoln Center Elementary the locale Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
2024-25 enrollment was 670, a 9% decrease from 738 in 2020-21.
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Dakota County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
445,771
Census ACS
Median income
$106,318
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
45%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
170
74,687 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in South St. Paul Public School Dist
- South St. Paul High SchoolHigh · 866 students
- Kaposia Education Center ElementaryElementary · 620 students
- South St. Paul Middle SchoolMiddle · 535 students
- S St. Paul Community Lrng. Cntr.High · 99 students
- Early Childhood Special Ed ProgramElementary · 68 students
- SSP VirtualHigh · 3 students
Other schools in SOUTH SAINT PAUL
- South St. Paul High SchoolHigh · 866 students
- Kaposia Education Center ElementaryElementary · 620 students
- South St. Paul Middle SchoolMiddle · 535 students
- S St. Paul Community Lrng. Cntr.High · 99 students
- Early Childhood Special Ed ProgramElementary · 68 students
- 917 Deaf/Hard of HearingCombined · 29 students
Nearby schools
- 917 Deaf/Hard of Hearing0.0 mi · 29
- South St. Paul Middle School0.3 mi · 535
- South St. Paul High School0.3 mi · 866
- Early Childhood Special Ed Program0.4 mi · 68
- SSP Virtual0.7 mi · 3
- S St. Paul Community Lrng. Cntr.0.7 mi · 99
Frequently asked questions
About Lincoln Center ElementaryHow large is Lincoln Center Elementary?
Lincoln Center Elementary enrolls approximately 670 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Lincoln Center Elementary serve?
Lincoln Center Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Lincoln Center Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Lincoln Center Elementary is approximately 12.9:1 (52 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Lincoln Center Elementary?
Student demographics at Lincoln Center Elementary are roughly 48% White, 28% Hispanic, 8% Black, 4% Asian, 11% Two or more.
What district is Lincoln Center Elementary in?
Lincoln Center Elementary is part of South St. Paul Public School Dist.
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