Lincoln Elementary

Located at 1120 LARK ST, in ALEXANDRIA, Minnesota, Lincoln Elementary is a reasonably sized elementary campus that works with 481 students (grades K through 5), run under Alexandria Public School District. Enrollment runs roughly 40% above the state mean of about 344.

Across the 10 schools in Alexandria Public School District (4,034 students total), Lincoln Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, Lincoln Elementary records that 84% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school shows 7% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 2% Black. The wider county runs roughly 95% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Lincoln Elementary has 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.3:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.7:1 average. Roughly 38% of students at Lincoln Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Lincoln Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 44.7%, the actual is 52.8%, a residual of +8.1 points.

In the broader community, Douglas County reports that median household income runs about $79,043, roughly 30% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Across Douglas County's 22 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,781 students), Lincoln Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Lakes Country Academy - ALEX is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Lincoln Elementary. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Lincoln Elementary ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 45.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a town-based area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count remained close to its prior level: 479 students in 2018 compared to 481 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 93% to 84% across the same window.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.