Enrollment
320
Elementary
DISTRICT 296 · STATE 344
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BEMIDJI PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 270444000192
Lincoln Elementary
1617 5TH ST NE, BEMIDJI, MN 56601 · (218) 333-3250 · Beltrami County
GRADES PK–03ELEMENTARY33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL320 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.8:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.3:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
46%
147 students
DISTRICT 53% · STATE 48%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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
Lincoln Elementary→Gene Dillon Elementary School
Based on grade levels within Bemidji Public School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MCA 2024-25 . % Meets or Exceeds StandardsEnglish Language Arts
60.2%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
71.6%
MN avg 45.3%
What this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 60 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 72 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of MN schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
64.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.4%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+23.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 64% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 40% typical for Minnesota schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 24 points, placing it in Minnesota's top 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
320
-255 (-44%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
13.8:1
was 15.5:1
% White
65%
was 66%
% Hispanic
1%
was 1%
% Black
2%
was 1%
% Asian
1%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About Lincoln Elementary
Lincoln Elementary is a reasonably sized K-5 school in BEMIDJI, Minnesota, operated by Bemidji Public School District. The school serves 320 students in grades pre-K through 3.
Bemidji Public School District runs 14 schools in total, collectively educating 4,722 students. Lincoln Elementary is one of those campuses.
For racial and ethnic makeup, Lincoln Elementary logs that White students make up the majority at 65%; the rest looks like 28% Native American, 3% multiracial.
In terms of school funding signals, The school employs 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.8:1. The state averages about 13.7:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 46% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Lincoln Elementary ranks in the top 10% of Minnesota public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 40.4%; Lincoln Elementary posts 64.0%, +23.6 points above that line.
Around the school, Beltrami County reports that median household earnings sit near $68,975, about 32% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. In all, Beltrami County runs 38 public schools (combined enrollment of about 8,088 students), of which Lincoln Elementary is one.
Nearest neighbor: Lakeside Learning Center, around 1.8 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Lincoln Elementary at 1st of 5; the average score across the group is 18.3%.
Lincoln Elementary operates from a town-center location.
Looking at the recent track record. Lincoln Elementary's enrollment has contracted 44% since 2018, when it stood at 575 (now 320). The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 15.5:1 in 2018 to 13.8:1 today.
Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Beltrami County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
46,512
Census ACS
Median income
$68,975
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
32%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
38
8,088 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Bemidji Public School District
- Bemidji Senior HighHigh · 1,537 students
- Bemidji MiddleMiddle · 967 students
- Gene Dillon Elementary SchoolElementary · 667 students
- Horace May ElementaryElementary · 300 students
- Northern ElementaryElementary · 282 students
- J.W. Smith ElementaryElementary · 238 students
Other schools in BEMIDJI
- Bemidji Senior HighHigh · 1,537 students
- Bemidji MiddleMiddle · 967 students
- Gene Dillon Elementary SchoolElementary · 667 students
- Horace May ElementaryElementary · 300 students
- Northern ElementaryElementary · 282 students
- J.W. Smith ElementaryElementary · 238 students
Nearby schools
- Lakeside Learning Center1.8 mi · 7
- J.W. Smith Elementary2.3 mi · 238
- BEMIDJI REGIONAL INTERDIST. COUNCIL2.8 mi · 22
- First City School2.9 mi · 48
- Aurora Waasakone Community of Learn3.0 mi · 133
- Voyageurs Expeditionary School3.0 mi · 83
Frequently asked questions
About Lincoln ElementaryHow large is Lincoln Elementary?
Lincoln Elementary enrolls approximately 320 students in grades PK-03.
What age range does Lincoln Elementary serve?
Lincoln Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 03.
How many students per teacher at Lincoln Elementary?
Approximately 13.8:1 students per teacher at Lincoln Elementary.
How diverse is Lincoln Elementary?
Lincoln Elementary reports a student body of 65% White, 1% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Lincoln Elementary?
Lincoln Elementary is overseen by Bemidji Public School District in Beltrami County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.