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.