LINCOLN ELEMENTARY

Set in ELK RIVER, Minnesota, LINCOLN ELEMENTARY is a roomy K-5 school, operated by Elk River Public School District. It teaches 554 students across grades K through 5. That puts it 61% larger than the typical public school in Minnesota, which averages around 344 students.

LINCOLN ELEMENTARY is one of 29 schools operated by Elk River Public School District, a district that teaches 14,633 students overall.

In terms of who attends, LINCOLN ELEMENTARY reports that 63% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 12% Hispanic, 10% Black, 10% multiracial, 5% Asian. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 87%.

On the resource side, On paper, LINCOLN ELEMENTARY has 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.7:1, putting LINCOLN ELEMENTARY higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 46% of students at LINCOLN ELEMENTARY qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Sherburne County runs at roughly 29%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, LINCOLN ELEMENTARY tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 40.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 52.6%.

Across the wider county, Sherburne County reports that median household earnings sit near $105,466, roughly 30% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 3%. LINCOLN ELEMENTARY is one of 45 public schools in Sherburne County (combined enrollment of about 16,306 students).

Nearest neighbor: PARKER ELEMENTARY, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around LINCOLN ELEMENTARY. On composite proficiency, LINCOLN ELEMENTARY comes 2nd of 4 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 49.2%.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 5%: 582 students in 2018 compared to 554 in 2025. The White share of enrollment shrank from 82% to 63% over that span. Class-load math has loosened: from 15.3:1 in 2018 to 16.6:1 in 2025.

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