LINCOLN ELEMENTARY

LINCOLN ELEMENTARY operates as a medium-sized elementary campus in FARIBAULT, Minnesota, part of FARIBAULT PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT. Current enrollment sits at 391 students spanning grades K through 5.

FARIBAULT PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 10 schools in total, collectively educating 3,106 students. LINCOLN ELEMENTARY is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, LINCOLN ELEMENTARY records that 37% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest comes out to 31% White, 21% Black, 8% multiracial, 2% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 11% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, The school reports having 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.7:1, putting LINCOLN ELEMENTARY tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 75% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is higher than Rice County's rate of about 46%.

With demographic context factored in, LINCOLN ELEMENTARY tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 24.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 21.1%.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Rice County) shows that median household earnings sit near $83,181, 30% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. In all, Rice County runs 40 public schools (combined enrollment of about 8,301 students), of which LINCOLN ELEMENTARY is one.

The closest other public school is Surad Academy, roughly 0.4 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, LINCOLN ELEMENTARY comes 3rd of 4 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 22.1%.

LINCOLN ELEMENTARY operates from a town-based location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at LINCOLN ELEMENTARY has contracted 23%, going from 506 students in 2018 to 391 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share climbed from 29% to 37%.

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